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NEWMARKET: Newmarketâ€"SM- ton High School District Board has decreased its 1951 budget from $76,000 to $63,000. A--. LINDSAY: Council‘s request to tfie Board of Governors of Transâ€" po‘rtation at Ottawa. for a radio station in the town has been re- fused for the present, time_ BARBIE: The employment situa- tion in the district covered by the Barrie office of the National Em- ployment Service'shows that there are 246 men and women unemploy- ed at the present time. Last year the figure was 641. Of this year’s total, 185 are men and 79 women. The district includes an office at Newmarket and covers most of Simcoe County and some of York. NEWMARKET: At least 230 youngsters registered for figure skating instruction With Newmark- et Figure Skating Club last week. Of this number 36 are boys. LINDSAY: A new branch of the Royal Bank of Canada will be op- ened here around May 1. BRADFORD: Property owners went to the polls last week and the installation of a sewerage sys- voted very decisively in favor of tem and disposal plant for the village. Approximately 60% of those entitled to vote cast their ballots. but of the 276 who voted, 207 voted for the by-law and 69 against, or exactly 75 per cent; of the voters supported the project. 'MARKHAM: Knox United Church here will celebrate its 1031‘d anniv- ersary on Sunday, May 27. LINDSAY: For the first time in the history of Lindsay a request from the Board of Education to approve the issuing of debentures for school additions has been voted down by council. Debemures amounted to $35,000 for a two- room addition to the South Ward Public School. KESWICK: Conservation officers are making a drive against illegal fishing in Lake Simcoe. Two Tor_ ontu men were arrested this week for spearing pike. Between the two of them they had 150 pounds of illegal catch. NEWMARKET: The Newmarket- Sutton High School District Board passed a resolution recommending that teachers’ salaries be deter- mined by merit and ability. SUTTON: Twentyâ€"five cases of whiskey were stolen from the On- tario Liquor store in Sutton last week. Value of the loot is estim- ated at $2,000. Thieves gained entrance by cutting a bar and for. cing the lock on the front d0ur. AURORA: The tax rate in Aurora for 1951 has been set at 58 mills, an increase of 8 mills over last year. ARMADALE: During the past; tWo months four sets of twin heifer calves were born in the Holstein herd of C. Tappscott & Sons. W'OODBRIDGE: Carl Boynton has been selected as one of four 0n- tario Junior Farmers who will make a trip to Britain where they will take part in judging competi- tions and study Agriculture in the British Isles. .WLILLOWDALE: Building permits in the Township of North York for the first three months of 1951 totalled more than $14 million. in 1950 building in North York to- talled more than $52 million. In replying, Mrs. Mylks said that she had come to llive in Richmond Hill thi1~ty-seven years ago, and had many pleasant memories of hr associations with the people of the churcl‘ She hoped to enjoy many more' years of happy rela- tionship with the people of Rich- mond Hill. REPAIR NORTH ROAD Whitchurch township council is going to take immediate action to repair the north Wilcox Lake‘ Road which has been impassable over long stretches of the Winter months. Tenders are invited to be in by Saturday. April 28 for grading, shaping gravelling and installa- tion of culverts and ditches over approximately 6600 feet. of road. Residents of this district for the greater part of their married life, Mr. and Mrs. William Mylks, 76 Yonge St. North, Richmond Hill, quietly celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last week. To mark the event, the couple were the guests of their son, Will- iam at a quiet dinner party in the Prince George Hotel, Torontb, on Tuesday, April 10. In the afternoon, Mrs. Mylks was the guest of honour at a party given in the United Church by the Woman’s Association of the church and was presented with a bouquet of 50 roses. The presentation was :made by Myrtle Dolan with an in- teresting address being biven by Mrs. James Pollard, who spoke of the manyg'ears of faithful service which Mrs. Mylks had given to the church, not only as a valued mem- ber of the Woman's Association, but also as a member of the choir News From Next Door Then the anniversary cake was Richmond Hill Couple Mark Golden Wedding Day VOLUME LXXII. NUMBER 42. Deadline I M y 7th Engmeefs Are Calling Vaughan’s Tax Is Set At14 Mills Inasmuch as school rates must be added to this, it means a total levy of from 17% to 54 mills over the township. School rates range from 3; to 40 mills. The council also decided to week an appointment with Robert H. Saunders, chairman of the Ontario Hydro Electric Commission