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VESTLING Every Friday In Richmond Hill Arena At 8-30 j! - fHE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thurs., August 23, 195-1 PHONE 10 l. ~D. RAMER & SON TREATED AND BAGGED. REGISTERED SEED IS OF A HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AND PRODUCE‘S FIELD CROPS OF HIGH- ER YIELD AND QUALITY. IT DOES PAY TO SOW REGISTERED TREATED SEED. . A GOOD SUPPLY OF REG. NO. 595 CORNELL FALL WHEAT SEED, “BETTER SEED PRODUCE'S A BET- TER CROP.” Depicted, too, will be IGA’s growth from 64 stores and $3,- 000,000 in sales in its first year, 1926, to almost 10,000 fully and semi-affiliated stores and Em expected annual sales volume of $2 billion in 1951. Nearly 2,000,000 housewives shop every week in IGA stores, all of which are independently owned. TO FARMERS The principal jubilee dinner will be held on Wednesday (Aug- ust 29), with Attorney General J. Howard McGrath as featured speaker. His address is expected to be of major importance. A “peek into the housewife’s future” will also be given at the meeting. The convention will hear a report on the “electric eye” checkout system which is expected to campute the shopping bill automatically and almost instantly. Local |.G-.A. Retailer to attend “World’s Fair 0f Foods” Jubilee meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria . . . . IGA’s silver jubilee celebration â€" destined to be a virtual “World’s Fair of Foods” â€" will be held the week of August 26 at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York city. National grand prize winners of the four nationwide pop- ularity contests sponsored by IGA in its member stores will be introduced. These include “Miss IGA Teen-ager,” “Mr. and Mrs. IGA”, “Grandma IGA,” and “Baby IGA.” Each, except “Baby IGA” will be in New York as special guest of IGA. The award- ing of valuable prizes to each will be made as a climax to the $500,000 contests which started last May. MR. AND MRS. D. McCOWAN, IGA retailer at Maple, Ont, will be among the more than 3,000 grocers and their families to attend the anniversary party. A unique, dissolving color slide presentation entitled “Am. erica. the Bountiful” will be the continuing attraction at the action-packed meeting. “Sensational” and “instructive” is the description given to the vitarama production by J. Frank Grimes, founder and president of the Independent Grocers’ Alliance of America. Phone Stouffville 381W1 for complete details. We deliver. When you build it of CONCRETE BLOCKS you get all this »- fire safety, low upkeep cost, easy financing, termite proofness, built- in insulation and much more for your money. GORMLEY, ONT. Tel. Stoufiville 381W] A DUPLEX APARTMENT GURMLEY BLOCK CU. MEETS ALL A, S.T.M. sPEfincmous ALL SIZES 0F CONCRETE BLOCKS, SAND AND GRAVEL RICHMOND HILL for income! Municipality of the TOWNSHIP OF MARKHAM County of York PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giv- en that a Court of Revision of the Supplementary Assessment Roll for the Township of Markham will be held in the Council Chamber, Unionville, on Saturday, August 25, 1951, at 10 a.m., to hear and adjudicate upon all complaints against the Supplementary Assessâ€" ment Roll of the Municipality of the Township of Markham for the year 1951. All parties interested are requested to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly. Dated at Unionville, August 1951. Congratulations are due Mr. Charlie Fowler of Mill Road who on Saturday, August 18, came sec- ond in the Stock Car races at Speedway Park. Mrs. Lewis of Toronto has been spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. L. Wainwright of Pemberton Road. Mr. Wainwright has just returned from "a business trip at .Petawawa. Mr. and Mrs. J. Moorhead and John with Mr. C. Hamilton at- tended the Derry Day celebration of the Royal Black Knights of Ireland at Brantford. The cele- bration was one of the most suc- cessful ever held by the County Black Chapter of York, with an estimate attendance of 1'5,w0 people. Mr. and Mrs. Blight and daugh- ter Lynda, have just returned from a five-day holiday at ’00- bourg, Ont. Mr. and Mrs. Clark of Toronto are visiting for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Witty. Also Mrs. John Harcuss and son Jimmy from Agincourt. The Sunday evening meetings in the school house at Conord are still being ’earried on and the attend- ance has been good. Mrs. Harry Anderson has just returned from spending a very pleasant holiday at her cottage. Mrs. John Ash celebrated her seventy-eight birthday on August 12 at a family party in her home. This is the second time that mis- fortune has struck the Anderson family. Their buck rake valued at $200 was stolen from them this summer. About sixty tons of baled hay and a number of implements were destroyed. The North York fire brigade was called but nothing could be done to save the building or its contents. The lack or wind kept