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The world was shocked by news of the sudden passing of His Majesty King George VI. The King died at Sandring- ham in the early hours of Wednesday, February 6. Citizens of Canada share with fellow citizens of the British Commonwealth deep sorrow on the passing of a be- loved monarch, and pledge their loyalty to Queen Eliza- beth II, who succeeds him on the throne. gGOD SAVE THE QUEEN. A King sincerely devoted to the service of the nation, George VI was loved and respected by the people of the Commonwealth, and admired by all the world. His devotion to duty in the face of illness was an inspiration to all his people‘and his life and service symbolized the highest and best traditions of British monarchy. Like so many brave men who served under his colors -â€" he gave his life for his country. To his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II who so recently visited Canada. and who now succeeds to the throne, the Canadian people extend pled- ges of loyalty and devotion and our prayers for God’s blessing to her in the tremen- dous responsibilities and great trust which now rest in her young hands. At their meeting held last week the Richmond Hill Business Men’s Association laid plans for the hold- ing of a Band Concert 01. February 20. Association President George Hill announced he had already been in contact wth RCAF Toronto Band and that they had signified their willingness to come to Richmond Hill. This band concert to which the general public is cordially in- vited will be held in the village’s High School auditorium. Proceed- ings are timed to commence at 8.15 pm. A door collection will be tak- en to help defray expenscs_ Business Men To Hold Band Concert As their second ite of business the members decided to invite a special speaker from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to their March 4 meeting. This guest spea- ker will tell the members some- thing of the general organization of a local Chamber of Commerce. What form this meeting will take has not yet been decided. FEBRUARY 8 â€"â€" Friday. 8.30 p. m. St, Mary’s Catholic Church euchre in the Parish Hall_ Convenâ€" ors Marj. Murphy & Mrs. Smythe. Draw for a chicken will be held. FEBRUARY 8 â€"â€" Friday at 8 p m. Elmwood-Harding Ratepayeu Association General Meeting in thl Public School auditorium. Twc films on dial telephone will be shown. Mr. George Harte, speak- er. c1w31 FEBRUARY 11 â€" Monday. Meet- ing of Thornhill L.0.L. No. 91 in the Masonic Hall, Thornhill. c1w32 FEBRUARY 11 â€" Monday. Meet- ing of Langstaff Ratepayers Assoc- iation at Langstafl" Public School. c1\\'32 FEBRUARY 11 â€"â€" Monday at 8 p.m. Teston Church Fellowship Group is holding a Valentine Party in the Sunday School Room, Ev- eryone welcome, c1w32 FEBRUARY 12 â€" Tuesday. The Richmond Hill Branch 375 Canad- ian Legion will hold its next reg- ular meeting in Legion Memorial Hall, Cartville Rd. West, Stop 23 Yonge St, Members, your pi‘etssnce is requested. *1w32 Coming Even ts c1w32 VOLUME LXXIII. NUMBER 32 Installatioxi‘QL-dial telephones in ~homes, offices and stoi‘es served by tfie Riéh‘mond Hill exchange was begun on Monday, marking anoth- er important step in preparaxion for the conversion of Richmond Hill’s telephone system to dial op- eration. Conversion Date May 3 The dial instruments are being installed in advance so that all sub- scribers will be able to use the new service immediately following the conversion on May' 3, C. E, Blosdale, Bell Telephone mamger for this region, said this week_ Telephone users will continue to use the magneto telephones alrea- dy in placenntil the time of the conversion. The old telephones will be removed within a short time after the cutover. lnstalation Of Dial Phones Under Way in The Village A crew of Bell Telephone wak- ers will be engaged in installing the new instruments during next few weeks. In aduiticr 1.0 install- ing the telephone, they will explain its use and operation to the subâ€" scrber and members of his family or'staff. New' sevenâ€"digit telephone num- bers, consisting of the exchange name, TUrner 4, and four figures, will be assigned to Richmond Hill telephones e-o-incident With the conversion, Each dial telephone installed “as a number plate with the subscriber’s new number on it. A supplementary directory listing all the new numbers will be dis tributed shortly before the cutover_ FEBRUARY 13 â€" Wed. Bin- go will be held by Canadian Legion Branch 375, Memorial Hall, Carl‘- ville Rd., W. at 8 p.m. Admission 35c. tfc29 FEBRUARY 14 â€"â€" Thursday. Or- ganization meeting for Progress- ive Conservatives in the Oak Rid- gés area, Ridge Inn 8 pm, Sen- ior and Young Conservatives wel- come. c1w32 FEBRUARY 16 â€" Saturday. Dr. Peter Manniche, princinal of The International Folk Scnool in Elsiâ€" nore. Denmm‘l’. will be truest snea- ker at a public meeting, at the John Madsen Folk School