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WILLO'WDALE: G. W. Finlayson of Willowdale was elected secret- ary of the Ontario Educational As- sociation at its 90th annual con- Vention last week. AURORA: Ross Linton Jr., who represented North York at the 30th Boys’ Parliament this year in Tor- onto, gave a talk on parliamentary procedure at the Father and Son banquet held at the United ChuI‘Ch last week. SUTTON: Daughter of one or the oldest of district families, MIS- Walter Kemp, passed away at her home on Dalton Road, in her 39th year. MARKHAM: Mrs. W. W. Walton celebrated her 90th birthday last week. STOUFFVILLE: Geo. Rodanz of Ringwood sold the young Hereford, Ringwood Beau Zento 27th, to Maple Cattle Breeders Assocmtion for $3,000., the highest single price in his breed at the Ontario Beef Cattle Improvement Association sale. A total of 230 bulls were sold for a total of $125,590. The average price per head $563.43. UNIONVILLE: Frank Roberts of Unionville was the successful ten- derer for 12,000-yard gravel con- tract in W‘h‘itchurch Township for this year. Mr. Roberts’ price was $1.15 per yard delivered anywhere in the township. Three firms ten- dered for the job. PICKERING TWP.: Council is con- sidering the installation of wig- Wags at Fairport Beach and Rose- bank crossings at a cost of $7,000 for each signal. The Transport Board would pay 50% of the cost, while of the remaining half of the cost the township would pay 00% and the railways 40%. SUTTON: Former Beaverton man, Farquhar J. McRae, who for 12 years was Reeve of York Township, has been appointed to the judge- ship of the County of Ontario. t i t O NEWMARKET: Rev. Henry Cot- ton, for nine years minister of Trinity United Church here, has accepted a call from St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Peterbor- ough. LINDSAY: Principal of the doll- egiate here, T. H. Eberlee was ac- claimed president of the Rotary Club for the 1951-52 term last week. ORILLIA: Ratepayers will pay taxes at rate of 66.6 mills on the dollar of assessment it was dis- closed by town clerk, E. M. Payne. This is an increase of three mills over last year. NORTH YORK TWP.: Council was compelled to raise the rate from 84.4 mills in 1950 to 107 in ’51. The only bright spot in the local pic- ture is the one mill reduction in the Water Area. News From Next Door NEWMARKET: Police here will crack down on children misusing firecrackers, air-guns, and bo'ws. Chief Constable Byron Burbidge warned last week. A by-law will be brought before council, said Mayor Vale, which will prohibit setting off of firecrackers within the town limits except on the 24th of May. ORILLIA: A start is to be made in- :reassessment of the town this year and work will likely start in the near future, it was disclosed by Reeve Hugh Johnston, chairman of the assessment and revenue depart- ment. STAYN ER: The controversial issue of whether Stayner should retain provincial policing or hire its own was settled last week when town council passed a by-law to appoint a police chief, thus dispensing with OPP service. Council voted 5 to 2 against retaining the OPP, al. though 55 ratepayers jammed the council chambers to back a delega- tion of 3 ratepayers who asked council not to pass the by-law until a vote of the people was taken. ORILLA: The town will continue mosquito control this year under supervision of the roads and streets department. Deputyâ€"Reeve A. J. Truman is chairman of the depart- ment. Appreciative audiences turned out Friday and Saturday evenings to enjoy the first minstrel show to be put on by Richvale in years. Sponsored by Group Committee, it was held in Richmond Hill Pub- lic School Auditorium, the net pro- ceeds to go to the Camping Fund for the lads of First Richvale Troop and Pack Boy Scouts. Under the able direction of Har- old Ince and Cyril Baker, who em- ceed the show, the thirty members of the cast presented two hours of rollicking entertainment. The sensitive accompaniment of Mrs. M. F. Fenner, at the piano, carried the show along as the members sang number after number of old Southern songs and others. Lyrics for two of the numbers were com- posed by Mrs. John Kirk. Splendid Minstrel Programme Is Produced In Aid Of Richvale Boy Scouts And Cubs The end-men were the ClOWuS of VOLUME LXXII. NUMBER 40 Mill Rate Increasej l V I l I I I \ u L c I I I u I c u a o \- Richmond Hill 1951 Tax Rm Set At 50 Mills ;Project For ParkWIumed Down a. new five room school in the Rich- vale area at a meeting of the board of trustees of School Area No. 1 of Vaughan and Markham townships held in Thornhill school last Friday :night. * The Hughes-Richards tender of $151,069 was low among seven bids submitted with prices ranging up to $168,000. New School Contract For Toronto Firm Hughes-Richards, Ltd., of Tor- onto were awarded the contract Afpr The public is in a buying mood and has the cash to satisfy that mood, it is in- dicated in the returns at some of the auction sales in the Richmond Hill vicin- ity lately. The school