the flames from spreading to other buildings. Fire of unknown origin destroy- ed the barn on the property form. erly occupied by Oliver Diceman on Steele’s Avenue. half mile west of Dufferin Street, and now operated by Jack Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sugg of Windsor spent the week-end of August 5 with Mrs. John Bone and then stayed over for a few more days in order to attend Mrs. Bone’s seventieth birthday party in her home on August 7. The contenis were partially cov- ered by insurance. Douglas and Ron Kefi‘er, togeth- er with about twenty of their schoolmates attended the wedding of Douglas’ classmate, Miss Olga Zubyk in Toronto on Saturday af- ternoon. Friends of little Philip Taylor will be glad to know that his con- dition is improving steadily. Philip was hospitalized about three weeks ago after he was struck by a truck while riding a bicycle. We sin- cerely Fnope that Philip will be dis- charged from hospital and in our midst again soon. Mrs. John Bone visited with her daughter Mrs. Albert Bennett in Commands. last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hinchley have been vacationing during the past week in their cottage at Lake Simcoe. Miss Patricia. Wills of Toronto is visiting for a. week with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bone. Court of Revision SHERWOOD The church and Sunday School CORRESPONDENT â€" MRS. M. BLACKBURN, Yongehurst Rd. Telephone Richmond Hill 137318 CHARLES HOOVER, Clerk, Township of Markham CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Raymond Stuart, R. R. 1, Maple NORTH RICHVALE NEWS CONCORD NEWS Telephone Maple 110R3 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Baker of T9ronto spent last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. A. Ryder of Elm- wood Drive. “ Mesdames W. MacArthur, G. Frankland and C. Kelly of Toronto and Mrs. A. Ryder of Richmond Hill helped celebrate the birth- day of Mrs. M. E. Holmes, on Thursday, August 23. Lunch w,.s served followed by a large birth- day cake and ice cream. The la- dies enjoyed an afternoon of cards. The Hopper family of Yonge- hurst Road, returned Saturday af- ter a week’s holiday at Sturgeon Lake. The family left on Tues- day to spent‘a week in London, Ont. There were about 35 ladies pres- ent at the Nylon demonstration in the home of Mrs. Art. Peelar on Wednesday night and it proved to be a. most successful evening. The curtains, tablecloths, refrigerator sets, glasses and dishes made in delicate shades of Nylon appealed to the ladies. ‘ The Lambert family of Yonge- hurst Road, have just returned from a 1900 mile trip touring On- tario. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thompson spent the week-end in Thornhill visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weaver. They also visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson and Mr .and Mrs. Herman Thomp- son. The hostess and her assistants served lunch at the close of the demonstration. Another contest that caused much merriment required each con- testant to place a book on their heads on which was a piece of pa- per. Given a pencil and with the book still on their heads, they were asked to draw a river, and then a boat on the river and then a man in the boat and lastly the moon behind the boat. For this piece of artistry, Mrs. Roy Kefi'er took the prize for her excellent drawing. Another group of contestants tried their luck at breaking from a ball of yarn a length of wool which they thought would fit it- ound their waist, the one achieving the nearest correct length winning the prize. In this contest Mrs. Fischer won first prize and Miss Annie Kefl‘er the second prize. A prize was given to the person having a birthday nearest August 15, picnic day and this prize went to Mrs. John Ash whose birthday was August 12. A pleasant get-together around the picnic table brought to a close a very enjoyable afternoon. Dropping 'clothes pins mto a bot. tle was another contest and this was won by Mrs. Floyd Diceman. Black-looking skies and threaten. ing showers made prospects look not too bright for holding the pic. nic outdoors, so an interesting programme of contests, etc. held in the Sunday school room was en- joyed by all. Mrs. Wilmer Kefl’er won first prize in the measurement guessing content and Mrs. Percival won sec. and prize. Mrs. Roy Keffer won a prize for guessing- exactly the number of beans in a. bottle. The Rev. and Mrs. Barringer at Baltimore, Md. and the Rev. and Mrs. Cooper and Louis were hon- ored guests. held a very successful picnic Wed- nesday afternoon, August 15, when members and their friends from all parts of the community gathered to participate in the games and contests and receive the many priz- es they won. ELIA Private Wm. J. Clifi'ord of the 10th Royal Grenadiers was accord- ed an enthusiastic. welcome Mon day evening on his arrival from England where he won the King’s Prize and the Prince of Wales