at 8 um. All are welcome, Admission 356. Re- freshments served. c2w32 FEBRUARY 19 â€" Tuesday. Anâ€" tique Show and Afternoon Tea be- ing held by the Thornhill Women's Institute to commemorate its :TOth anniversary; in the Thornhill Un- ited Church hall from 2 until 4 p_m. All welcome. “‘ FEBRUARY 21 â€" Thursday. The W,A. of St. Mary’s (Anglican) Church will hold a Parochial Tea in the Sunday School Room. Pro- ceeds for Mission Work. c2w32 Dial telephones are beginning to ap- pear in many homes, offices and stores in the Richmond Hill area, in anticipation of the conversion to dial operation early in May. One of the first subscribers to have the dial instrument placed inqhis home was Reeve Gets New Dial Phone @1119 _ uMn‘ingm to «other Iproiemtmn- nected with the conversion, Mr. Blosdale said that they were all pi‘oceeding according to schedule. Installation of the dial switching equipment and associated appara- tus in the new exchange building is- well under way, and the exten- sion of outside wires and cables and their gdaptation for use under the dial system are making good progress. Markham Twp. Council Holds A Noisy Meeting Councillor Alf, LeMasurier, the stormy petrel of the Markham Council was the centre of a heat- ed verbal exchange at the Monday meeting of the Township Council. With Reeve Timbers, Deputy- Reeve James and Councillor Hoop- er ranged on one side and Coun cillors LeMasuricr and Lennie on the other the members hurled ac- cusations back and forth with gay abandon. Councillor Hooper was particularly challenging in his at- tack and at one point requested Councillor LeMasurier to publical- 1y apologize for some of the state- ments he has madesince assum- ing office. After a running bar- rage of some duration the Council called a cease fire by adjournng the meetipg'. Earlierfin the meeting members considered the applicants for the positions of Treasurer and Assist- ant Assessor. Seven people applied for the job of Assistant Assessor while five people offered their ser- vices as Treasurer. The Council decided to interview the applicants for both positions at a later date, Rgve Timbers and Deputy-Reeve James suggested that the Town- ship Auditor be present during the interviewing for the Treasurer‘s position. Mr. Hooper objected to this as he felt it was unnecessary. Councillor Leasurier threw the_ meeting into an uproar at this stage when he asked to have Mrs. Rae of the Township staff brought before the Council. “What’s your reason,” asked Mr. Hooper. “1 am opposed to the hiring of a Treasâ€" urer,” replied Mr. LeMasurier. Councillor Lennie said although he had voted in favour of hiring a Treasurer, if Mrs. Rae is an appli- cant for the position she should be given first consideraiion. Depu- ty Reeve James claimed LeMasur- ier was out of order in his request as a majority of the members had at an earlier meeting already de- cided to hire a Treasurer. Mr. LeMasurier contended Markham had already made Mrs. Rae As- sistant Treasurer on the strength of a by-law they passed in March 1951. “Let’s spread out the du- ties and save money”, declared Mr. LeMasurier. “This is a growing "In Essentials, Reeve W. J. Taylor, who watches as Ray Parliament, Bell Telephone installer, makes the installation. As part of their work, the installers instruct subscribers and their families or staffs in proper dial usage. Installation of the dial sets in Richmond Hill began on Monday. Unity; In Non'essentials, Liberty; In all Things, Charity.” tov-nship and we need another male employee to understudy”, replied Mr, James. “The clerk is not im- mune to sickness and disease”, continued James. The matter tem- porarily ended at this and will be discussed at a later date. Mr, J. E. Teetzel appeared be- fore the Council and raised ser- ious objections to the manner in which the water problem has been handled in Harding Park. The newly formed Water Works Com- mittee will meet with Mr_ Teetzel and bring back a report to Coun- cil. Similarly the committee will meet with Mr. D. Paget and Mr. Flynn regarding the water service on Palmer Avenue in Elmwood. Depu’ty-Reeve James will also meet the two gentlemen concernâ€" ing the road question_ Dr, Peter Manniche, principal of International Folk School, Elsinore, Denmark, will be guest speaker at Dr.Manni<heSpeaker Madsen Folk School a public meeting at the John Mad- sen Folk School, located on No. 7 Highway between Markham and Unionville on Saturday, February 16, at 8 p,m. Dr. Manniche is known through- out the world and regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of the adult educational and folk school movement. He has recently been lecturing at London and Oxford Universities and is at present engaged by a group of American Universities on an extensive lecture tour in .he United States. The Richmond Hill Volun- teer Fire Brigade is busily en- gaged in preparing for its an- _nual Firemen’s Bridge and Eu- chre, This