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AURORA; Twenty-three new‘ homes in Aurora are either under construction or definitely planned. according to building permits i5- sued during the past three months. Total value of the properties is $229,000. H - t t NEWMARKET: Miss Geraldine Boom'hower has been appointed as- sistant town clerk. Miss Boomhow- er replaces Doris (Proctor) Mc- Laren who resigned recently. EAST GWILLIMBURY: Building inspector, Kenneth Ross, Mount Albert, inspector for East Gwillim- bury, recommended amendments to the township building by-law to al- low applicants to live in garages on their property until their resi- dences have been completed. WHITCHURCH TWP.: One of the largest groups of school debenture issues ever approved by the town- ship has been passed by Whit- church council. Debentures total $107,000 for two new public sckools and one public school addition. AURORA: Contrary to the exper- ience of most sportsmen Jack Pen- nock, Aurora barber, found fishing to be a paying proposition on a re- cent trip to Haliburton. Trolling on Hog Lake, 18 miles north-cane of Minden, he thought he had a good- sized one on his line, but was sur- prised at the absence of any fight. Bringing his catch up he discover- ed it. to be a wallet containing $33.35. “Finder’s keepers” turn- ed out to be the case as the wallet contained no identification of any kind. STOUFFVILLE: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker celebrated their gol- den wedding anniversary last week. BOLTON: Rev. A. L. Farris of the Presbyterian Church was speak- er on the Church of the Air broad- cast last Sunday over CBL at 4.30 NEWMARKET; At its last meet- ing council turned down an offer of $13,000 for the old town clerk’s of- fice at the corner of Main Street and Botsford Street. The offer was made by a person‘who planned to open a, fruit store there. Council turned it down ‘ on the grounds that the offer was not large enough and that the type of business could cause congestion at the corner. AURORA: The Lions Club here [has spent $3,862.97 during the past year for sport, health and welfare, community improvement work, on behalf of local girls and boys. The amount; is roughly equivalent to a dollar a head for every resident in Aurora. NORTH YORK TWP.: Building permits for the month of June amounted to $3,020,940, compared to $5,828,545 for the same period last year. WHITCHURCH TWP.: 0n the rec- ommendation of Whitchurch Town- ship planning board, the municipal council has approved the purchase of a 13-acre parcel of land, lot 16 and 1, rear of the 3rd concession, to be used for public purposes. SUTTON: The 1951 award of the Keswick Optimist Club to the out- standing junior boy citizen of North Gwillimbury was made last week to Don McAlpine, who grad- uated from Grade 8 at Jersey School this past term. John Winter celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. Mr. Winter has worked for the Office Specialty Mfg. Co. for 40 years. NEWMARKET: Mr. and Mrs. NORTH YORK TWP.: Six summer playgrounds opened at the begin- ning of the month to North York Township children. Approximate- ly 1200 school children between the ages of 5 and 14 years will be enjoying the supervised recreation provided at these playgrounds. NEWMARKET: The main project for the year for the 'Newmarket Business and Professional Women’s Club will be the furnishing of a private room at York County hos- pital. To date the club has pur- chased a bed and bedside table for this room and a bed lamp has been ordered. STOUFFVILLE: The Municiâ€" pal Council was in receipt of a communication recently from the Ontario Highways Department stating that no further permits for street dances would be granted for 1951 without the permission of the local council. STOUFFVILLE: Council has pre- dicted a rise in water rates for the village. To advise people of 1 special ev- ent at: your church or school or club use 3. “Coming Events” notice STOUFFVILLE: Mr. Ken Laush- way has been res-engaged as man- ager of the Stoufiville arena for next season. This is Mr. Laus‘hâ€" way’s third year in the position. WWL News From Next Door mm: LXXIII. NUMBER Four generations of the Heeley family are shOWn above: Mrs. G. Hann of Lansing, grandmother, Mrs. Ray Sutton, Lansing, granddaughter, Mrs. J. Heeley of Elgin Mills, great- grandmother, and great grandson Jimmy Sutton of Lansing. Richmond Hill To Have Dial Phones Next Spring A major engineering project, conversion of Richmond Hill’s ex- change from magneto to dial op- eration will require, a many-sided construction program which must be fitted and synchronized to meet the cutover date, so that all local telephones may be switched over to dial operation within a matter of seconds, with virtually no in- terruption of service. Richmond Hill will have dial telephOne service early in the spring of next year, if construction work and installa- tion of equipment progress according to schedule, C. E. Bloslélale, Bell Telephone manager of this region, said this wee . - All projects associated with the conversion are making good pro- gress,’ Mr. Blosdale said. The new building on Richmond Street has been completed. Dial switching equipment, specially designed to meet the needs of Richmond Hill, is now being