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The atmosphere of merriment had good cheer which is in evid- ence everywhere at the Christmas season, was somewhat dampened for residents of Richmond Hill this week by the news of the sad mis- fortune of one of its own families >â€"- that of Mr. Leslie Hull, well known in this district. Arizona Climate Helps Hu|| Girl The couple and their plucky daughter flew to Tucson last Thursday night in a last desper- ate effort to regain her fast-fad- ing health. They went there on the recommendation of a Toronto man Whose son also has the dis- ease. He told them Tucson’s dry climate [has helped his son make medical history â€" just by living to be nine years old. Mr. Hull, a carpenter, will re- turn home after Christmas to sell his partiallyâ€"built house in Rich- :mond Hill and to return to his job with Murray Associates at Rich- vale. U. S. immigration laws do not provide for such cases as the Hulls. The family has visitors’ visas that stipulate the visitor will not seek employment during his stay there. They are good for six months. The father’s fellow- workers have raised $58 in aid of flhe family and appeals have brought another $135. The three passengers in the Wight car were removed to the Toronto General Hospital. There it was found that Mrs. Wight had suffered minor lacerations to her head and slight concussion and shock. Mr. Wight had lacerations to his face and body and also mild shock while Mr. Roundoniatus suf- fered mild shock. Both vehicles were demolished. Richmond Hill’s Constable Robbins investigated. The five-year-old daughter 09 Mr. and Mrs. Hull is sufi‘ering from a. fibrocystic disease of the pancreas. The organ has not de- veloped properly since birth, but the disease was not diagnosed until last July. A few months ago her incessant coughing and in- ability to accept nourishment drove her to bed. Little Leslie Ann now weighs a. mere 26 .pounds. Less than 12 hours after arriv- ing in Tucson, Lee felt better. Another generous offer has been made by a former Richmond Hill man in a letter to the Editor of The Liberal. (See Page 2 of this 9 edition.) As an aftermath to a. head-on collision between two cars in Rich- mond Hill at 1 am. last Friday _morning the police have appre- hended Kenneth N. Rolley of 57 Nipigon Ave., North York and charged him with dangerous driv- ing and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. At present he is but on $1000.00 bail. The pol- ice are still attempting to locate an unknown party who Mr. Rolley claims was driving his car at the time. Mr. Rolley told police that he had met the gentleman in ques- tion earlier in the same evening at a highway Inn. 1 Man Charged Police Still Seek Driver Of Car Witnesses state that the Rolley car, a 1937 Ford, while firoceeding north on Yonge street suddenly swerved to the west side of the road and hit a 1940 Ford south- bound and owned by Percy Wight of 580 Woburn Ave. in North York. Passengers in Wight’s car were his wife Joyce and the driver, 16- year-old Vytautas Roundoniatus. The crash occurred just opposite the residence of Dr. Langstaff. It is believed that the unknown drivâ€" er and Mr. Rolley made their get- away While the occupants of the Wight car were still unconscious. Farley Mowat, a. young man with a flare for writing, and a former resident of Richmond Hill is rapidly becoming an outstanding figure in the field of literature. Farley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mowatt who live on Elizabeth Street North here in the village. The young author and his wife recently purchased 10 ac- res of farm land near Palgrave and have built their own house. In their January issue'flhe publishers of Atlantic Monthly are beginning a serial taken from the author’s new book ‘Men of the Deer’ that will run through four consecutive is- sues. A coloured picture of Farley will also be featured on the January coyer of this mag- azine. This is not the first time that Mr. Mowatt has had his short stories published by lead- ing magazines. In the past the Saturday Evening Post has published three of his short stories and the Argosy one. Within the last few weeks he [has sold another short story to the Saturday Evening Post. MacLean’s magazine has also signified its desire to publish some of his works. A prom- inent English publishing house Michael Joseph & Co. has con- tracted to publish his new book ‘Men of the Deer.’ Young Author To Have Another Story Published VOLUME LXXIII. NUMBER 25. A series of delegations and re- ports of committees kept the coun- cillors busy from one o’clock until seven. Mr. Robert R‘adford a res- ident of the 7th concession for 35 years is anxious that some im- provement hemade in the road in front of his farm. Every-year neighbors have to take down his fences and go through his field be- cause fihe road is impassable. The road committee will investigate. The Whitchurch Township Coun- cil met for the last time in 1951 on Saturday, December 15, in the Council Chambers at Vandorf. The engineers and a representa- tive of the construction company working on {the North Lake ‘Wilcox road conferred with council on the advisability of putting a finishing surface on the road this year. It was suggested that the ditching l! finished and the base course be put in now and the top surface on the softest parts be left till spring, so that the taxpayers’ money might be conserved. The base 'course will make the road passable this winter. Council will appoint two mem- bers to act with three members of various organizations in the town- ship, as a. board, to administer township parks and community centres. This board is to estab- lish recreational centres in the township to comply with the Com- munity Centres Act. Books will be audited by the township audi- tor. The ditches will carry off the ex- cess water. The clerk is to com- municate with the King Township Council and the Department of Highways re cleaning out the Yonge Street culvert and opening up ditches across King Township that excess water may flow into the Humber Valley Watershed. Whitchurch Township Council Hear RepOrts On Conservation Mr. Lorne Evans waited on council to report on the work of the Humber Valley Conservation Authority. This body having been active for the past four years they are now ready to develop various projects. Land has been purchas- ed in Albion township, Peel Coun- Constable 'Mulholland appeared before council and reported on several requests for relief. Town- ship councils cannot grant requests for relief to able bodied citizens when work is available. Humber Valley Conservation Closing Meeting For 1951 Like the gaily bedecked Christmas package, this greeting is filled with jaybils thoughts of the Holi- day. To all of ourpatrons and friends, we. extend our sincerest gratitude; along with thewish that the coming year bring youbigger parcels of happiness and good cheer. merry "Ehrigtmag The Publisher, Editors and Stalf of The Liberal ty, and. 30,000 trees have been planted. Surveys have been made for flood control” Dams will be built at points where they are needed. Pollution of the Humber is a serious problem. Industi‘ial plants in Woodbridge'anereston have been allowed to dump theinexcess sewage in flhis river.. Upper Holland River Conservation Mr. Evans attended the meeting in Newmarket, Friday, December 14, of the Upper Holland River Conservation Authority, in an ad- visory capacity. The Holland Riv- er commences in Whitchurch Township. It is suggested that four ponds be developed near the sou'rce to keep the water from flooding. Any property owner along this water ‘course whowould like a farm pond, should contact the Holland River Survey. A tree planter is available in Whitchurch Township to anyone who wants to plant trees on a large scale. Farm streams can be beautified and conserved, engin- eers are available for consultation with property owners in the town- ship. The upper Holland River is being polluted by tanneries. Fifty years ago the Holland Riv- er and tributaries could be used as swimming holes. Today these same streams have been allowed to become a menace to livestock and obnoxious to the farmer . whose land they run through. A public meeting will be held in the Mech- anic’s Hall in Aurora early in the New Year. Mr. Watson Porter, an expert on conservation will speak. Mr. Alf. LeMasurier, newly el- ected councillor for Markham Township, is on an extended trip to the United States for a month, travelling as far as San Francisco. It is hoped that a large number will be on hand to learn what has to be done to conserve the water supply in the townships and keep the streams the asset they were intended to be. Dr. F. H. Van Nostrand and Mr. Lorne Evans gave the council a. lengthy report of their work on the Planning Board of Whitchurch