event is scheduled to take place Friday, March 7 at 8.30 pm. in the Public School. The members of the Brigade are at present collect- ing prizes and so far Rich- mond Hill businessmen and several Toronto firms have donated many prizes. Last year the firemen had 87 tables and this year they are plan- ning for 100, For Annual Bridge & Euchre The Liberal was pleased to receive this week a renewal for the subscription of Mr. James Pearson, Thornhill. Mr, Pearson is one of our oldest subscribers having ta- ken the Liberal_for the past 57 consecutive years. ‘ Firemen Prepare RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7th. 1952 57 Years Subscriber EWEWL Joint Meeting Of Two Counflg Markham TWp. Council Agrees To Annexation " In a, flurry of resolutions, amendments and general disaâ€" greement the Markham Township Council finally passed the follow- ing“ annexation resolution-“This Council agrees to the proposed boundaries of annexation of Mark- ham Township and a public meet- ing be held, following this meeting a vote of the ratepayers in the 'proposed area be taken immediat- ely,” This was the final outcome of a. joint meeting held last Thur- sday in Unionville, of the two Municipal Councils concerned with annexation : Markham and Rich- mond Hill. ‘ Richmond Hill States Its Case Council Passes Resolution Re High Cost OF EduCation The meeting opened with all the members of both councils present_ Reeve Timbers of Markham said “the purpose of this meeting is to discuss the contentious question of annexation.” Mr. Timbers then called on the Richmond Hill Coun- cil to open the discussion by stat- ing their case for annexation. Reeve W. J. Taylor of Richmond Hill in stating the case for the Village said Richmond Hill lacks any free land for growth, while all the time the community is growing to both north and south, Annexation he, said would help; the school queston considerably. Furthermore he stated Richmond Hill requires additional land for industrial purpose. “If the land can 'be annexed suitable to both parties the final outcome will ben- efit both Richmond Hill and Mark- ham in provding greater oppor- tunities for local employment,” said Mr. Taylor. The village has the sewers and plenty of water for any future industrial expansion ‘declared Mr. Taylor, The other members of the Richmond Hill Council Deputy-Reeve Tomlin and Councillors Perkins, Middleton, and Rice all reiterated the state- ments of Reeve Taylor and also went on to stress the fact any future industries will only deal with one Municipality, and also of the village’s great need to balance its assessment. Markham Councillors Speak Reeve Timbers stated he believ- ed annexation becomes necessary at various times and that the Mun- icipal Board is favourable to an- nexation whenever it will encour- age further growth of the prov- ince’s towns and villages. The township will lose a certain amâ€" ount of assessment through annex- ation, however on the other hand At Richmond Hill District High School third annual mmmencemenf exercises held last Friday night, winners of academic prizes and scholarships were presented with their awards. Students Receive Awards At Third Annual Commencement Richmond Hill Lions scholarship for the highest academic standing in Grades XI and X11 was won by David Hogg, His prize was pres- ented to him by Lion president Ken Tomlin. David also won the Stu- dent Council prize, for highest ac- ademic standing in Grade XII, which was presented by Wm. Dodds, Council president. a Donald Leno, the Valedictorian for last year’s graduating class, won the Upper School prize in Grade XIII for academic proficien- cy, presented by G. E. Johnson, B. A. B. Paed_ of the Department of Education, guest speaker of the evening. Donald is now attending Trinity College, University of (or- onto. Mr. Johnston also present- ed the Middle School Proficiency prize to Murray Johnston, and the Lower School Proficency Prize to Myrna Risebrough. Catherine Frazer won the But- tonville W, 1, prize for highest standing in Grade IX, the award presented to her by president of the'lnstitute, Mrs. J. Robinson. Laurence Johnston was presented the Student Council prize for high- est standing in Grade X by presi- dent Wm. Dodds. Elizabeth Max- well won the Richmond Hill W. I. we won’t be compelled to supply services to these areas”, declared Mr. Timbers. “I am favourable to annexation” stated Mr, Timbers, “providing the people ocnerned are willing”. Councillor LeMasurier stated he had taken no definite stand for or against annexation_ ‘Let’s give the people the facts and then abide by their wishes”, stated Mr. Le- Masurier. Councillor Lennie was‘ also of the opinion if the people adjacent to the village wanted to join Richmond Hill then they should be allowed to. Deputy-Reeve James wanted as one of the conditons of any annex- ation agreement some arrangement with Richmond Hill by which fu- ture Markham