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199 "It seems to me ;ovu could I afford another sawhorse!" WE OFTEN DDZE - BUT NEVER CLOSE COURTEOUS SERVIC -_ ..-v "Au." (1 b is the best solutith E)"; money problem. H- _.v..v_, “It vuc LlluC or another diiring his life; So there's no disgrace in borrowing when it's done for a worthwhile purpose to serve immediate needs. In 151 branch offices across Canada, Household Finance provides this essential service to men and women in all walks of life when a cash loan in 61"; 1.--; _-L_4: . Your doctor borrows to buy expensive new equipment such as X-ray machines. Your local businessmen borrow for similar reasons. Your school board and your «government borrow regularly and consider such borrowing a natural part of their business. Almost every adult borrows money at one time or another during his life on +1.5..an M MM“ M RICHMOND HILL OIISEHOLD FINANCE C’Wafém Our fr" booklet, MONEY MANAGEMENT. YOUR BUDGET. I: also Available 00 Your nuren branch omen, or wrno: Conwmer Educ-Non Depanment, to Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ont-Ho. ‘ TAXI ' (Under New Management) can get the most for his building materials dollar here. Drop by and we’ll Show you why. son who knows that he An opportunist. is a per- I at one time 's no di_sgrace Awu One of the ‘first things Mr. Mills did was approach the council on I In 1920, Richmond Hill village was fortunate to have Harold J. Mills become a resident of the village. Mr. Mills came from North ‘Toronto, where he had been a member of the fire brigade, to establish a flower business in the village. Volunteer fire fighting was a sort of hobby with Mr. Mills and as a member of the commun- ity, he was vitally interested in the local brigade. When he was appointed chief, he made up his mind that Richmond Hill was en- titled to have one of the best vol- unteer brigades possible and start- ed a plan of reorganization to bring this about. First Fire Truck Among the big fires attended by this old brigade were the Method- ist Church, the first hotel on the sight of the theatre and a very ear- ly fire which threatened the entire block south from the present Unit- ed Church. The last fire at which the historic pumper was ‘used was when the Boiler and shipping rooms at the Offield and Cotton Greenhouses were afire in early 1920. The pumper was hauled through the pouring rain to ex- tinguish this blaze and was left in the creek while the drenched men trudged home in the early morp- ing, It was soon after sold to the village of Sutton. Reorganization The first pumper or water cart as it was called, was an item of considerable interest. It had a large handle on each side and six ‘men manned each handle. It took only a few minutes to tire a man and a steady supply of men to operate the pumper was necessary. Shortly afterwards a larger pump- er taking 40 pumpers was purâ€" chased. The machine was hauled by manâ€"power and it was a com- mon sight to see a dozen husky men running along a village street pulling the pumper to a fire. These hand pumpers developed a high pressure and could force a stream of water as high as the United Church spire. a hand pumper operated by a number of volunteers, a few hoses and ladders and a system of cy- press tanks sunk in the ground in various parts of the village. These tanks were kept filled at all times and held nearly 1,000 gallons. It is-of particular interest that dur- ing the excavation for the sewer- age system several of these tanks were unearthed and much of the cypress wood was found to be still in good condition. The Pumper In the early days of Richmond Hill, the sole equipment for fire protection in the area constituted ] After more than 70 years of un- excelled service Richmond Hill has a Fire Brigade of which to be truly proud. In this period of nearly three-quarters of a century the brigade, operated on a volun- tary system, has progressed from a small group depending on a hand pumper to an up-to-date brigade with two trucks and the latest equipment. Within the last few years the R.H.F.B. has reach- ed a point of efficiency on a par with’many permanent brigades. Early Days Seen above is a group of the 1953 fir - men of the Richmond Hill Fire Brigade. This volunteer brigade has been in operâ€" reels which gave 28 years service. maintained a high standard. The men are pictured with the new fire truck purchased in 1948 to replace the first mechanized fire ation in the Village for over 70 yrs. and has ver 