Township. COUNCILLOR IN STATES ."In Essentials, Unity} Two requests from King City were brought to the attention of Reeve Elton Armstrong and the Council, when the last meeting for this year was held at Nobleton on Saturday afternoon last. James Keens, 4th. Con., King, and Father Pappe of the Augstin- ian Monastry, took a petition that had been signed by most of res- idents on the 1%. mile stretch of the 4th., from the'King‘ Side road to Eversley Side road. The petit- ion asked that this road which passed the schoohshould be im- proved, and that sand be put on the school hill in the winter. Reeve Armstrong listened to the petitioners, and promised to en- gage an engineer to make an est- imate on the cost of laying a. hard surface, and other improvements, on the road. When his findings are estimated, Mr. Armstrong will call a meeting to discuss his re- ports. He promised that a load of sand will be placed at the t0p of the hills, so that motorists may sand the hills as required during the bad weather. Brian Upjohn, representingâ€"the residents of the south end of the village, requested that this section of King be relieved of the nuisance caused by soft coal smoke from furnace of the Storms Contracting Co. of Toronto. The work has been discontinued for rfihe winter, but is King City Residents Make Two Requests To Council The members of Richmond Hill Lions Club will enjoy their annual Christmas party this evening at the Masonic Hall. It will be a. masquerade and Lions will attend in all kinds of costumes and make- up. There will be a turkey din- ner with all the trimmings af- ter which jolly 01d Santa. Claus will pay a visit and dis- tribute the gifts which the Lions bring for each other. There will a special program of carol-singing, musical and novelty numbers. At the conclusion of the meeting all toys will be turn- ed over to the Crippled Child- ren’s Committee of the Club for Christmas distribution. Santa. To Visit Lions Meeting RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20th 1951 Non-essentials, Liberty,- In all Things, Charity. Village Assessot Tenders His Resignation To R. H. Council Richmond Hill may in 1952 be without its very efficient assessor Mr. W. S. Pocknell. At the last regular meeting of the 1951 {vill- age council held Monday evening,‘ Clerk Russell Lynett read a let-‘ ter of resignation from Mr. Pock-l nell in which he stated that due to the voluminous work which is now placed on the office of assessor and especially in the reâ€"assess- ment and remeasuring required by the county under the Provincial manual that he finds it physically impossible for him to give the work justice and that the time it obviously requires is not within the limits of Ibis possibility. Reeve Neal reported that a delegation composed of himself, Deputy- Reeve Taylor and Clerk Russell Lynett had alread called on Mr. Pocknell in an eff rt to have him reconsider his resignation. Mr. Neal said that some progress was made, and that it is hoped he will ‘withdraw his resignation. On the lsuggestion of Councillor Wes. Middleton the members decided to leave the matter over to the'next meeting. New School Needs Ten Rooms Says School Board A three-man delegation from the Elm-wood-Harding Ratepayers As- sociation under the chairmanship of Mr. Harry Sayers called on the council in order to gain as much information as possible regarding the proposed annexation by Rich- mond Hill of certain parts of Markham Township. Mr. Sayers said the information gained would be used in the January meeting of their ratepayers. The delegation read off a. list of questions some of which the council was able to answer .orally. In concluding Mr. sa‘yers thanked the council for their co-operation and invited the members to attend their January meeting. Mrs. P. C. Hill, the village’s representative on the Richmond Hill and District High School Board waited on the council and, in a very able way outlined the work of the High School Board over the past year. Mrs. Hill stressed that the dealings of the Board today were entering the realm of big business. Mr. L. J. Roy, P. Eng, Area Manager H. E. P. C. informed the council that the material is on order for lights to go on Crosby Avenue. He also stated that he had received a request for lighting on Highland Lane. The council approved an additional light on the street and this material is also on order. The council approved the building of hydro