subdivisions could obtain Richmond Hill water, Reeve Taylor replied that under the pres- ent setup he didn’t know if 'the village could agree to such a deal. Mr. James said all he wanted to know was if the village nad an abundance of water that some would be available for any future Markham subdivisions. Mr. Taylor said if Richmond Hill had the ex- tra water they Would gladly sup- l ply it. “What of the .proposed boundar- ies”, asked Mr, James? “Those boundaries were already discussed at an earlier meeting in the vill- age”, stated Mr. Taylor. “Let’s start afresh” replied Mr. James. The proposed boundaries stated Reeeve Taylor are Elgin Mills on the north over to the Second con- cession on the east and to the line between the two Harding farms on the south, Councillor Hooper entered the discussion at this point to ask why Richmond Hill was not annexing land from both Vaughan and Markham. “Let us have no dog in themanger attitude”, stated Mr. Timbers, “annexation looks sens- ible to me", he continued. “Furth- ermore Markham has two railways running through the township and we can use the Unionville line for industrial purposes if water is av- ailable from Scarborough," con- cluded Mr, Timbers. Hooper Objects When several members of the Markham council suggetsed they pass a resoluton stating their stand on annexation, Mr. Hooper objected to such a resolution. “We should simply just agree on» a pub- lic meeting here tonight” stated (Continued on page 3) prize for highest standing in Grade XI and she was presented with her award by Mrs, H, H. McKay, the president. Sylvia Kerr won the Glee Club Music Scholarship for the school. High School graduation diplomas were presented to the pupils by Mrs, P. C, Hill, assisted by Mr. B. T. O’Beirn. Honor graduation diplomas were presented to Palmer Johnston, Douglas Keffer, Scott Latimer, Kathleen Little, Donald Leno, James Monkman, Jane Rey- craft, Ralph Smith, Silvio Steffan and Lorraine Taylor, by Mr, M, J. Kinnee assisted by Miss Edna Izzard. a Field Day cups Were presented to Murray Johnston boys senior champion; David Hart, intermed- iate champion; Paul Atkinson Jr. champion, Joan Stephenson, girls senior champion, Joan Tryggve, intermediate champion, and to Marjorie Barber and Ruth Beynon, tied for the junior championship, by Trustee H. Charles, assisted by Wm. K Ellis assistant athletic director at the High School. Mr, Charles also presented medals for new records made at the NpYOI'k Field Meet to druce Murchison, Elmer Youngherg‘ and Marjorie Barber. Music throughout the evening was provided by the school choir under the direction of Mr. Lazar. Roger Hobbs of Grade 1X acted as pianist, Council Asks For New System Of Taxation Richmond Hill Village council Monday evening passed a‘ resolution asking the provincial government to consider the advisability of intrducing a new plan for financing school construction which will ease the burden on municipal tax-g: payers, and adopt a standard plan of school building. The resolution was prompted by a. discussion of the contemplated debenture issue of $262,000 for a new Richmond Hill Public School. An amendment by councillor Rice and Deputy-Reeve Tomlin simply asking that the province adopt a uniform plan for public school construction was defeated. The amendment was prompted by a resolution brought forth by Councillor Middleton and seconded by Councillor Perkins, which stated that “the clerk be instructed to write the Department of Educa- tion explaining that the deben- ture issue of $262,000 for a new Public School would be a heavy burden to ratepayers, and to ask if there is not some other way that the building of schools may be financed, also to ask the De< partment if a standard plan for schools could be draWn up for the uSe of school boards, This motion was carried. “We’re at the 'merCy of archi- tects who build monuments to themselves”, said councillor Midâ€" dleton in referring to the high cost of new schoals in the district, claiming that such costs could be cut down considerably. “What are need is a. standard plan to be set up so the architects can’t influence the building. Surely there is some other way these schools can be fin- anced," he added. "We cannot go on any longer financing education by assessing real estate,” said Deputy-Reeve Tomlin, “There should be some form of general taxation to take this heavy burden away from the taxpayers. And it is not only our council which is objecting_ There is a co-ordinative movement on foot of the other municipalities to try to do something about the high cost of education. We haven’t a decent sidewalk in the village, we can’t afford it, we haven’t a decent heating system for the clerk’s of- fice, we can’t afford it, and yet we are agreeing to pay our shale of $262,000 worth of debentures for another new school. It’s time the system was changed and someone spoke up and did something about it." “We know it’s :0- ing to