is scheduled to be completed by September 1 and is expected to alleviate the congestion now existing in the area. P. Alan Deacon, Toronto architect wh. de- signed the school, said that steel has already been allocated for the building, removing one of the poss- ible bottlenecks against early comâ€" pletion. Ken Prentice, well-known auctioneer, reports a gross of $14,500 in a sale on the farm of Murray McLean at Elgin Mills last Wednesday. At the sale, grade cows brought around $300, a threshing machine went at $1,665 while a tractor brought $975. Construction is subject to the ap- proval of the Ontario Mumcipal Board and Inspector Charles How- itt asked for an estimated overall cost in order that application can be made for authority to issue the necessary debentures. The figure was tentatively set at $166,000. At a sale on the farm of James Brownlee, 6th con- cession, Vaughan township, March 24, cattle brought an even better price, averaging $411 a head, Mr. Prentice States. The board is also planning an- other school in the Thornlea area and a committee was named to in- vestiga‘te possible sites. The meeting devoted some time to discussing the budget for the coming year and this will be finally set up at an early date. There was some discussion with the architect on the matter of in- stalling a new heating system in Thornhill school and this will be further considered at a later date. On motion of Trustees Jackson Taylor and Nathan Hicks, the board eytended a vote of thanks to Colonel F. J. Picking, retiring managing editor of the Liberal for his splendid co-operation with them. Colonel Picking, in reply. de- clared that education was some- thing in which he was deeply in- terested and that he believed the area school plan was the solution to the educétional needs of the district. the performance, and their spon- taneous ad-libbing punched holes in the script but nobody seemed to care. A pestiferous picaninny added to the merriment. and the antics of a little puppet captiva- ted the junior members of the au- dience. Get Good Prices At Auction Sales Instrumental music which added colour to the evening was provided by accordion solos played by Miss Marilyn Lowry, and duet: on Ha- waiian guitars by Messrs. Carl Sanderson and Donald Bellamy. One of the choruses, whistled by the entire company, was particu- larly effective, and at the end of the evening the audience, many of whom had been humming under their breath 21 good deal of the programme_ was invited to join in the singing, finishing with God Save the King. Starting Water System Soon Markham Gives Contract To Malvern Company For Elmwood Pk. Watermains Markham Township council at its regular meeting on Tuesday awarded the contract for new water mains in Elm- wood Park subdivision to Malvern Construction Co of Mark- ham at their figure of $6,406.90. The Malvern bid was accepted; on recommendation of the town. ship engineers, Margison & Bab- cock, from a total of eight ten- ders submitted for the work. It is expected that construction work will be started in about a week. The contract provides for lay- ing mains from Church street east to Lennox Avenue and from Mark- ham road south to Palmer road. The area from Yonge to Church has already been serviced. Rich- mond Hill has agreed to provide the water for the area. The council also decided to ask for tenders for garbage collection in Elmwood Park among other sec- tions. Specific 'bids will be for the following areas: Lots 26 to 35 inclusive in Con- cession 1 â€" from Highway No. 7 to Steele’s Avenue. "I‘Iwiiriii'vl‘eetzell and Elmwood Park subdivisions. Wants Increased Salary Claiming that his work is out of all proportion to the remuneration he receives, Ross Norton, building inSpector, asked to be relieved of. some of his duties and also that MapEe Church W.M.S. Marks 60th Birthday Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the inception of the organiza- tion, members of the Women’s Missionary Society of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Maple gath- ered at the church Wednesday af- ternoon of this week, with ladies of other neighbouring societies to honor the occasion. Miss Freda Matthews, National Mission Sec- retary of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, was guest speaker. v4. VuLAuuu nu... buy..