with respect to street lighting in Thorn- hill Village, at the corner of Yonge Street and Garden Ave., also one at Jackes Ave. Clerk McDonald reported that a survey had been made of the sit- uation by Mr. Madoc' district con- sumer engineer for the Ontario Hydro and Lory Roy of the Rich- mond Hill system. Mr. Madoc had expressed the opinion that payment for the service should be made dir- ectly by the Vaughan and Mark- ham township councils. Inasmuch as the council main- tains that ratepayers in the area affected should pay for the im- provement, it was felt a further conference with Hydro officials would serve to clarify the proced- ure. The Ontario Department of Highways will not permit Hydro to make capital expenditure: on provincial highways. The general tax rate for Vaugh- an township for the year 1951 will be 14 mills, the council voted after consideration of the budget this week. This is a boost of two mills over last year. The council gave approval to a bylaw covering the establishment of a 00mmunity center at Thorn- hill with the following acting on the board: Reeve Hostrawser and Councillor Rutherford and Eric An- stey, John MacNeil, Thomas Jack- son, S. S. Tobias and Herbert 1(og- ers of Thornhill. Spencer Vernon was awarded the contract for providing approxim- ately 15,000 yards of gravel to the township at a price of 17c a cubic yard. The council decided to give fur- ther consideration to request from the Southeast Vaughan Ratep..yers Association that houses be renum- bered on Jackes Ave. to facilitate deliveries there. Owners there also Want the name of the street changed to Crestwood Ave. A bylaw was passed providing for the issue of $170,000 in dODen- tures to cover the cost of construc. tion of a. new school in the Rich- vale area. War Brides MeetWednesday The next meeting of the local War Brides Association is to take place on Wednesday, April 25, at the home of Mrs. L. Hawkes, 95 Roseview Avenue, Richmond Hill, at 8 pm. cut and the bride of half a century ago was toasted all round. The H Sanderson. ' The roll call with an article food parcels to Mr. and Mrs. Mylks were mar- afl’air'was presided over by Mrs. ried in Arthur. Ont., on April 10, 1901 and they still treasure a clip- ping from the local newspaper of that time which records that Eliza- beth Hewitt, daughter of Mr. and will be answered to be included in be sent overseas. With the weatherman coâ€"oper- ating, the Spring Fair sponsored by St. Mary’s Anglican Evening Guild got ofi to a good start on Saturday afternoon in the Mason- ic Hall. Mrs. William Banks, the Guild president, welcomed the crowd and introduced the Rector, the Rev. W. F. Wrixon who spoke of his appreciation of the work of the different organizations of wo- men in the Church. Mrs. Douglas Boyd then intro- duced Lady Flavelle who spoke a few words‘ stressing the inspira- tion that craft work can give, and told of the growth of King Craft, from the time when thirty-two wo- _men (and one baby) met together, chose their executive and their name, to the present time, when the membership is up to sixty and has 'had to be closed. She then de- clared the Fair open. Some Colorful Plaids Large Crowds Attend Annual Women’s Fair Among the exhibitors were Mrs. Moore, with several colorful plaids displayed and on her loom 3. del- icate work of rose pink that she was working on during the afterâ€" noon. Miss Liversedge brought several partly completed handbags to show their construction and de- monstrated the art of tooling lea- ther. Under his chisel, Mr. Alfred Perry skillfully transformed blocks of wood into animal forms and ev- en faces in the audience! Side by side, Mr. Douglas Boyd and Mr. Cliff Bennett displayed the precision tools necessary to fine silver work - . . with Mr. Ben- nett demonstrating the art of sil- ver engraving and Mr. Boyd fash- ioning rings from silver and stone during the afternoon. The floral display on the plat- form, representing the blossoms of the four seasons of the year, was the work of Mr. Sears from Oak Ridges . . . and a large crowd watched, fascinated while he twist- ed the colored petals into dainty pansies or delicate morning glor- 1es. Mrs. R. Hewitt, was united in marriage to William Mylks J11, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mylks. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. R. W. Wright, B. D.. assisted by Rev. F. W. Thompson, B.A. The bridesmaid was Martha Hewitt, sister of the bride, and the groomsman 1“. S. Mitchell. Lewiscraft from Toronto had an interesting table too, demonstrat- (Continued on page 3) Patricia Tonner,~ 23-months. old child of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Tonner' Oxford Rd., Elgin Mills was. nearly drowned lLonday afternoon when she fell into a ditch in front of her home filled with three feet of water. Her brother, Marshall, four years old, attempted to rescue her, but the effort was too much and his screams brought the mother. who had been hanging out washing, to the scene. The child was face down in the water and was unconscious but prompt action by the mother brought her around although the latter suffered some anxious mom- ents. Nearly Drowns "In gentials, Unity; In Non-essentials, Liberty; In a” Things, Charity." At the meeting of the Richmond Hill Public School Board last Thursday night, members of the board and the council went into considerable of a huddle regarding reports that disparaging remarks had been passed about the board at a recent meeting of the council. All’s Well That Ends Well Specifically, as chairman James Pollard pointed out, he had been advised that a member of the council had said he had heard the school board had laughed at the councillors when the latter had passed the school budget without opposition. According to the story told him, Mr. Pollard said the councillor had allegedly received such information in a telephone call from an un- named third party. - Mr. Pollard said the school board was justifiably annoyed at the in- sinuation which had no basis what- ever in fact. He said the board worked just; as zealously as the council in keeping costs down to a minimum and an unavoidable in- crease in teachers’ salaries was the reason it Ihacl had to jump its nud- get this year. Not Taken Seriously The couple came here from Mapâ€" le in 1914, Mr. Mylks being em- ployed as a baker. Of recent years. he has been at the Parliaâ€" ment Buildings in Toronto. Mrs. Mylks has been a member of the WA. of the church and also of the Women‘s Institute, of which she was treasurer for a number of years. a Mr. and Mrs. Mylks have had two sons by their marriage, Clar- ence, who worked for the Hydro Electric Power Commission here for 21 years and now holds an ex- ecutive position with the Commis- sion at Brockville and William with the Lake of the Woods Milling Company at Toronto. There are two grandchildren, Shirley who lives at the Mylks home and is em- ployed by Dr. Mason and Grant living with his parents at Brock ville. The are children of Clar- ence. It was the first wedding in the church and the couple was presâ€" ented wiht a Bible on behalf of the church trustees. Reeve Neal said the incident in question had not even been taken seriously by the council which had approved the estimates as sub- mitted by the board after thor- oughly studying them. The coun- cil always was willing to work in co-operation with the board, he The couple have been the recip- ients of numerous gifts and con- gratulatory cards. Mr. and Mrs. Mylks are consis- tent readers of The Liberal and have been since they first came to Maple over 40 years ago. said. YOUNG HOPEFULS â€"â€" Hoping to get into High School next year is this en- trance class of Richmond Hill Public School under Principal Walter Scott. Reading from left in the picture are: back row: Allan Robertson, Bill Smith, Neil Risebrough, Robbie Keith, Jim Gardner, Bill Beatty, Doug. Fuller, Bill Leach, Bob Kent, .‘Graeme Bales, David Pollitt, Prin- cipal Walter Scott. Third row: Michael RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 19th 1951 Councillors Tomlin“ and Mludle- ton both backed up the reeve’s statement. Members of the board felt how- ever, such an accusation should not be lightly dismissed. Mrs. Langstafl’ claimed that when such a. remark is brought up before the council, it should def- initely be the concern of the school board. The latter had never even discussed the council’s acceptance of the budget. ' V “It’s an absolute untruth and should be scotched,” Trustee Bar- ber maintained, “we are doing ev- erything in our power to keep the cost of education down.” Late arrival of Councillor Per- kins revealed that it was he who made a comment in council that .had set off all the commot'on. He said, his remark was not exactly what it had been construed to be and in any event had not been in- etnded as critical of the board but rather as something incidental which he had passed along at the council meeting. There was some more discussion with the joint meeting finally breaking up amicably and mem- bers of each body pledging con- tinued co-operation in adminis- tering‘ the affairs of the commun- ity. To Buy Projector A letter from Robert H. Saun- ders, chairman of the Ontario Hy- dro Electric Power Commission, stated that the Commission had in- vestigated complaints of difi’icul- ties in the power service following conversion to 60-cycle and had ad- justed them. The board concurred in the view that everything was now functioning satisfactorily. Purchase of a four-way movie projector for Richmond Hill pub- lic school was approved by the board. The