lines on Ruggles‘Avenue between Rose- view Avenue and Markham Road in order to service this rapidly growing section of the village. Mr. Roy said work on this project will begin in the early part of the new year. due to start again on May 1st, & the people in that neighbourhood are not looking forward to the constant billowing of smoke that pours from the furnace every ten minutes when coal is shovelled in. Lex. Mackenzie, M.L.A. has taken matter to the attention of Deputy Highways Minister, Mr. Miller,- without success so far. Mr. Up- john agrees that the courts offer very little help in enforcing the antiâ€"noise, anti-smoke by-laws, but feels that some co-operation could be forthcoming from the owners of the tanks. Mr. William J. Park has been e1- ected Reeve of Sutton village, de- feating Reeve Grover Morrison by 20 votes. Mr. George Lamont received the Deputy-Reeveship by acclamation and councillors elected for 1952 include Pearson Holder, 320 votes, William Sellers, 359 and K. L. Pivnick, 308. STOUFFVILLE CLERK RETIRES Mr. George J. Storey' clerk and treasurer of the Municipality~ of Stoufi'ville for the past 11 years, has tendered his resignation. His successor Will be Mt. Garfield Brown, present assistant to Mr. Storey. WM. J. PARK REEVE 0F SUTTON Council considered once again the matter of crossing guards for the Public School. Reeve Neal announced that he had located an- other guard in the person of Mr. Jack Carlyle. After some further discussion of Whose responsibility it actually is it was moved by Councillor Wes. Middleton and seconded by Councillor Floyd Per- kins ‘that the village reâ€"assume the responsibility of [handling the school crossing guards as of Jan- uary 1. The motion was carried by the council. The council also passed a mo- tion instructing the clerk to for- ward a further letter from the Public School Board covering the $12,000.00 required to purchase land for the new [school to fiheir solicitor and instrlfct him to make proper application to the Ontario Municipal Board. Ross Casement was appointed Arena. manager for the 1951-52 season. Wilf Booth is running the Arena refreshment booth for an- other Year. The municipal employees will all receive a Christmas gift from the village in the form of a small cas'h bonus. A most delicious “Pot Luck” supper was enjoyed by a record at- tendance of members of the Lad- ies Auxiliaries of Scouts and Cubs, at their regular meeting on Thurs- day, December 13. After a short business meeting, Rev. W. F. Wrix- on, L. Th., installed the new ex- ecutive for the coming year. Each member brought a gift for a needy family which resulted in four generous Christmas hampers being distributed in the district. Ladies Aux. Scouts & Cubs Install ’52 Exec. Mrs. M. Styan with Mrs. F. Gar- diner at the piano led the group in the singing of Christmas Carols, and Mrs. Styan sang a couple of humorous ditties which were much enjoyed. The new officers are as follows: Honorary president, Mrs. R. Lyn- ett; president, Mrs. F. Gardiner; 1st vice, Mrs. E. Butlin; 2nd vice, Mrs. W. Wilson; secretary, Mrs. L. Sims; corresponding secretary, Mrs. E. Haughton; press secretary, Mrs. A. Stong; treasurer, Mrs. N. Bradshaw; sewing convenor, Mrs. W. Neal; program_ convenor, Mrs. J. Wharton; social convenor, Mrs. A. Blackburn; membership conven- or, Mrs. Johnson; visiting conven- or, Mrs. D. Smith. MERRY CHRISTMAS! cries Santa as he waves, above, to the happy spectators lining the parade route in Richmond Hill last Saturday. The gay_ smiles that you After carefully reviewing their population figures the‘ Richmond Hill‘Public School Board announc- ed at last week’s regular meeting that instead of a new eight room school they will actually require a 10 room school. Thq present population of the school is 618. 