- -r-â€"____. Founded on April 2, 1891, the or- ganization, formerly called the W0- men’s Foreign Missionary Society, had as its first president Mrs. John‘ MacNaughton. First vice-presiâ€" dent was Mrs. Noble, grandmother of Lord Beaverbrook, second vice- president Mrs. John McDonald, sec- retary Miss Kate Noble and treas- urer Miss Annie Walkington who held this office for thirty-one years. During the first ten years, no allo- cation was set; for the society so members automatically contributed twenty-five dollars a year to Pres- bytery. The amount sent in now has been increased to one hundred and seventy dollars a year. The W.M.S. organized the Busy Bees Mission Band in 1917 under the leadership of Mrs. S. R. Robin- son and the Band is still flourish- ing with Mrs. C. H. Bowman as leader, and Mrs. Cal. Miller as as- sistant. Charter members living ye» are Mrs. Chritsena Malloy, Aurora, Mrs. John Ness, Montreal, and Mrs. Churchill of Beeton. Small decorated tables were set in the church for the serving of refreshmnts during the afternoon’s festivities. Presiding at the tea table were the four members who have been associated with the soc- iety the greatest number of years, Mrs. Tilford Witherspoon, Mrs. Charles Snider, Mrs'. Arthur Rum- ble and Mrs. Milton McDonald. Guest soloists were Mrs. Austin Robinson of Guelph and Miss Ann Lawrie of Maple. Congratulatory messages were brought to the Map- le group from Toronto West Pres- 1byterial by Mrs. Curr of Toronto and Mrs. T. L. Williams of King vice-president of section three, Toronto West Presbyterial. Heading the present executive of the W.M.S. is Mrs. C. H Bowman, as president. First vice-president is Mrs. George Matheson, second viceâ€"president Mrs. Milton McDon- aldy secretary Mrs. Eric Brice Whose assistant is Mrs. Reg. Bice, treasurer Mrs. R. D. MacNaughton. "In Essefiia Is, Unity,- his pay be increased from $1,600 to $2,600 a year. W’vvv w a V_-. Mr. Norton claimed that he had taken up the matter of salary with the council last year and had been given to understand that the fig- ure would be $1,800 a year where- as When the necessary by-law was adopted, the figure stood at $1,600. The inspector traced the developâ€" ment of the building industry in the township during the past de- cade and pointed out that value of new buildings reached an aggre- gate of two and a‘half million dol- lars in Markham last year” With a proportionate revenue to the town- ship based on the value of each permit issued. He claimed that over in Vaughan township, the fig- ure reached only a million and a half and the inspector was draw- ing a‘salary of $2,800 as against his $1,600. _ _ . On top of that, the Vaughan in-l pector was not called upon to issue permits for septic tanks as was the case in Markham. Last year, there had been permits issued for 247 Such tanks, approximately one for each working day 'and thef had consumed a tremendous am- ount of his time. He claimed that the job necessitated working all hours ofthe day and night, includ- ing Sundays and compensation was not adequate. In Pickering, the inspector received $2,000 for 32 hours work a week and there were no septic tanks to deal with. He also claimed that unde; the by-law, it was not necassary to se- cure a. permit to build a septic tank and the township couldn’t force anyone to do so. The property committee was in- structed to confer with the building The question of providing kin- dergarten classes in School Area No. 1 of Markham and Vaughan townships will be given consider- ation by the school board, that body indicated to a delegation of six women who waited on them Tuesday night asking for such ac- commodation. Consider Kindergarten Members of the Board pointed out that a survey show'ied 153 cnild- ren eligible for kindergarten in the area but they were spread out all over the district and transportation would have'to be provided for them. However the Board prom- ised to give a definite decision on the matter at their meeting on May 11. ' APRIL 6â€"Friday. Y. P. U. Drama Festival in Newmarket TOWn Hall. Plays will be between Tomnto Centre North and Toronto East Rural Presbyteries at 8.15 pm. APRIL 6 â€" Friday. We welcome to Richmond Hill Public School Auditorium the return of Kit Car- son’s Trail Blazers through popu- lar demand. Dancing old tyme and modern. Gala Stage Show. Spon- sored by Canadian Legion Branch 375. Time 8 pm. Admission 756 per person. Fun for all. c2w39 APRIL 7 â€" Saturday. The Even- ing Group of the United Church W.A. are holding a baking sale at 3 pm. in the Sunday School rooms. c1w40 APRIL 9 â€" Monday. Regular meeting of Langstafl.’ Ratepayers at Langstaff Card Co. at 8 pm. APRIL 10 â€" Tuesday. Business meeting of the B. & P. Women’s Club at Summit View Drive-In. Cars will be at the post office at 6.15. c1w40 APRIL 10 â€" Friday. The Rich- In Non-essentials, Liberty; In a” Things, Charity.” RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 5th 1951 (Continued on page 4) Coming E vents mmmm. c1w40 c1w40 Vern. Grfiin Is Psssident Of Thomhill Business Men Organization of the Thornhill and District Business Men’s Assoc- iation was completed on Tuesday evening with a dinner at the New Uplands Golf and Country Club and election of officers for the or- ganization. President of the group is Vern Griffin with the following execu- tive; vice-president, Bart Edwards; secretary, Ron Fenn; treasurer, H. Frye; directors, George Jackson, Lou Reid and William Anstey. "Know Your Neigl'tbour”‘_3 The Association Ihas been in the process of organization for the past several weeks during wnich an interim group of officers have been functioning. It takes in the area from Langstaff south uo Steele’s Corners and from Bathurst to Bayview. The election was the major bus- iness activity of the session and the next meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 23, when further organizational details will be work- ed out. Speaker at the dinner was Har- vey M. Dagg of Toronto, super- mond Hill Branch 3‘10 0; me Can- adian Legion} B.E.S.L. will hold its next regular meeting at the home of Mr. Frank Titshall, May AVE, Stop 24A. Members your attend- ance is requested. *1w40 APRIL 10, 11 12 â€"- Robin Hood Cooking School under the auspices of the Parish Guild, Trinity Church Brooke St., Thornhill, at the church at 8.15 pm. Different program each night. 