70 Years Serwce the original resolution which in- structed the Solicitor to draw up the restrictive by-law the whole Council had voted in the afiirma- tive. However Councillor Hooper maintained that when the com- pleted by-Iaw came before the members he had not supported it. Councillor Hooper contended that no recorded vote had been taken on the by-Iaw. Reeve W. Timbers replied that, "it was not the usual‘ procedure to have a recorfled vote taken during the reading of a by- Before a 3-man delegation of swill feeders all residents of the Eastern part of the township, namely Messrs. Green, Maurice and Smith, Councillor Charles Hooper Monday took exception to a statement by Deputy-Reeve A. LeMasurier that the whole Coun- cil had supported this new restric- ting by_â€"lgi\1’.'_0n a rrecfioraéa {15%;- Kn The controversial subject of Markham Township’s recent ban on the transporting of swill (ga - bage) into the township flared p anew at Monday's regular meeting of Markham township council. The matter of the swill feeding of hogs within the municipality has been under discussion for the past sev- eral months with strong represen- tations being made to Council by interested parties on both sides. On July 20 by unanimous vote Council passed a resolution inst- ructing Clerk C. Hoover to have Solicitor J. D. Lucas draw up a by-law designed to prohibit the‘ transorting of swill into the town- ship. Previous attempts by Coun- oil, at the request of a number of ratepayers, to have the Municipal Board to altogether halt the swill feeding of hogs within the mun- icipality proved fruitless. Delegation Present Markham Tp. Swill Feeders Object To New By-Law Within the last few years, the efficiency of the brigade has been greatly assisted by the new alarm system devised by Mr. L. J. Roy of the, local Hydro office. To de- In the past five years, an in- halator, oxygen masks, smoke and gas masks and. recently, helmets have been added to the brigade’s equipment and being supplied with the proper tools means that the men can do a top rate job. Recently, a member of the Fire Marshall’s staff has begun to visit at the regular meetings. These meetings mean expert advice on fighting fires and how to use the modern equipment to the best ad- vantage. " Alarm System Hooper Walks Out of Meeting In 1948, however, the need was seen for a new truck and one of the latest design was purchased. The old truck was retained as it was worth more to the municipal- ity than its turn-in value. With the new truck, the brigade was on the way to becoming one of the best equipped in the area. vession in both townships. This territory was gradually reduce?! as other municipalities acquired fire protection. For many years, the territory ran from King side road,. down to Steeles Ave: and to the 10th Con- For the next 28 years, the fire- brigade handled both local and township fires, gaining more ex- perience, acquiring more equipâ€" ment and becoming more and more efficient all the time. During these years, the brigade was un- der the excellent guidance of Chiefs Harold Mills and Bert Cook. Undaunted, the Chief made a proposition; he would raise the money for the truck and all money derived from outside qalls would be applied to liquidating the debt. Council accepted the proposal and within three-quarters of an hour the money had been raised. A contract for $50 per fire with Markham and Vaughan township soon paid for the truck. New Erluipment the matter of a fire truck. Now the Council in those days didn't look at fire protection as a vital necessity as they do to-day and they were set against the proposed expenditure of $1,900 for a truck. 2nd row â€" James Grainger, John Stong, George Pollard. Chief Alf Stong, Jesse Dewsbury and Charles Chapman. W‘ : Tefirmen are left to fight: Bo'b Bridges, Murray Blanchard, Alec Patter- son, James Pollard, Fred Bovaird and Ken Blanchard. The members have received of- ficial notification from the Rich- mond Hill Council: one of the four municipalities which constitute the Richmond Hill High School Dis- trict that the vllage favours the erection of the $540,000 purely aca~ demic high school to serve the southern area. Markham Town- ship had previously requested that each of the other three municipal- Iities (Townships of Vaughan. and the Villages of Richmond Hill and Woodbridge) concerned. express a prefrence as to which type of school they wish. The main ques- tion has centred around whether practical options or a gymnasium on both should be included in the new school. It is expected that once replies are received from the other municipalities that Mark- ham will call a special meeting of LL- n, . the Councils a wait and see attitude and has yet to take any drastic action under the terms of the new by-Iaw. New Thomhill High School In closing the debate Reeve Tim- bers felt the swill feeders were the authors of their own misfor- tune when they failed to locate away from the main centres of population. Council has Aadopted . ...