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NORTH YORK: North York resiâ€" dents oversubscribed to the 1951 North York Red Cross Campaign for funds by more than $4,000.00, campaign chairman Vern. Singer reports. ---- STOUFFVILLE: Bert Tindall was the successful bidder for the 112- gcre farm at lot 6, con. 8, juSt south of Mount Albert, belonging to the estate of the late John F - Dean, at a price of $14,000. NEWMARKET: Council is consid- ering the passing of a byâ€"law gov- erning smoke stacks after repeated complaints from taxpayers that smoke from the factories rums their laundry. BARRIE: Barrie is considering the building of a new posal plant which clear up pollution in NEWM-ARKET: There were 76 births in York County Hospital last month. During the same month last year there were 67. Number of patients admitted in March of this year numbered 2.74 compared to 246 in 1950. STOUFF'VILLE: Possibly Henry Michell of this district has the distinction of being the first 1arm- er in this locality to begin seed- ing operations. Mr. Michell who Works the Leadbetten farm on the outskirts of Markham village, worked up sixteen acres on Mon- day of last week and seeded the field on Tuesday. NEWMARKET: Two way radios were installed in the cars at Newâ€" market Taxi last week. Earlby Ruthven and Larry Needler, prop- rietors, say the added equipment will make a great; improvement in the speed of taxi service. STOUFFVILLE: Council declined to agree to a request from town electrician Horace Walsh for an additional $550 in salary and $250 for the use of his truck, and auth- orized the clerk to advertise for a. man to fill Mr. Walsh’s position. NEWMARKET: Members of the Newmarket Leather Workers Un- ion at Davis Leather voted last week 129 to 85 to accept the company’s revised offer for wage increases. The union had rejected the company’s original offer a few weeks ago. A surprise presentation of a. silver tray was made by council to Fred Peel, recently retired township clerk, in recognition of his 12 years of service to the township, and' to Wlm. A. King for years of devoted service as councillor, dep- uty-reeve and reeve. NEWMARKET: Councillor auth- orized Mayor Joseph Vale last Week to commission someone to write an lauthoritative history of the town. NORTH GWILLIMBURY TWP; GEORGINA TWP.: The School Board has turned its cash position from a $638 bank overdraft on January 1, 1950, into a year-end balance of $6,126.11. NEWMARKET: Newmarket join- ed other municipalities in oppos- ing the proposed three per cent turn-over tax at’a meeting last ‘week. Members of council rati- fied a resolution passed in Niag- ara Falls opposing the tax. ORILLIA: Members of the Orillia Water, Light and Power Commis- sion are agreed on the idea that electric revenue must be increased to meet the cost of carrying the inunicipally-owned system, but agreement ends there as far as the adjusting of rates are concern- ed. NEWMARKET: James B. Walker has been elected to the presidency of the Lions Club. Mr. Walker, an insurance agent, is well known throughout Newmarket and dis- trict for his interest in sports. The campaign to raise funds to further the work of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind will be climaxed in Richmond Hill Saturday with a tag day with girls from both the public and high schools volunteering as tag- gel-s. -â€" the new building programme. Its need was made evident by the new buildings springingvup across the country. These buildings in- clude a work shop where sub- contracts obtained from nearby industries may be completed by blind workers. To determine what sort of sub-contract; should be sought is the work of the Ideas Committee. The Committee goes farther than that. The workrooms are spacious, and the suggestion was made that the blind might manu- facture marketable articles as a project of their own in addition to It is interesting to note the de- velopment of the New Ideas Com- mittee of the C.N.I.B., and al- though it meets in Toronto its work will benefit the blind who live here in our own county. This Committee is a further advance in C.N.I.B.’s march of progress Tag Day For Blind Here Saturday News From Next Door new sewage dis- .ich would help in the