manufactured, and the complicated task of installing it in the new exchange building will begin late this fall. The work of re-arranging and expand- ing the wire and cable network in preparation for dial is also pro- ceeding satisfactorily. Prior to the cutover, dial telc- phones will be installed in sub- scribers’ premises. The magneto telephones, which will be used un- til the time of the conversion, will be removed shortly after the change. . All telephone numbers will be changed coâ€"incident with the cut- over because dial equipment oper- ates on a numbering plan different from the present system. The exchange name “Turner 4" will come into use, and all dial numbers will consist of “TU 4” and four digits. Mr. Blosdale advised subscribers who are planning to purchase sta- tionery or other printed material bearing telephone numbers to or- der only enough to fill require-- ments until early next spring when the new numbers will be in use. A supplemetary directory containing all the new numbers will be issued just prior to the cutover. 7 Local calling privileges with Thornhill, King and Maple will re- main in effect after the conversion. Following the coversion, all long distance, information and other special calls Will be handled by op- erators in Toronto, thus eliminah ing the need for a local operating staff. “Our company will do ‘all that is reasonably possible to assist members of the Richmond Hill op- erating force to re-establish tlJ em- selves,” Mr. Blosdale said. “Trams, fers to other communities will he JULY 20 â€"â€" Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Avery (nee Jean Mit- hell) will be guests at a presenta. tion dance at Vellore. Sally Lloyd’s orchestra. Welcome to all. *1w3 Coming Even ts «gm: offered to those operators willing to work elsewhere than Richmoni Hill. To those unableto take ad- vantage of these opportuhities Ior transfers, the company will pay termination of employment allow- ances based on the length of ser- vice at the time of the cutover. “Dislocation of the operating staff will be kept to a minimum," he stated, “by hiring new operators between now and the conversion on the understanding that the em- ployment may be temporary, by de- ferring retirements, and by invit- ing operators who are contemplatâ€" ing leaving to stay on until after the cutover.” The dial equipment to be install- ed here will consist of 1,500 ter- minals, each representing a teleâ€" phone number. ' ‘ Although no firm date has as yet been assigned for the conversion, plans are set to change to dial in early spring. Telephone users will be notified well in advance of the cutover date, which is likely to be at midnight on a 'Saturday when the volume of calling is normally low. At the moment of the cut- over, all lines to the present ex- change will be disconnected in a matter of seconds. The removal of “blocking picks” from the new dial switches will then usher in the new dial era. Employing a staff of 120 of which over 5-0 per cent is local la- bour the new Murray Associates Ltd. plant just south of Richmond Hill is now in full production, turning out daily approximately 12,000 square feet of pre-cast con- crete flooring and roofing. New Local Pre,-Fablndustry Is Now In Full Production Since production commenced on June 1, over a quarter of a mill- ion square feet of roof and floor- ing has come off the line and has been installed in many important buildings including the Acme Screw and Gear Company, Imper- ial Oil 00., Bell Telephone and Western Assurance Co.’s new buildings in Toronto. At pE‘esent the company is busy making the roofing fair the new A. V. Roe jet engine plant at Mal- ton and it will also supply its product to be installed in the Ad- minstration Buildings of the sev- eral Government Ordnance Depots to be built across the country. Accepted by the leading archi- tects, the pre-cast flooring pro- duced by the company is of great interest as it is 100 per cent Can- adian, being invented, produced, and patented by Canadians. The big feature of this new type of floor,is that after completion of building any further heating 01 flectrical piping that may have “In Essentials, Unity} Will Install Lights In Two Classrooms It was decided at Thursday night’s meeting of Richmond Hill Public School Board to install fluor- escent lights in the twa classrooms at the Municipal Hall, at a cast of $350. The project; is, of course, subject to the approval of couneil. The lights will be the same as used presently in the main school building and will be transferred to the new school when it is complet- ed. “Board members also decided to have the grounds directly behind the school graded. Markham Building Inspector Is Asked For A Full Report In response to a request by the ratepayers association of the west side of the Township of Markham Township council has asked build- ing inspector Ross Norton for a full report on the occupancy of sub- standard dwellings. Ratepayers complained that building by-laws are not being enforced. It was pointed out that the land- use by-law governing the type of buildings was passed by council and approved by the Ontario Muni- cipal Board in July 1950. It is possible some of the dwellings com- plained of were built and occupied before that date and therefore they