equipment will he pur- chased from Audio. Visual Assoc- iates and has been under consid- eration by the board for some time. It will be subject to the approval of Principal Walter Scott and Trustee (Mrs.) Langstaff. A new teacher, Gerald Orton of Agincourt, was engaged at a start- ing salary of $2,000 a year and the resignation of P. Wagar from the staff, was accepted. The board asked' to have present members of 'the staff signify by April 20 whe- ther they intended to retain their posts here after September 1. This will give ample time to make re- placements should any further resignations be handed in. Chairman Pollard reported that he hoped to have the fencing on the south side of the school install- ed shortly. Trustees Butlm, Barber and Armstrong were named a commit- tee to represent the board in deal- ings with the attorney_ J. D. Lu- cas, in connection with acquisition of a site for the new public school. Butt, Marguerite Clubine, Rosemary March, Bernice Archibald, Laurie Weaver, Joan Dunn, Anita Soderberg, Joan Cook, Shirley Bond, Jane Iwancion. Second row: Janet Tomlinson, Elsie Nicol, Flor- ence Little, Joan Marinofi', Jacquelyn Mc- Lean, Judy Uren, Gwen Stapeley, Patsy Ramer, Ruth Scott, Joyce Jefferson. Front row: Robert Gates, Keith Cross, Bryan Mills, Watson Cottrill, Lynn Jackman, Ken Tomlin, Carl Teetzel, Ron Heisey. Norm Stunden, Well-known Rich-I mond Hill athlete who has excell-3 ed in softball and hockey has been one of the spai‘kplugs in the hock- ey drive that has taken the Mark- ham Millionaires to the finals for the senior OHA “B” title. Norm has been consistently brilliant in the nets for the Millionares all sea-‘ son long but was in specially fine1 form at Oshawa when his brillianti goaltending played a large part in the Markham club eliminating Kingston Nylons in the semiâ€"finals. Bunny Morganson tells about it in The Toronto Telegram as foll-I Is Top Star In OHA Playoff Local Athlete The siren wailed the end of the game here last night and the Markham Millionaires skated to- ward their goal to almost smoth- er their little netminder, Norman Stunden for 'his terrific chore ag- ainst Kingston Nylons. Markham, winning the game 5â€"4 accomplished what the experts said was impossible. They had elimin- ated the rugged Nylons four games Continued on page 3 The Richmond Hill Women’s Institute is desirous of estabâ€" lishing a museum in connecâ€" tion with the Tweedsmuit History bei g compiled of Richmond ill. They take this method of soliciting contributions got tnis museum â€"â€" old records, pic- tures, neWSpapers, school books or reports, articles used in pioneer days, are just a few of the interesting things found in such a. museum. If you have anything you would contribute, please con- tact Mrs. L. W. Zuefelt, con- venor of Historical Research Phone Richmond Hill 92J. Plan Museum Council Will Have By-iaw Drawn Up Providing For Two-Hour Parking Limit Tenders for Richmond Hill’s new sewer system are be- ing called for and will be accepted up to May 7, the council was advised Monday night by Proctor, Redfern and Laugh- lin, engineers for the new system. Bids at the present time are only being sought for the sanitary sev- ers of which approximately eight n'i‘es must be laid on the village streets. Meanwhile the engineers are putting the finishing touches on plans for the disposal plant and tenders will be asked at a later date. Following receipt of a letter from the Ontario Department of Municipal Afiairs with l‘eSDECt to financing a debenture issue of ap- proximately $300,000 for the sewer system, the reeve and clerk were named a. committee to confer with the village solicitor, J. D. Lucas, to discuss details. The village hopes. to float its debenture issue through the On- tario Municipal Improvement corâ€" poration which is said to provide money at a lower figure than the prevailing rate of interest. it is felt there will be no difficulty ir. selling debentures inasmuch as the town now only has a bonded debt of $200,000 as against an assess- ment of one million and a half. Council decided to put up more street lights using up a stock that is reposing in the municipal building at present. A letter from the Canadian Le- gion with respect to a veteran in Sunnybrook Hospital who is said to have suffered a fractured neck when he slipped on 11 Richmond Hill pavement was ordered turned over to the insurance company. Lorie Roy, manager of the local Hydro, reported that he was pre- paring a list of steel and non- ferrous metals on the local system as required by the Defense Produc- tion Board. A letter from the Department of Municipal Affairs advised that one of a series of educational lec- tures for municipal officials will be 1held in Toronto on May 2. The clerk was authorized to attend tn- gether with the