bay. is consid- -law 30"- ‘ repeated vers that \TOLUME LXXII. NUMBER 44. Véughan Twp. Clamps Down On Sub-divisions To Keep Debts From ClimbflvAnyHigher Planning Board Acts holds its 80th anniversary on May 6, it is expected that several 01 the former ministers and their wives will be present to renew olt’ friend- ships. Some of those expected are Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Halbert of Alliston‘ Rev. and Mrs. A. Lu- nau of Toronto; Rev. and Mrs. A1- bert Leece of Simcoe, Rev. and Mrs. R. J- D. Simpson of Toronto; Rev. and Mrs. Douglas Davis of Stouffville; also Mrs. R. Gray of Guthrie, Ont. King City United Church To Mark 80th Birthday Sunday The evening service will be con- ducted by Rev. Mr. Davis, assisted by Rev. Mr. Simpson who v..s.a student while serving at this church several years ago. At the morning service Rev. C. E. Gow; ans. M.A‘, B.D., D.D., will be the guest speaker. O-Ehéré will be an augmented choir of twentyâ€"five voices under direc- tion of Mrs. E. Patton. A reception will be held in. the close of the evening service when refreshments will be served and Rev. and Mrs. Jenkinson with Mrs. Winter will welcome the visitors and congregation. The history of the church from its beginning in 1871 to the present day will be read and Mr. Bob Watson of Rich- mond Hill, who is a pupil of Mr. Iltyd Harris, will sing. ‘Built for $1350 In this present day of inflated building costs, it is difficult to real- ize that the Methodist Episcopal Church which later became the King finited Church was built for $1,350.00 in 1871, when this village was known as Springhill. The original church was built of clapboard and was the pride of the King circuit. In 1928 it was com- pletely renovated, enlarged and bricked. Mrs. M. J. Winter. who was a little girl of seven years when the church was built, was present at the dedication service with her parents, 80 years ago, and remem- bers the day very well. Mrs. I. L. Boyd and Mrs. E. Patton have collected the names of all former members of the church who have moved away and- have sent invitations to them to attend the birthday services. Some of the far-away members who are being remembered in this way are: Mrs. H, Downey, Edmonton, Alta.; Mrs. Vera Carley, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. J. Tough, Morrow, Alta.; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Fol- liott' Montreal; Mrs. Louis Tan- kard. Cleveland, Ohio. RICHMOND HILL FLIER HURT When their Harvard plane swer- ved on take-off and crashed at Belleville, F.O. L. 'G. Bentley of Richmond Hill and F.0. W. B. Pollin of Montreal suffered minor injuries. The aircraft was badly damaged. That thrill that comes once in a lifetime came Monday night to Bill White, 123 Mill St. as he was dealt a 29 cribbage hand while playing at; the home of Arthur thite. the sub-contrac_t work. The Com-1 mittee invited sightless and sight- ed both to send in suggestions, and every month it sits on these ideas to determine their practica- bility and marketability. To date it is sponsoring two items, a com- bined wool winder, darnez and needle holder, and an ironing board clip for fastening the cover on the ironing board. Many other sug- ge:tions have been offered, but have been rejected for various rea- sons such as too much competition, not suitable for blind workers, and others. The scope of the Committee does not stop there. It is even develop- ing new crafts for blind workers to add to the old stand-bys ot basketry, leather work, and chair caning. A recent addition is the making of ear-rings which can be done quite successfully at home. When you support the annual fin. ancial campaign, you support the Ne“ Ideas Committee and so bring better opportunities for earning to the blind citizens of our ovm district. When King City United Church Our campaign in Richmond Hill is being convened by Mrs. J. E. Smith. PERFECT CRIB HAND m Good Showing Made By Night School Pupils Graduation exercises for the foreignaborn students who have been attending night classes at the Richmond Hill high school were held in the school on Monday night. Principal A. S. Elson of the. school staff acted as chairman of the meeting and Chairman Kinnee of‘ the High School board