Prize, competing against the best shots in the British Empire. Mr. P. Bassingthwaite, north of this village, has sold his property for a good figure. Mr. Ax J. Hume is acting as Li- brarian at the Public Library in the absence of Mr. George Cowie who is taking a trip through the Canadian West. The Board of Education Schol- arship for the highest standing on five or more Junior Matriculation papers has been won by Edna. Rea< man of Form IV, who passed in nine subjects with six first-class honours and three seconds. Lyllian Montgomery wins the prize don- ated by the Women’s Institute for the best record of the year by a girl in Form III. She passed Jun- ior Matriculation in five subjects with honours in Algebra and His- tory. Markham public school board will spend $2,000 in repairs to the school this year. August 17, 1911 Mr. George Smith has purchased Mr. C. Mason’s two hqpses on Richmond Street and intends moving into one of them soon. Hire of unknown origin com- pletely destroyed the barn on the farm of Les Hope, at Hope. Part of the season’s crop, a. number of implements, a bull, one cow and one horse were burned in the barn. A number of local Masonic breth- ren battled a swarm of bees which chose to establish a home beneath the floor of the Masonic Hall, with various methods of extinction, fin- ally resorting to poison gas which was effective. Maple defeated Concord 1-0 in the first game of the play-offs of the Maple and District Football League. - September 1 will see a change of management at the Thornhill Ho~ tel, when after twelve or more years, Mr. and Mrs. Saunders S. Findlay will once again be in charge. 20 YEARS AGO August 20, 1931 Reeve George B. Elliott of North York Township is ill in York County Hospital where he was re- moved after taking suddenly ill at the Horse Show at Sutton. Miss Josephine Russell, mem- ber of the teaching staff of the Brantford Collegiate Institute who has been spending part of the summer with Mrs. H. A. Nicholls and Miss Russel is now the guest of her brother, Mr. G. Herbert Russell, Supervisor Lymington- Guild Steel Corporation, Lancas- ter, N.Y. Miss Nixola Fisher will be guest soloist at the concert on the S. S. Dalhousie City this Sunday at 2.30 Little Miss Marlene Cooper won the prize of $5 offeredby the Lions The Richmond Hill Bowling Club won the Mackenzie King Trophy Tuesday night at Agincourt; in competition with other North York Clubs. to the person selling the most tickets for the street dance. “Ted” Neillen won the‘ second prize of 10 YEARS AGO August 21, 1941 York County Junior Farmers raised $700 for the BritishVWar Victims Fund at a draw and dance held at Musselman’s Lake on Mon- day night. Excerpts from the files of The Liberal Home paper of the Richmond Hill district since 1878 40 YEARS AGO “ Way Back When" ‘Grounds for Marriage’ -â€"‘ Plus â€" MARGARET LOCKWOOD DANE CLARKE ‘Trail of Robin Hood’ At the regular meeting of the Public Library, members present were P. G. Savage (chairman), W. A. Sanderson, J. H. Brydon, H. A. Nicholle and T. F. McMahon. A motion was passed that the vill- age council be requested to levy a tax on the municipality of $80.00 to meet the running expenses of the Public Library for the year. The book committee was author- ized to spend $100 on books and $50 on magazines, newspapers, etc. for the reading room. Over 30,000 Huron Indians lived in the GeorgianBay area of On- tario 300 years ago. 50 YEARS AGO August 22, 1901 Reeve Savage in compliance with a request of citizens having proclaimed Thursday, August 29, 3 Civic Holiday for the Village of Richmond Hill, a grand excursion under the auspices of the Fire Bri- gade will be run on that day to Niagara Falls and Buffalo. The Brampton Banner and Times gives an interesting account of the 12th convention of the Provincial Volunteer Firemen’s Association held in Brampton last week. In the street parade there were 10 brass bands and 14 fire~brigades. Considering the fact that Rich- mond Hill was up against some of the fastest fire brigades in the province it must be admitted our boys did remarkably well. They brought home $70, $40 being for hose race, $20 for hook and ladder race and $10 for taking the band with them. Mr. G. V. McLean, late Maths. matics Master in the Markham High School has been appointed Principal of the High School at Palmerston. A special meeting of the village council was held in the Clerk’s of- fice Tuesday evening. In the ab- sence of the Reeve, Mr. J. H. San- derson presided. Other councillors present were J. Palmer, J. Tyn- dall and G. Sims. Mr. Pratt, pres- ident of the Ratepayers Associa- tion, addressed the council in con- nection with the Old Boys Reunion in September. By resolution the council agreed to pay $20.00 to the treasurer of the association to meet current expenses and to be responsible for any other legitim- ate expense in connection with the reunion. 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