assessor and as many other municipal officials as possible. Name Clerk Assistant The council named Howard White assistant clerk at a salary of $2,000. He was one of five ap- plicants for the job and one of two interviewed by the council. Mr. White formerly worked for the municipality on a temporary basis. The council agreed to supply water to a Mr. Murray operating a cement processing plant at Rich- vale at a figure of 35c per thous- and gallons. Mr. Murray estim- ated that he would use from 7,000 to 8,000 gallons 3 day. Clerk Russell Lynett was authâ€" orized to call a meeting next Mop-- day of the representatives of four municipalities which will consider jointly the problems of dog con- trol and an incinerator. Councillor Middleton said hu had been approached by several busi- ness men with the suggestion that curbs be removed from in front of their business places to permIt cars to drive in and park. He said it would tend to relieve traffic congestion on Yonge Street. The (Continued on page 3) APRIL 23 -â€" Monday. Regular meeting of West Langstaff Rate- payers in Langstat’f Public Scnool at 8 pm. c1w42 APRIL 20 â€" Friday. Richmond Hill Tennis Club will hold its re- organization meeting at the High School. Wright St. (in the library) at 8 p.m. Members and prospec- tive members urged to attend. APRIL 25 â€" Wednesday. Bmgo, under auspices of aCnadian Legion at the Graystones, Aurora, at 8 p. m. 25 games, $300 in prizes. Ad- mission 50c. *1w42 APRIL 25 â€"â€" Horticultural “Bird Night” with Dr. W. W. Hughes, sound movies, Public School Audi- torium, 8.30 pm. Silver collection. c1w42 Richmond Hill stores are open until 9 pm. on Friday and Saturday nights. Their owners and staffs, like all others in the dis- trict, would like the opportunity to say “Welcome” and to serve you. HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Coming Events Save By Buying At Home NEW RESIDENTS *1w42 Besides being the fourth Anni~ versary of the founding of the Thornhill and District Lions Club, Monday was also Ladies Night when members and ladies were en- tertained at a meeting held in the Thornhill United Church Hall. Thornhill Lion's Celebrate Their 4th Anniversary > The large attendance was very gratifying and entertainment pro- vided by Cawthra Brooks renowned mind reader and Mentalist. was thoroughly enjoyed. Lions Jerry L’Aventure and Ted Murphy pro- vided vocal numbers which were much appreciated. Lion Harvey Sheppard, who has recently left this area, was in att‘. endance and was thanked by the Club President for the contribution he had made to the Club in. the past as pianist and musician. Lion Harvey was then presented with a. gift from the Club in recognition of his valuable services. Announcement of a Dance to be held on April 27 at the Nw Up- lands Golf and Country Club was made by Lion’ Frank Harris. Funds from the dance will be‘used to purchase the street signs for the area. one of the current projects of the club. Nominations were made for the executive of the Club for the com- ing year and resulted in the foll- owing appointments by acclamation President ; Percy Bone ; lst Vice- President Dick Jeffery, 2nd. Vice- President, Joe Lanthier ; 3rd. Vice President J. Bentham; Tailtwist- President, Joe Lanthier ; 3rd. Vice President J. Bentham; Tailtwist- err Frank Nicholson. The remain‘ in}; offices will be filled by election at the next regular meeting. CENTURY-OLD SHOE An old shoe believed to be at least 100 years old is on display in The Liberal window. It tumbled out when workers were removing a partition in the home of Joe Per. Cy at Brown’s Corners on the Markham road last week. It is apparently hand made with wood- en pegs and a copper toe plate. , APRIL 25 â€" Wednesday. Thomhil! Y.P.U. presents thrge oneâ€"act plays and assisting artists at Richmond Hill United Church Hall at 8.15 p. m. Adults 50c, children 35c. c2w41 APLRIL Z6 â€"- Bradshaw will United Church meet at 6.30. Scout Group is sponsoring 3 Min- strel Show to be put on by the Richvale Scout and Cub Group at McDonald and Wells Hall, King, at 8 pm. Admission adults 50c, children 35c. c1w4-2 Baking Sale undev the auspices of the Women's Institute in the aud- itorium of the public school. c1w42 MAY 12 â€"â€" Mother‘s Day Tea and On the suggestion of Coun- cillor Perkins, the council de- cided to proclaim the week starting April 30 as cleanup week in Richmond Hill. He said that such an idea was the general policy in other towns and it would do a great deal to spruce up Richmond Hill. APRIL The councillbr pointed out that Arbor Day was celebrafiâ€" ed in the schools the first Fri. day in May and as it. was gen: orally a cleanup day there, it could tie in with the gener- 31 picture. Cleanup Week Friday. The hing Thursday. John address Thornhill at 8 p.111. Juniors c1w42