did not come under the regulations of the by-law. However a full re- port will be submitted by the [Building Inspector. Council Wants Hydro Debt Wiped Off Slate At Monday night’s meeting of Richr'nondllill council treasurer Russell Lynett asked authorization to write off uncollectable hydro ar- rears amounting to $51.00. The amount covered a period of three years and represented small ac- counts by some'dozen persons who have left the municipality and can- not be located. It is council policy to have ten- ants make a deposit of $5.00 be- fore receiving electric service, but in some cases this had not been done and in others the bill owed was in excess of the amount of the deposit. While the amount wasn’t too ser- ious Councillor Floyd Perkins .lar clared steps should be taken to_ prevent such loss and moved that the Hydro be instructed to cut of service when premises are vacated, and that service be not continued until all arrears are paid. His mo- tion received unanimous support of his colleagues and this will be hydro policy in the future. to be installed, can easily be done through the hollow centres of the sectional floor slabs without hav- ing to tear up a. comple,te floor. Thursday’s Chuckle NEW FIRE TRUCK AT AURORA Richmond Hill firemen were guests of the Aurora, Briga’le last Friday evening when they inspect- ed the new $15,000 fire truck pur- chased recently by the town. The truck will hold a capacity of 400 gallons of water. The young bride‘ was enter- taining a visitor at tea. “I cooked my first dinner last night,” she confided, “and it was a great success.” “Really? I’m so glad,” mur- mured the visitor. “Yes, my husband is going to get me a cook right away.’ Thornhill District Lions are giving the people in Thornhill and district an opportunity on July 25 and 26 to obtain a free x-ray of their lungs for the purpose of general health and particularly for the prevention of tuberculosis. The Mobile Unit will be lo- cated in Thornhill on the bou- levard in front of the' MacNeil Anstey building, Yonge Street, and will operate from 1.30 to 9 pm. All residents of the district are urged to take ad- vantage of this test and are asked to wear simple garments that are free from metallic objects over the chest. ECT-IMONDHILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 19th. 1951 Non-eskentials, Liberty; In all Things, Charity.” Good News @fihmmk Want It Hot And Dry Better Than Average Crop In Prospect For The District Bible School Opens For King Children The daily vacation Bible Study School opened at King last Mon- day and will centinub each morn- ing for two Weeks. The pre-school children, with Mrs. Gordon Tetley as their leader, will hold their classes at the Un- ited Church. The next age group boys and girls of 6 to 8 years will meet in All Saints basement, With Mrs. M. R. Jenkinson to lead them. All children over nine years will be in charge of Mr. David Woth- erspoon with Miss Carol Musk and Bob McLeod to help him, their _classes to be held daily in McDon- ald and Wells Hall. The games for the younger children will be under the charge of Mrs. Marguev‘ ite» Gellately. Meeting Called For July 24th. Organize Thornlea Ratepayers An organization meeting to form a Thornlea Ratepayers Association will be held in the Thornlea School next Tuesday evening, July 24. This open meeting to which all interested are invited follows one held recently at the home of George Jackson when local problems were discussed and representa- tives present from Bayview Avenue, Green Lane, John St., Johnston Ave., and Langstaf‘f east of Bayview. K. Richan of the area sch001 areas which concerns part of board acted as chairman of the Thomlea- There has been some meeting held at the :home of Mr. development here, With the A55' Jackson when it was explained phalt plant now in full operation by the J. K. Beamish Construction that the purpose 0f the proposed Co. The general feeling was ex- ‘ . . Ratepayers Ass°cmt1°n was to pressed that industrial develop- promote the common intereSts “5 ment would be welcomed, but that the flople 0f the dlsfrict' I there should be precautions against __ There Was _Sf>‘me (113011531011 0f any .possible smoke nuisance. K. Richan of the area school board acted as chairman of the meeting held at the home of Mr. Jackson when it was explained that the purpose of the proposed Ratepayers Association was to promote the common interests of the people of the district. ‘ There was some discussion of ‘the defining of the area. to be ser- ved by the association so as not to interfere with neighbouring or- ganizations. It was decided to postpone the organization of the association for two weeks and in the meantime Mr. Jackson was appointed to see Township Clerk Hoover and se- cure some data and information. There was some discussion of the 194-8 by-law defining industrial The Provincials May Stop Policing Of The Village The arrangement for Provincial Police to take care of constabulary duties, in the Village of Richmond Hill will terminate December 31, 1951, according to a letter read at Monday night’s council meeting from Provincial Commissioner Stringer. Early this year the village was advised by the Provincial Police authorities that another constable should be engaged in addition to Constable Frank