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Couple Killed In Two Car Collision An accident occurred Sunday af-1 ternoon at the corner of No. 7 highway and Jane St. in Edgeley which took the lives of Mr. Hugh MacDonald, age 56, and his wife Ethel of 43 Lamont Ave., North York. 'Mr. MacDonald was trav- elling east on highway No. 7 and as he attempted to make a left- hand turn at Jane St., his car col- lided wih a. west bound provincial police cruiser driven by Constable N. B. Ferris. Mr. and Mrs, Mac- Donald Were instantly killed and Constable Ferris, suffering from a fractured skull, was removed to Toronto General Hospital. He had been oh the force a little over a month and was pursuing” a stolen car when the accident occurred. A number of people in the community 'returning home from afternoon church service camp upon the ac- cident a few minutes after it had happened and offered their assist- ance. Thornhill AVenue 5-1833 IT’S THE PAINT with 100 [IVES RICHMOND HILL Gift Shop, Paint & Wallpapers, Paint Rollers and Brushes, Painters’ Overalls. Eree estimates on your spring painting. '5“ M'sgeymygh on VERN GRIFFIN if 1’0 bufld a hause In 1Richmond Hill District High School took high honours at the District Oratorical contest held by the Lions Clubs at Aurora Tuesday evening, May 13, From some elev- en contestants June Ross of the local school had highest score for her prepared speech on “Elocution” and an impromptu “The Value of the Church today.” lune Ross, John Kell Oratorical Winners Miss Ross represented Thornhill Lions Club. John Kell of Richmond Hill, rcp- resenting the local Lions Club placed fourth, with a prepared speech “Is Russia Prepared for an- other World War” and an .‘m- promptu on the “Province of On- 1 J: ruvuw.-- -n tario.” Both these students held high scores and will compete at the Canadian National Exhibition in August. Two other contestants who placed 2nd and 3rd, from Stoufiville will also compete at the CNE. PHONE TURNER 4 1125-6 Want wood that’s worry proof? Just call on Butler & Baird and find out how you can buy first class lumber and building supplies - sens- ibly priced. HERE’S SOME CONSTRUCTIVE ADVICE ! > The board is making a survey of the village and district on the bas- is of the welfare of the commun- ity as a whole, for the protection of the people’s property and buyers of property, or in fewer words for Ithe benefit of all. ' It is understood that in making a plan advantag- ieous to the majority there is bound {to be some who disagree. As Col- ;o‘nel Nash of the Department of Planning said “planning is per- missive, not compulsory. The Plan- ning Board is' only a recommending body, not a legislatiye one. Members of Richmond Hill’s five-man Planning Board gathered Tuesday evening at the Municipal Hall for their weekly discussion on planning problems. The board has ad- hered faithfully to its weekly meetings, oftimes finding 1» necessary to call special sessions to take care of important matters at hand. village itself but for the area when annexation of any outside area takes place, Planning is not only being done for the surrounding it, so that if and this area We will be well planned, and not interfere with or disrupt the planned area of Richmond Hill. ' The Planning Board is working extremely hard and is by no means taking its job lightly. It is pre- paring plans for the segregation of the village into three areas, industrial, residential and commer- cial. Many people have asked the members just what planning has been or is being done for the area. proposed to be annexed by Rich- mond Hill, The board would like it made known that it is giving the problem close study so it will be prepared to recommend to council that certain controls be laid in the area annexed, if or when, this takes place. 0 area surrounding the village as a possible means of seeing the in- adequacies of roads, and to plan to prevent crooked intersections where concessions meet. Members have stated their desire to work in friendly co-operation with the ethâ€" er planning boards of the sur- rounding districts, those of Mark- ham and Vaughan Townships, for the overall good of the area. Ap- parently the village and district ap- pears entirely difl‘erent from the aerial view and board members feel it would be well worth while for the public to get a glimpse of them. 1 NHL“ :L- .._L:..:.... ‘3‘. Aerial Photographs Of Village &Area BoughtBy Planning Board One of the most important ac- complishménts of the board up to date is the obtaining of six sepa'r- ate aerial photographs of the villy- age and district from the Survey Branch of the Provincial Govern- ment through the Don Valley Con- servation Association at a nomin- al cost. These photographs, taken in 1948 and enlarged three times their size, will be displayed in the Liberal Office windows at a later date, and it is the hope of the members of the board that people will be interested enough in its work to view one of its first pro- jects. The photographs include the At Monday's meeting, Mark- ham Township Council read a let- ter from the Department of High- way’s district engineer J. V. Lud- gate, regarding their recent truck tenders. Mr. Ludgate informed members that if they pick any tender other than the lowest one, they must give a written explan. ation to the Department. Mr. Ludgate suggested that if they wish to purchase a four-wheel drive truck costing $12,000 as ~ad- vocated by Deputyâ€"Reeve James, then they must call for new ten- ders. Some time ago the town- ship advertised only for tenders for the purchase of a new pick-up truck and a new dump truck. The Department stressed that the Township must keep their mach- inery purchases to a minimum. “I won’t be party to any plan to mortgage the future”, stated Mr. LeMasurier. Councillor Hooper suggested they build the garage at :a saving and transfer that money to the truck account. Mr. James reported that the truck company would be agree- able to financing the $5000 difll erence if it was decided to pur- chase the fourâ€"wheel drive truck. “What about the Departmem. m Highways?” asked