25c a ticket. Free pri- zes. New recipes. c1w40 APRIL 11 â€" Wednesday. Back the Amateur Night at the Public School Auditorium under the aus- pices of Loyal Orange Lodge 2368 Entries free. Come and help pick the best amateur. Admission 25c and 50c. c1w40 APRIL 13 â€" Friday. Opening night new Aurora Armoury, modern, old time and novelty dances, 50c per person. Sponsored by C Squad- ron, Queen’s York Rangers. APRIL 20 â€" Friday. Hot Turkey Supper sponsored by- Trinity Church W.A., Thornhill. Sitting at 5‘ 6 and 7 pm. Adults $1.25; childrn under 12, 750. c1w40 A. R. W. (Art) Uren is the newly‘elected President of the Richmond Hill Business Men’s Association and has taken an active part in its affairs since it was organ- ized last year. A brief biography appears on Page 2. The photo along with others in the “Know Your Neighc bour” series, was itagen by EdmundSoame, The Studio, 1720 Avenué Road, Toronto. c3w39 visor the business development for the Bank of Nova Scotia who gave an interesting talk on banking with a history of its deelopment and a detailed analysis of how the Canadian banking system operates. “We in Canada” he said, have a banking system which, for effic- iency and dependability is unsur. passed, if indeed equalled, by that of any other country in the world.” Our banking system is not sta- tic, he said, but is the result of evolution constantly changing and adaptable thereby meeting the needs of a growing and expanding economy. The extent of this growth, he said, was indicated in the fact that 100 new branch banks were opened in Canada during the first ten months of 1950 which brought the total to upwards of 3600 or one for about every 3800 persons in the Dominion. The speaker was introduced by Hal Frye, local branch manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia and a. vote of thanks was tendered by Mr. J. Phipps. The latter presid- ed over the election of officers with Adam Reiter acting as secretary. Approve Plans For New School At Pine Grove Vaughan township has been giv- en the green light; on construction of a new fourâ€"room school at Pine Grove. The council was advised at its meeting on Monday that the Ontario Municipal Board had given permission to issue debentures to finance the new building. ' Council decided to ask Lory Roy of the Ontario Hydro Commission to provide an estimate on the cost of placing three lights at the cor- ner of Yonge St. and Garden Ave. Request for such lights was made by the West Langstaff Ratepayers’ Association. ' Council felt that such services should be paid for by the areas in- volved rather than by the whole township and will endeavor to work out some method of doing this. Council will deal similarly with a request for a light at Jackes Avenue and Yonge Street. A light, was formerly maintained hen: by (Continued on page 3). Not In Best Interest Of Viliage For Hall To Be Built, Councillors Hoid Richmond Hill tax rate will be 50 mills for 1951, it was voted by the council after consideration of the budget on Monday night. It is an increase of six mills over last year. The increase was necessitated by rising costs all along the line with- school costs showing the big- gest increase, 3.56 mills, and both the village and county rates re- cording increases. The jumps were offset by a. slight decrease in general debenture payments. In presenting a report on which the tax rate is based, Clerk Rus- sell Lynett shewed estimated ex- penditures of $99,798.89 with re- ceipts $22,512.90, leaving a total of $77,471.50 to be raised by a genral tax levy. A breakdown of the tax rate as compared with that of 1950 15 as follows: & maintenance) 24.80 County 4.50 Village . . . . . . . . . . 14.10 Gen. debenture . . . . 