presented certificates of attendance to the junior group and graduation dip- lomas to the senior group. He stated the board had excellent tea« c'hers in the night school and had been commended for the fact that it was one of the few places in On- tario where everyone who wrote passed the examination. Presentation of a. bouquet of roses on behalf of lohe groups was made by Mr. Walter Hahn to each of the teachers handling the mass- es. Mrs. Jean Hurson of the high school staff who had charge of the junior group and Mrs. G. R. Cross of the senior grade Mrs Cross is on the staff of the Headford Pub- lic School. Persons passing the examina- tion in basic English were as fol- lows: Mrs. P. Reinink; Mr. and Mrs. E. Maciejewski; Bartele Vander Zwoog; Mr. and Mrs. Ezergailis; Antony Sinacoga; Mr. and Mrs. van der Kooy; Mr. Frank Svetec; Mr. Nick Galeot; Mr. Vince Galeot; Mr. Carl Christensen; Mr. Kero; Mr. Kojola. Class members receiving dip- lomas were: Andry Bondarensky; Leugi Del Brocco; Stanislaus Ev- erets; Auseklis Ezergailis; Janis Ezergailis; Walter Hahn; Kathe Klein; Anne-Marie Klein; Janis Petersons; Maiga Petersons; Fred Reinink; Gerard Willems; John Keller (moved a month ago but received credit for hours in class.) The program was augmented by the showing of color films: “Klee Wyck -â€" Life and Paintings of Emily Carr”, “Eskimo Summer- time’, “Canadian Flowers” (ani- mated), “Fiddle Dee Dee”, correl- ation of art and music. Night classes, have been in pro- gress since October 1 being held Monday and Thursday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Mrs. L. Hawkes, 95 Roseview Avenue, Richmond Hill, was hos- tess to the local War Brides As- sociation at its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday. Even though tow-trucks were necessary in some cases because of the day- long downpour, every one of the enrolled members were present. The business of the meeting was presided over by the chairman, Mrs. H. J. Stroud with Mrs. L. G. Riley acting as secretary. The group was among those who con- tributed towards the expenses of lthe Ajax war bride, Mrs. , ca iWalker, who died of cancer on Sunday, the day after her arrival in her native England. J. E. Smith M,P. this week announced that for the con- venience 0 those living south of Richmond Hill a "new post office will be established under the name of Yonge Street. It will be located at the corner of Yonge Street and Yongehurst road. The Postmaster will be William G. Costofl". There is to be a special meeting next Wednesday, May 9, at 8 o’- clock at the home of Mrs. E. C. Grigsby, F/Igin Street, Stop 15, Thornhill (east of Yonge Street). Members are reminded to bring their packages for the Overseas Parcels. ‘ The first Overseas Parcel coll- ected by the group was drawn by Mrs. A. C. Rollinson, Wood Lane, Richmond Hill. Mrs. H. D. Lee, Langstafl‘ Road West, Langscafi', won a cake baked and donated by the hostess in aid of the associa- tion’s funds. New Post Office War Brides Association "In Essentials, Unity,- Richmond Hill Man Will Join Staff Of County Health Unit During the month of March_ 1951 activities of the York County Health Un'it have continued with particular emphasis upon immuniz- ation of infants, preschool, and schoolâ€"age children, in order to insure against the shortest pessible time the-complete protection of communities witfin the York Coun- ty Health Unit against. unnecess- ary outbreaks of preventable dis- seases At the same time. awareâ€" ness of an increasing volume of sanitary problems has indicated the need to bring the inspectional staff up to adequate strength. Provision has been made, therefore, for an addition to the staff of Sanitary Inspectors. Next month, William H. Burns_ of Richmond Hill, pre- MAY 5 â€"- Saturday. Mllmtl‘el Show at the Richmond Hill Public School Auditorium, under the aus- pices of Richvale District Boy Scouts at 8 pm. Admission 50c. c1w44 MAY 5 â€" Saturday. Toggery sale of good used clothing, several fur coats, from 10 am. to 4 p.111. in Thornhill United Church Sunday School Hall. Auspices Local Asâ€" sociation of Guides & Brownies. c1w44 MAY 7 â€"â€"~ Monday: Meeting of Markham Township Council at the Municipal Offices, Unionville. MAY 7 -â€"â€" Monday. Richmond Hill Village Council Meeting at Mun- icipal Hall. Delegations wishing to appear are requested to advise Village Clerk three days in ad- vanee. c1w44 DANCING every Saturday night at Bolton Casino. Norm Burling and His King’s Men. *2w43 MAY 8 â€" Tuesday. The Richmond Hill Branch 375 Canadian Legion regular meeting at the home of Comrade F. Titshall, May Ave., Stop 24A. Members your attend- ance is requested. *1w44 MAY 8, 9 â€" Don’t forget the Rich- mond Hill Girl Guides Theatre Night at “The Richmond”. May 8 ‘Toast of New Orleans,’ May 9, ‘The Heiress.’ Tickets good on either night. c1w44 MAY 11 â€"â€" Friday. At the home of Mrs. W. S. Pocknell, 78 Centre St. W., a Daffodil Tea 3.30 to 5.30 in aid of St. Mary’s Altar Guild. Everyone welcome. *2w44 SIXTH GRADE PUPILS: Students in the sixth grade of the Richmond Hill Public School, of which Miss Eleanor Huffman is teacher, are pictured above. Back row, from left: Sandra Koning, Janis BuLlin, Carol Mansbridge, Donald Large, Jim White, Bruce Walburn, Michael McCleuve, Sidney Smith, Tom Clark, Eddie Goodman Paul Ducharme, Jim Stunden, Nigei March. Third row: Miss Huffman, Gwen Hisey, Betty Stewart, Carol John- son, Patsy Bond, Marilyn Baker, Lou- In Non-essentials, Liberty; in a” Things, Charity. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 3rd. 1951 Coming Events c1w44 sently employed by the Depart. ment of Health, North York Town-- ship, will join the stafi“ of the York County Health Unit. Immunization The York County Health Unit has continued its intensive immun- ization of infants, preschool_ and schoolâ€"age children, and at the time of writing this report, every elem- entary school (with the exception of two schools) has been visited for the first time for the pulp»: of immunization_ and more than half of the 76 elementary schools in the Health Unit have been visited the full three times provided in. the schedule for the current immuniza- tion program. There has been a All adults wishing to enrol with the beginners Square. Dancing class in the Public School Audiâ€" torium on Monday evening at 9 p.m. please call Richmond Hill 265M now as registration will be limited.“ clw44 MAY 12 â€" Saturday Mother‘s Day Tea and Baking Sale under the auspices of the Women’s Institute in the Public School Auditorium from 3 to 5 pm. Three beautiIul lucky prizes. Tea and ticket on draw 35 cents. Proceeds for comâ€" munity work. c2w44 MAY 18 â€" Friday. Edgeley W. A. is sponsoring a play entitled “Where’s Grandma” presented by the Smithfield Fellowship Club, to be held in Edgeley Hall at 8.30 pm. c2w44 MAY 23 â€" Wednesday. Mon- ster modern and old time dance on the new mastic tile floor in Newmarket Arena. Proceeds for Trumpet Band. Norm Burling 9-piece orchestra. Fred Case, floor manager. .Price 506. The Richmond Hill Public School will be closed for the afternoon ~i May 30 on the occasion of the Dis- trict Teachers’ Institute Meeting. On May 16 there will be no Kin- dergarten classes since the medical examination and registration of preâ€"Kindergarten pupils will be held in the Public School auditor- ium. Children who will be 5 years old by Dec. 31, 1951 are eligible for Kindergarten next fall. The Board requires that proof of the child’s age be presented at this time. If your surname begins A- M, please come in the morning 9- 12 am. If your surname begins N-Z, please come in the afternoon V1.15-3.30 p.m. c2w44 (Continued on page 3) ise Munroe, Bess Smith, June Barber, Joyce Fleming, Carol Baker, Ethel Hudson. Secon‘d row: Patsy Smith, Kathleen Bon- ner, Lillian Butler, Doris Jefferson, Mar- guerite Guppy, Marlene Royle, Kathy Todd, Maureen Temple, Betty Clark, Mar- garet Beaty, Shirley Greenhead. Front row: Bob Greenhead, Peter Savage, Tony Berry, Roger Wilson, Terry Bailey, Bob Johnson, Roy Marianf, Frank White, Mi- chael Ball. ! Plans Progress For Agriculture Fair May 24th There are a total of 27 classes for competition in the annual “Parish Show” sponsored by the York County Jersey Club and ap- plicatiqns are available from the secretary of the club, W.M. Cock- burn, Newmarket, as well as him Mrs. M. Burton at 82 Benson Ave., Richmond Hill. There will be a total of 34 ev- ents in the draft horse show