40 of these will be expected to graduate in the summer leaving 578 of a population. Ninety child- ren are in grade 1 and this will require three rooms, leaving a bal- ance of 488 for grades 2 to 8 in- clusive, with an average of 35 per room which is the maximum set by the department. These grades will require 14 rooms making a total of 17 rooms, plus 1 or 2 rooms for kindergarten. The present school accommodation is 10 rooms, plus 1 room ni the basement, two rooms. in the Municipal Hall. 1 room at the Orange Home and the kinder- garten in the auditorium, a total of 15 rooms. This being the case the Board felt 2 more rooms will be needed next September to take care of the present school popula~ tion including the improvised rooms now being used for school rooms. Chairman James Pollard stressed this includes only present school population, and does not take care of any influx which is bound to come to Richmond Hill when it expands. It was therefore felt by the School Board that with the need of 18 rooms immediately, with only ten rooms now, it would be necessary to build a new 10 room school with all possible haste. Children’s Noon Hour Mr- and Mrs. Dunn of Mill St. appeared before the Board regard- ing the length of the lunch hours for those children attending their classes in flhe Municipal Hall. The School Principal Walter Scott who was present at the meeting stated that the children are given an hour and fifteen minutes for their lunch period. Mrs. Dunn Ihad noticed that their six-year-old" son return- ed home on several occasions with part of his lunch not eaten, and she wondered if the children were being ruslhed at their noon hour. Mr. Scott made it clear that he had already spoken to somerof the teachers and that no child is to be hurried in his eating. There then followed some dsicussion on the question of having the child- ren’s milk delivered closer to their noon hour. 'Dhe Board appointed Trustee Barbara Langstafl’ to ap- proach the management of the dairy to see if it would be possible to have the milk delivered some- what later in the morning. Trustee Len Clement suggested 11.45 as a. good hour to [have it delivered to the school. Trustee Ed. Butlin. as an added safety precaution suggested a fire bell be installed in the auditorium. This motion was seconded by Mrs. Langstafi' and carried by the mem~ bets. The Board members were all un- HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 see on the children’s faces are evidence of the enthusiasm with which they (and M0- ther and Dad, too) greeted this monster show sponsored annually by the Lions Club and Business Men of the village. animous in their decision to have the school inspector appear before the Board at least once a. year in order to bring the Trustees up to date with policy changes within the' department of education. The members approved several dates in 1952 for the Richmond Hill Horticultural Society to use the school auditorium for meet- ings. The annual bazaar and raffle 01 St. Lukes Roman Catholic Church, Thornhill, took place on Friday, December 14. The lucky winner of the car, 8. Plymouth sedan, was Mr. J. Perrault, 62 Clarke Avenue, Doncaster, who held ticket number 220. Second prize, a Servel Re- frigerator was won by Mrs. A. Mc- Cauley, Johnson Avenue, Thornhill, with ticket No. 480. The Easy Wasihring Machine went to Mrs. E. Breen, 12 Westminster Ave., Tore onto, ticket number 1289. Combin- ation radio and phonograph, Lionel Dupuis, 107 Grandview Ave., High- land Park, ticket number 1304; set of golf clubs, E. Valentin, 71 Clin- ton St., Toronto, ticket number- 3863; electric floor polisher, A. W; Rogers, Bayview Courts, Lansing, ticket number 2392; bicycle, Ed- ward Wood, 959 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ticket number 1182; man- tel radio, A. J. Smyth, 1 Eaton.- Ave., Toronto, ticket number 1546; automatic toaster, Basil Fedwick, 224 Aylesworth, Toronto 13, tiCket number 3063; electric steam iron, Mrs. R. H. Roberts, Colbotne St, Thornhill, ticket number 1095. Doncaster Man Wins New Car The bazaar and drawing of the raffle attracted a large crowd and the proceeds from this affair am. ount to approximately $3,000, which will be applied to the build- ing fund for a. new Church. On Friday evening about ten o’clock,Mr. Norman Lewis of Richvale and his family were travelling south on Yonge St. when just north of May Ave. their family car skidded and went out of control and hit a. telephone pole. The car was crushed on the driver’s side and Mr. Lewis sustained four cracked ribs, 3 broken right arm, and the left elbow-bone chipped. Mrs. Lewis required eights stitchel to close a wound in [her forehead. >Six-year-old Bobby suffered a slight concussion, and Stan- ley, aged eleven, escaped with cuts and bruises. Richvale Family Injured When Car Hits Pole I It isn’t true that “opportunity knocks but once.” Week af- ter week, in the Lib- eral’s classified adver- tising columns on the back page opportuni- ties are ofiered. To sell or buy â€" tele- phone Richmond Hill 9