Mr. LeMasur- ier. Reeve Timbers stated he didn't feel like “bucking” the Department. “We have no provision in our bud- get for a four-wheel truck this year”, stated Mr, Timbers. Coun- cillor Hooper opposed accepting the lowest tender on the pick-up truck until the specifications of each truck had been checked. Something just a little different will be offered on May 30 and 31 when Richmond Hill Lions Club will hold a Mammoth Auction Sale in the Lions Community Hall on Centre Street east in the village. It is several years since such a project has been undertaken in the village. In 1939 the Lions sponsored a similar auction sale in the High School gymnasium with the late Carl Saigeon acting as auctioneer. The only way the Council can spend over the $7,000 set aside in their budget for the purchase of both trucks is to pass a supple- mentary by-law or make a money transfer from one item in the budget to the truck account. Ei- ther of these two plans have little chance of gaining departmental approval, which is necessary if the council wishes to secure a sub- sidy towards the purchase of the new trucks. Councillor LeMasurier made it quite clear he is against spending any more than the $7,000 set a- side in the budget for this purpose. The matter was then referred back to the Road Committee Present plans call for the sale to begin at 8 o'clock‘Friday even- ing, . and > if the number of < articles No Decision Reached On Truck Purchases By Markham Township LionsTo Hold Mammoth Auction Sale Fri. & Sat. May 30 & 31st. I The goal of the board is to pre- pare a master plan of the village and district, and it is continually working towards this end. Mem- l10ers are co-operating in all ways possible with council on these mat- ters and to prove the excellent 'work the board is doing is coun- 'cil’s complete endorsement of that body. area surrounding the village as a possible means of seeing the in- adequacies of roads, and to plan to prevent crooked intersections where concessions meet. Members have stated their desire to work in friendly co-operation with the ethâ€" er planning boards of the sur- rounding districts, those of Mark- ham and Vaughan Townships, for the overall good of the area. Ap- parently the village and district ap- pears entirely different from the aerial view and board members feel it would be well worth while for the public to get a glimpse of them. Again showing its untiring in- terest in the planning of Richmond Hill and district was the board’s meeting with several members of the Deparnnent of Planning, one of whom was Colonel Nash. The board interviewed these Inen, re- ceiving much helpful information and ground work from them, or as Chairman N. A. Todd fittingly described the meeting, “They drop- ped pearls of wisddm in‘ our laps.” One of their recommendations was such an aerial survey as described before. The members feel that the time will come when the job of planâ€" ning the district Will become too big for five men alone and there- fore will welcome any suggestions, in writing, from the public, and state they will give these their careful consideration. (James‘ and Hooper) for further consideration. Carrville Road Councillor LeMasurier contended that people all over the township are complaining about the roads. “Only a few peOple‘ from the front end are complaining" replied Depu- ty-Reeve James. Reeve Timbers felt there was no room for com- plaint. A group of ratepayers from Langstaf’f under the chairmanship of Mr. Thomas, attended the meet- ing to request the ditching of the Carrville Road. Attempts by Reeve Timbers to refer their brief to the Road Superintendent and '3'in Committee for consideration was the signal 301‘ a, lively verbal ex- change. Mr. Armstrong claimed that De- puty-Reeve James as chairman of the Road Committee had promised action on the road six or seven weeks ago. “We wrote to the railway and to date have received no answer”, stated Mr. James. “Markham Township has the high- est budget in its history”, stated Mr. Armstrong, “so let’s spend some money on\the CarrVille Roadz” Reeve Timbers I and the Road Committee were unable to give the delegation any definite date as to when the work would be completed. “Hasn’t the Road Committee drawn up a schedule of work for our roads?” asked Mr. LeMasurier. “Not yet”, replied Mr. Hooper- “Five months have passed and still no schedule”, reported Mr. LeMas- urier. Councillor LEMasurier, who sid- ed with the ratepayers, claimed the Rod ommittee had promised two years ago to improve Ruggles Ave. once the telephone poles were removed “Those poles were Te- moved weeks ago and still no ac- tion’”, concluded the speaker. Mr. James replied the poles in question were removed only two weeks ago. Councillor Hooper told the rate- payers the township had a bad year in 1961 and the Road Com- mitee was kept busy consolidating their 150 miles of road. “I agree the Carrville Road should have been done”, added Mr. Hooper, “and we will get; it done shortly.” Councillor Lennie suggested the Road Committee give the matter serious conSideration at its next meeting. Some of the valuable items don- ated so far include a garden trac- tor, dining room suite, refrigerator articles of good clothing, a .lawn mower and an automobile. It is planned to make a general canvass of the village on Monday and Tuesday evenings May 26 and 27, so if anyone has saleable ar- ticles any club member would apv preciate a call, with pick-up made as soon as possible. to be auctioned is toogreat for the sale to be completed in the one evening, it will be continued Saturday afternoon and evening. Richmond Hill Agricultural Soc. *Horse Show & Jumping Events Starts 11 a.m. *Jersey Cattle Show *Guernsey Calf Show *Salvation Army Band *Midway *Fun For Young & Old ADMISSION TO FAIR 50 Cents Dalton Rumney President A Gala Fair Night Dance WITH Russ Creighton’s Orchestra DANCE ADMISSION so Cents 103rd ANNUAL SPRING FAIR In The FAIR GROUNDS RICHMOND HILL SAT., MAY 24th. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursday, May 22, 1952 Margaret Burton Secretary-Treas.