and over a score in the harness horses [and ponies competition. Excellent cash prizes are being offered for winners in the various eVents. Last but not least will be a Guernsey calf competition sponsored by the York-Simcoe Guernsey club, and several jumping events. A fair would be nothing without a midway and the directors have lined up a good program on this count. Through the day a Salva- tion Army band will provide music for the crowd. The day’s program will be top- ped ofi with a mammoth dance in the arena with Kit Carson’s Trail Blazers providing the music. Something new was added to the Richmond Hill business picture to- day when a modern Milk Bar was opened by the Richmond Hill Dairy in its new building on Yonge St. | Bill Waters, operator of the business, assures the .people of the village that his Milk Bar will pro- vide the same sort of courteous service that has characterized the operation of the “Friendly Local Dairy.” It is planned not only to serve all sorts of milk drinks _.nd ice cream confections but also snacks and sandwiches. Milk Bar Opened By Richmond Hill Dairy The Annual Inspection of the Richmond Hill District High School Cadet Corps will be held next Wednesday, May 9, in the Arena at 2 pm. sharp. attend. Parents and friends of the Cadets are cordially invited to Inspect Cadets iDebt Rises From $18,000 1T0 $500,000 In 3 Years Alarmed by a consistently spir- alling debenture debt and deter- mined to keep residential areas within reasonable bounds Vaugh- an Township council Tuesday on the recommendation of fits plan- ning Board voted to ban entirely for the year ‘1951 approval of new subdivisions in the township save where residential areas have now been set up and to restrict it sharply even in these areas. The area in which sharply res- tricted subdividing may be ap- proved is from Steele’s Avenue to Elgin Mills and from Bathurst to Yonge Streets. In all other sections of the municipality, subdividing is out entirely. The resolution approved by the council is as follows: It was moved by Jas. H. Rob- son and seconded by Albert H. Rutherford: ; Whereas the purpose of thelof-l ficial plan of the Township of Vaughan is “to maintain a low density of population throughout the Township." And whereas the official plan provides that “portions of the Township, however, may be per- mitted to have a greater density as future trends in deveIOpment oe- came more clearly defined,” And whereas the number or new building lots created by approved sub-divisions during the two years 1948 and 1949 exceeds the number of new dwelling permits for con- struction on said lots issued during 1948, 1949 and 1950 in the ratio 0f 3.8 to 1, Be it resolved therefore, that during the year 1951, no land will be approved for sub-division for residential purposes except lands which are situated within lots 26 to 50 in the first concession and are adjacent to existing sub-divided land upon which not less than two thirds of the lots have been built upon (including building permitted but not complete), or are situated within the communities of M..ple, Kleinburg, Nashville and Pine Grove, provided that the owner can show to the satisfaction of the Planning Board that such lands: Must Have Water (1) have an adequate supply of water for residential purpose. ‘ (2) are suitable for the installa- ltion of septic tanks (3) are of such topography that adequate drainage; for the Who.e proposed sub-division can be pro- vided and maintained without un- due erosion of roadways or ditches (4) that the sub-division 0: said lands is in the interest of the Townâ€" ship. That this resolution shall not ap- ply to plans of sub-division ptev- iously presented to and approved by the Township but which have not as yet been registered. In discussing the proposal, it was pointed out that the debenture debt of the township had jumped from $18,707 as of December 31, 1947 to a total of $503,260.26 today and other $65,000 yet to be tittde on. There is also a possibility war. a water area being sought in Richâ€" vale may involve the council in an- other $100,000 expenditure. It Was felt it was time to halt these subdivisions springing up like Continued on page 3 April showers bring forth â€" and the showers on