Moore who had been doing the job alone since Jan- uary 1949. Council felt that the budget for the year's expenses hav- ing been adopted and the tax rate fixed it would be impossible to con- cur in the suggestion as there had been no provision for raising the additional money needed for the extra salary. Commissioner Stringer this week wrote council advising that since council did not see fit to adopt the ruling of the Commission tha: two constables should be employed the commission would terminate the agreement for policing the village on December 3lst. The Commissioner’s letter touch- ed ofi‘ a general discussion on pol- ice matters which ended in a res- olution instructing the clerk to acknowledge the letter and advise that the council was considering the matter and would confer with the Commissioner later in the year “I was opposed to the provincial police in the first place, but; when the majority of council favored the idea I agreed to the arrangement and I think under constable Moore things relating to law and order were satisfactory,” said councillor Middleton. “Now” he said "we are told to hire another. It’s turâ€" ned out just as I expected." Councillor Tomlin said that while A very impressive ceremony took place at the recent meet- ing of the Thornhill L.O.L. N0. 91 when Albert Curtis was in- itiated into the Orange Degrce. W.M. J. Webster handed over the gavel to W. Bros. W. A. Curtis, a former County Mas- ter, to have the honour of in- itiating his son. The degree was put on by members of the Thornhill lodge assisted by two county officers, W. Bro. T. Mc- Cabe and W. Bros. T. Kidd. A tentative committee of officers named included Mr. Boyter, John- son Ave., Dr. Tanner, Doncrest Drive, Mr. Taylor, Green Lane and Mr. Covell, Doncrest Road. In calling the open meeting for next Tuesday night it was decided to invite all ratepayers in the orig- inal Thornlea School section, and that the meeting be held in the school Tuesday evening, July 24, at 8 p.mo the council couldn’t engage another constable this year after the bud- get was adopted he thought that arrangements should be made for such an agreement for next year. He pointed out that Provincial Po- lice regulations required a second man be appointed to serve the village, and council should provide for such an arrangement. He said the people of Richmond Hill want an efiicient police service and he thought it was the duty of council to provide 'it. He felt very strong- ly this could best be provided through the provincial police. On Thursday, July 12, the members with their wives and families travelled to George- town by bus for the celebration of the Battle of the Boyne. In spite of the inclement weather the members enjoyed them- selves and joined in the par- ade marching behind the Thornhill Banner. Reeve Neal pointed out that many municipalities are receiving satisfactory service from theinown police ofiicers. He felt that mim- icipalities sacrified their autonomy when placing such matters in hands other than the elected rep- resentatives. Under the provin- cials we have no say. “Con- stable Moore was transferred and we didn’t know anything about it,” said the Reeve. The clerk advised that the cost of the service with one constable was $2490. per year plus an allow- ance for mileage which brought the cost up to about $3000. Deputyâ€"Reeve Taylor was in fa- vour of further negotiations with the provincial police authorities. “I think if we discuss the matter with them we can come to a satis- factory agreement” he said. Councillor Floyd Perkins said he thought it important to have protection throughout the whole night. Our present constabie is on duty from 4 pm. to 12 pm. but it’s after midnight when most rob- beries are committed,” he said. “You soon can’t live her: for taxes,” observed councillor Middle- ton, “this would mean another two mills.” W. A. Curtis Initiates Son Haying And Harvest Gash DueToUncertainWeather Prospects are for a better than average crop through out York County this year, but farmers report that because of the wet weather this season it is expected that harvesting. of both fall wheat and hay crops will be in progress at the same time. This is tending to intensify the already acute farm labor shortage. " Some fall wheat has been cat and harvesting is expected to be general next week. The condition for fall wheat for the province as a whole is reported as about 93 per cent of the long term average, and this is close to the condition prevailing in this County accordâ€" ing to the Agricultural Represen- tative’s office. A drive through North York shows many fields with excellent prospects for a good yield, but some fields are spotty and have a rather thin stand due either to winter killing or the ex- treme wet weather ofthe early spring. The average yield per acre is expected to be above normal, but definitely 10Wer than the high yields obtained in 1950. Mode-:- ate infestations of the Hessian fly have been reported from various places in the county and will Ire- duce both the yield and the qual- ity. The total acreage 'of fall wheat to be harvested in Ontario this year may approximate 850,000 acres, which is down from the 928,000 acres harvested in 1950. The Agricutural office at New- market reports that com is mak- ing