-:4 _, u law." Councillor Hooper in con- tending that there is a difference between a resolution and a by- law demanded that Deputy-Reeve LeMasurier withdraw his state- ment. In remarking that, "Coun- cillor Hooper was splitting hairs,” Deputy-Reeve LeMasurier offered to re-word his statement by say- ing that, “Councillor Hooper had supported the resolution request- ing the Solicitor to draw up the necessary by‘law." As Councillor Hooper would settle for nothing less than an apology he then walk- edY out of the meeting. The Richmond Hill Fire Brigade has attended big fires, it has at- tended small fires, but in all these seventy-odd years the volunteer men have been establishing an enviable record, a record that has grown with the times and one that has been made through a true spirit of willingness to help, a record of which Richmond Hill is truly proud and indeed grateful. At present, the brigade is up to full strength and is making an ex- cellent record as a volunteer brigade. So far in ’53 the brigade has attended 21 village fires and 49 township fires. Many of the present social events of the brigade are now held in their own headquarters above the village garages. ‘Through gen- erous donations and their own funds and work, the firemen have a comfortable meeting room. taste- fully decorated and with all the comforts of home. Cook and‘ Bill Harris, who were active firemen in the days when the hand pumper was in use and when competitions and exhibitions among the different fire brigades were highlights of interest in all localities. The membership is kept at about twenty members and at present there is an excellent sup- nly of willing men to draw on. There are also three honorary gembers,__ William Tyndall. Bert During the last thirty years. there have been only three chiefs, Harold Mills. Bert Cook and the present Chief, Alf Stong. The Chief is assisted by his Denuty, Russell Lynett, Secretary-Treas- urer James Pollard, who has held this position for over twenty years and the assistant secretary, Elgin Barrow. and waiting, beihg Deputy Chief Russell Lynett who has a buzzer at the Clerk’s Office. scribe the system in brief; a fire call rings into the house of the man on duty; as soon as the nec- sary information is obtained. a button by the phone is nushed and the buzzer sounds in all the fire- men's homes and at the H‘. J. Mills plant where half the brigade is employed. 11 men rush to the firehall wh e the truck is ready PARIS AUTO « SUPPLY LTD. ‘1 Ask About Our Big Trude-In Oflerl Frigidaire Sales & Service Scott was Chief Ground Instruc- tor and was in charge of training Allied Personnel at the Elemen- tary Flying Training School at the above mentioned bases. His outfit was No. 31 E.F.T.S. and they put R.A.F., Dutch, Polish, French, Belgians and others supporting the Allied cause through their paces. 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We will support his efforts in every way being thoroughly trained he will be given the merit to enter the high income bracket, prowui follows our plans. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Phone 626M By Order. Please take notice that the Municipal Offices will remain closed on Saturdays until further notice. MARKHAM TOWNSHIP FOR CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS‘ AIRLINES AND S’I‘EAMSHIPS REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 82 YONGE ST. SOUTH, AURORA. ONT. Operated by Bill Benfield Sand â€" Loam â€" Gravel Top Soil â€" Fill or Fertilizer prompt delivery A. K: BENNETT TRAVEL BUREAU DALTON HICKS Licensed Mechanics Open 7 am. to 12 pm. KEAN©JE PEKCQ BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY , get in touch with him today. see your largest Accident and Health Companies will be their special _rep;‘esentative in this area. ea a2??? @4237 :1 he will be givexi the neic~e~shs~zfiy equlp~ income brackm, prm'luing he works and C. Hoover, Clerk. W. Timbers, Reeve. William T. 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