Wednesday evening last, certainly brough» forth a host of bird and flower lovers to the Public School audi- torium, for the annual “Bird” night, sponsored by the Richmond Hill Horticultural Society. D1. W. W. Hughes, of Embro, guest speaker, urged his-audience to have a hobby, to maintain good health mentally and physically one must have diversion, from the humdrum of everyday toil. and he suggested the study of nature in all its fields, interesting to any- one who would take time to study. His film, entitled “Ontario Wild Flowers,” was undonbtedly the best yet shown at a Society meetâ€" ing. The dawn breaking through the wooded dells carpeted with trilliums, and many other flowers unknown to the average natural- ist. the clear notes of the birds as if calling to awaken nature from its slumbers, was like a sweet symphony, even the little bzooks Enjoyable Horticultural Show HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1873 A tour of the Don River Valley and a visit to the principal beauty spots and historical points along its route has been arranged by the Don Valley Conservation Associa- tion for Sunday, May 13, Reeve William Neal has been advised. Plan Tour Of Don Valley On Sunday May 13 A special train has been char- tered for the occasion and is sched« uled to leave the Don station in‘ Toronto at; 1.30 pm. daylight time. The itinerary provides that the train reach Richmond Hill at 3.3-0 The association estimates that from 400 to 500 persons will make the trip which is open to all mem~ bers of the group. ‘Tcntative plans for a welcoming committee to meet the train are now being worked out by municipal officials. A feature of interest to Rich. mond Hill is the fact that the train will carry two! individuals dressed as Governor Simcoe and Lady Simcoe. Arriving here, an address will be read on the early explorations of the Don by Gov- ernor Simcoe and emphasizing his trip through the present site of Richmond Hill during the year 1793. The Patterson Community Club' entertained the Maple Community Club at their monthly meeting held in the school room on Thurs- day evening April 19. A record crowd was in attendance. The meeting wascaJled to order by Mr. Jim Lepper and after the minutes were read and adopted the business was quickly dispensed with. Miss Irma Ritchie introduc. ed the speaker of the evening, Miss, Elizabeth Petrie, school nurse for the area. Mrs. A. McEwen thank. ied the speaker for her enlightening ‘and delightful address. Mrs. Ross Stephenson presented flowers in appreciation of Miss Pctrie’s kind. ness. Community Clubs Meet A general meeting of the Richmond Hill Business Men's Association will be held in the public school next Tuesday night at which the Trade Fair will be one of the main items on the agenda. Encouraging reports on the progress of fair preparations were received at a meeting of the directors at the home of President Art Uren on Tues- day night of this week. The committee is swinging into high gear and a progressive report is expected at the gen- eral meet next week. Toward the close of the meeting contests were conducted after which lunch was served by the la. dies of Patterson Club. seemed to bubble in chorus, and the marsh marigolds seemed to spring. The pictures of birds hatching in the nest before,one’s eyes was a most amazing sight, and the almost human antics of two owls brought rounds of applause_ un- usual camera shots of a flock of geese in flight were unforgettable, even “Osc'ar” the bee, was busy in most of the pictures to say noming of the beautiful monarch butter- flies enjoying the warm sunlight while sipping on a clump of M1- chaelmas Daisies. From spring to fall Dr. Hughes’ camera missed nothing in the sky or on the earth beneath, the water also revealed wonders of nature, when as a grand finale, 2. white swan glided along with the grace of a ballerina giving her best per. formance. It was an evening never to be forgotten and the thanks of the Society are extended to Dr. Lill- ian Langstafi', chairman. Meet Tuesday By making use of the Classified Adver- tising- columns when you have something to buy â€"â€" something to sell. It’s so easy to place an ad â€"â€" just telephone Richmond Hill 9 by noon any Wednesday.