cost us so much to build a school and that it’s a burden to taxpayers,” stated Mr. Rice, who suggested an amendment to coun- cillor Middleton’s resolution which would state "that “the Department of Education be requested to ad- opt a uniform plan for Public school construction to be used throughout the province,” The res- olution was seconded by Deputy- Reeve Tomlin. Reeve Taylor hen called for council to sit as a com- mittee and asked councillor Rice to act as chairman. Mr. Rice put the resolution before the commit- tee, Deputyâ€"Reeve Tomlin and him- self voting for the amendment, with Reeve Taylor and couneihon Perkins and Middleton voting ag- ainst it. The amendment was de- ferted by a vote of three to two. Elmwood- Hal-dingy Ratepayers A letter was received from Geo. D, Williamson, secretary of the Elnrwoodâ€"Harding ~Ratepayers As- sociation asking permission for one of its members to sit in on the hearings of the Planning Board and asking council to keep the as- sociation informed on results of annexation proceedings. Council instructed Clerk Lynett to ack- nowledge the letter, and to inform the ratepayers that no Planning Board has as yet been formed, and that it would keep them posted on any developments re annexation. Health Unit Oll'ers Services A letter was also received from Dr. R. M, King of the York Coun- ty Health Unit offering the ser- vices of the Unit for advice on sanitary problems which will nat- urally arise with the installation of the sewers. Council also read a letter from Mrs. T_ Weaver who offered council what information she had gathered together re town planning if it is so desired. Rceve Taylor, on behalf of the council,-thanked Mrs, Weaver, who was present at the meeting, for HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SlNCE 1818 he“ offer, and said council would be in touch with her later when it wanted the required information. Mrs. Weaver reported on the Tor- onto Civic Advisory Council, invit. ing council members to the second annual convention on March 13. In speaking ofRi-chmond Hill's proposed annexation plans coun- cillor Middleton contended that i clear picture of the situation should be put before the ratepay- ers so that they know exactly tho extra costs involved, for exam-pl. the electric light system, just how much the rates would have to be raised to pay for the additional in- stallation. Mr. L. Roy, Hydro manager is undertaking a survey, of the area to be annexed at pm. ent, ' “We should call a separate meet. ing of the Richmond Hill ratepayb' ers only,” said Councillor Rios: “Two entirely different problem}. exist," he said. DeputyaReer‘ Tomlin agreed. “Just what is ii going to cost Richmond Hill‘to" take in this part of Markham township? The Richmond Hill people should know the _ facts,’ said Councillor Rice. “‘er have to maintain the Whole m I and a quarter of Markham Road if annexed, don’t forget that," said Councillor Middleton. ' 5‘ Reeve Taylor had received sew eral complaints from people whd thought the installation of the sew- ers wasn’t progressng as fast (I, possible, Installaton started or] July 11 and council thought taking everything into consideration, thut they had done pretty well in get.- ting as far as they had. ‘" Councillor Rice suggested thfli new doors be purchased for tHé arena and council agreed to hit? new doors for the north and soggy. entrances. ' Mr. J. Greenfieldy of Gardel Ave., has decided his hens must b in the way of producing unusua eggs. It’s no novelty for 12!} Greenfield hens to initial their pro ducts with the letters J. G. or'W G. But when they started put ting caps on their eggs, that W: too much for Mr, Greenfield. 1 The egg in question may be seen in the Liberal office window. 'flic hen responsible is a Light Sussex one and a half years old, VILLAGE OFFICIALS CONFE WITH MUNICIPAL 'BOARD Reeve W. J, Taylor and a. re resentative of council along wit two representatives of Richmon Hill Public School Trustees a conferring today in Toronto wit the Ontario Municipal Board 0 Richmond Hill is getting tl'ic' services of a second policeman on a temporar; basis until a full O.P.P. constable can be appointed, A different constable is sent for duty in the village for two week periods. 0n duty now is Constable Sanford of the Ann: ora Detachment, who began his duties last Friday. Richmond Hillierappllication for t! issuing of $262,000 debentures h a. new public school. It was disclosed at Rich- mond Hill Council meeting on Monday night that fifteen ap- plications have been received by councfl for the posfijon 01 Assistant Clerk, many of' which were from women, and §x for PhnnMng ané Bund- ing Inspector for the viflage, Each application was con- sidered at the meeting but nothing definite was decided upon. 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 offered. To' sell or buy -â€" tele-‘ phone Richmond Hill 9 Temporary A rrangement Numerous Applicants Freak Egg