very slovarogress due to ex- cessive moisture and cool weather. Hot and dry weather is needed to produce an abundant crop. Haying is pretty well completed, but there still is some to be cut and considerable quantities are still in the field. The crop gener- ally while quite abundant will be of poor quality due to poor weath- er for haying. Throughout the province there has been consider- able spoilage and much of' the hay is discolored and of rather poor quality. A period of relatively dry weather is required ' med- -iat'ely to enable farmers o suc- cessfully harvest their crops. A normal, or slightly above nor- mal, acreage of new seeding; of hay and clovers was put in this season and excellent catches are in prospect because of the abun- dant supply of moisture which has been available. Pastures during the past month have ' been excefitionally good throughout the entire province. The average condition at July 1 was 111 per cent of the long-term Several Delegations Attend, Whitchurch TownshipCouncil Whitchurch Township council re! vealed at its meeting on Saturday afternoon that word had been re- ceived from the York County clerk to the effect that‘ the final figure for the revised equalized assess- men for 1952 will be $2,970,346, an increase of $221,000 over 1951. General accounts for the past month amounted to $910.73. Of this $366.92 Was paid out for hos- pitalization, with $396. going for relief purposes. The road accounts were passed for $15,226, this am- ount includes the bulldozing‘ done by the K. J. Beamish Construction Company and 4'5 gallons of weed spray applied. Five thousand dollars was for the gravelling of roads. Council also voted $500. deposit on a park site across from the Township offices at Vandorf. A petition was received from Fergus Avenue and Joices Point residents asking council to fix their roads. Clerk John Crawford stated that engineers have been instructed to proceed with the road improve. ments. A letter was also received from the Ontario Municipal Board acknowledging the receipt of (le- bentures for the three schools at Wilcox Lake, Hartmans Corners and Ballantrae, and gave tentative approval of the same. 14W flQaacZS/mu ,4: THE DICHMOND Wow AIR CONDITIONED HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 normal for that date. With tha continuation of heavy rains it is apparent that lush pastures will be available‘during the whole 0! July. Live stock are making god» gains and milk flow per cow is above normal. There has been a. marked decrease in the number 04‘. milk cows kept on farms during- the past year, however, and total milk production may still be sligh. tly below average. Little supple: mentary feed is necessary. Extremely bright prospects pre< vail for spring grain yields. These crops were seeded later than usual this spring but developed very‘ rapidly on account of the excellw ent moisture supplies.. Practically all counties in Ontario report these crops to be in better than average condition, with a number of coun- ties anticipating the best yield in; years. Most fields show a heavy stand on the ground and the grain has stooled well. In a number of counties prospects for spring grains were never better. B r- ring extensive storm damage, 1' lodging, and provided satisfactory harvesting and threshing weather prevails, it is anticipated there will be a very heavy production! of spring grains. 7. About sixty members of the loo cal L.O.L. and L.'O.B.A. and famo ilies participated in the Orange Walk at Georgetown on July 12 and carried off top honors. Empire L.0.B.A. No. 894, Rich- mond Hill, received the silver cup for best appearing women’s lodg. in the parade. Victoria. L.0.L. No. 2368 was awarded a. similar tro- phy for best appearing men’s lodge in the parade which was headed by the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band. Local Orange Lodges First At Georgetown Mrs. John Sheardown, Centre Street East, Richmond Hill, who covered the entire route with L.O. B.A. No. 894, was awarded a spec- ial prize for the oldest woman in the walk. United Empire L.0.L. from Aur- ora received a cup for the lodge coming the longest distance. Several deputations were receiv- ed by council. Mr. Jay of Mussel- man’s Lake requested that there be placed in that vicinity some “no parking” signs, and objected to the removal of a large tree, a land. mark in the district for many years. The road committee was ask- ed to investigate and save the tree if possible. A delegation of property owners from Musselman’s Lake, led by F. White, chairman of the cottagers’ association was received by coun- cillors, and objected to the high taxes, which were “mostly for schools,” they said. It was decided to pay forty doll- ars to George H. Stroxton to cover the cost of several of his sheep kill- ed by dogs. The road superinten- dent was instructed by council to call for tenders to resurface the Musselman’s Lake road for a dis- tance of two miles. POSTS PROTECT FENCE Patrons of the Richmond Theatre who make use of the free parking lot at the rear of the theatre will have noticed short posts lined in. few feet away from the fence. These were put there as 4 pro- tection against cars backing into the fence and breaking it, thUI saving the management any un- necessary expense.