6.60 Schools (debenture Veto Lions Project The council after a brief discuss- ion, decided to turn down the re- qust of the Richmond Hill Lions Club for lease of property in the village park for erection of a com- munity hall. The plan had been broached by the service organiza~ tion at' a meeting 'of fhe council last month. Final action was endorsement of a rsolution sponsored by Coun- cillors Middleton and Tomlin tell- ing the Clerk to advise the sec- retary of the Lions Club that in the opinion of the council. it was not in the best interests of the village to allow a hall to be built in the park. Advertise This Week The clerk told council he had been advised that the engineers would be advertising for bids for the new sewage system this week and that it should be possible to award tenders within a. couple 0: weeks. a.» The council discussed the finan- cing of the sewer system and the possibility of getting a good price for the debentures to be issued covering the financing. It was suggested that if a higher interest rate than 3% per cent. was offered, it might be possible to get par for the issue. Inasmuch as the Ontario gov- ernment will loan money to muni- cipalities for public works under certain conditions at the rate of ééiwfiâ€"eréént, Deputy Reeve Taylor and Councillor Tomlin were named a committee to interview proper government officials and explore the possibility of securing a low rate loan here. Will Engage Assistant In View of' constantly expanding pressure of duties which are l» and to increase as work starts on the sewage project, council authorized Clerk Lynett to advrtise or an as- sistant, applications to be in by April 11. It was elt that a full- tim incumbent would be more more Tavern Fees Once Played A Big Role In Financial Affairs Ol Vaughan Township There’s no tavern in our town today nor in Vaughan township either but back in the so-called “good old days” it must have been a different story. In fact tavern fees accounted for a goodly part of the revenues of the township 100 years ago, ac- cording to the report for 1.850 filed by the village treasurer, Neil McEachern and recently unearthed among the musty files in the Town- ship archives. The report showed that on June 4 of that year, the municipality received the sum of 87 pounds 18 shillings and six pence from the county for tavern feel, â€"â€" and they weren’t devaluated pounds either. The county council must have been a. profligate bunch of wast- rels, however, as they were appar- ently broke on January 22, 1851. On that date, the report carries the receipt of 50 pounds from the ‘reeve_ J. W. Gamble, “for 10m to HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 1951 50.00 21.24 3.70 11.80 7.26 44.00 1950 practical than hiring someone part time. - A delegation of property ownâ€" ers from the foot of Arnold Cresa cent waited on the council to see‘ if something could be done about controlling Water in that area. fields, undermining roads and weakening culverts. Council de- cided to make a tour of the area Saturday morning and see what could be done to remedy the sit. uation. Messrs. Dean, McAllis- ter, Shaw and Stock comprised the delegation. The police commission will con. fer with Inspector Hand of the Ontario Provincial Police at Aurâ€" ora. A letter to the council sug. gested that a night cOnsta'ble might be necessary to relieve the pressure on the present incumbent, Constable Frank Moore. The mayor was instructed to make arrangements for the ap- pointment of a Civil Defense Co. ordinator for the district. ' Cement Arrives For Streets Repair Just as soon as weather conditions are favourable Richmond Hill council will get busy on much-needed repgils 'to sidewalks in the municipality. Counclllor Tomlin was named Richmond Hill representative on the four-community group being set up to combat the dog nuisance while appointment on a similar group to investigate an ncnerator project fell to Councillor Mmdle. tony Councillor Wes. Middle- ton, chairman of the streets committee, reported at the meeting Monday night that a full carload of cement had arrived here in preparation_for the job. Determined to put teeth in their bylaw regulating the operation of tourist camps in the municipality, Vaughan Township council at a. recent meeting decided to put en- forcement in the hands of the pol. ice department. Chief William A. H. Skidmore and Constables Will- iam J. Adams and Ernest Bone lwere named tourist camp inspec- tors. ‘ It was also stated that repairs had been effected on the town cement mixer at a cost of $222. Police Will Enforce By-law The council also voted to pay $20.00 to the benevolént fund of the Maple Fire Brigade for each fire it attends. the municipality negotiated by him in anticipation of tavern li- cense fund.” Brother, if they’d had television in them thar days, wouldn't the Kefauver committee have made something out of that/ It was more than a/quarter of a century before the Liberal was to come into existence so the council had to advertise its meet- ings in newspapers apparently published in Toronto. We note payments for such notices to the ,,v LLA ‘Globe’, ‘Pa‘ ‘Examiner.’ The county as usual reached in for the lion’s share of the Lawn finances collecting 3-90 poppds out finances collecting 3-90 pounds out of a total annual expendituxe of 1-031 pounds, 9 Shillings and one- pence. The clerk struggled along on a salary of 20 pounds a year, uitto the treasurer and the superintend- ent of common schools. From a post-card to a poster â€"â€" whatever your needs may be in printing â€" The Liber- al’s job printing de- partment can take care of them. Call Richmond Hill 9 and we’ll gladly discuss your problems. 1Pati‘iot’, ‘Colonist’ and the