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DECEMBER 14 â€" Monday. All members of Richmond Hill Com- munity Swing are reminded not to forget the next dance at the High School gymnasium at 8.30 p.m. Bring a friend. No black rubber heels. Beginners phone TU. 4-1747. ‘ c1w24 DECEMBER 14 â€" Monday even- ing at 8:15 in the United Church. Th "l. Snpoial (‘hrietm-u . "I. Special Christmas meeting of the Thornhill Home DECEMBER l4â€"Monday. Meet- ing of Thornhill L.0.L. No. 91 at the Masonic Hall, Thornhiu. DECEMBER 13 â€" Sunday 8 p. m. Thornhill Baptist Church, a Firesire Carol Festival followed [8 refreshments and social ev- ening. All welcome. c1w24 DECEMBER 12 â€" Saturday. Sheeting Match. turkeys and geese. Bill Baker's Farm, Bath- urst St., 1 mile north of No. 7. at 1 pm. Edgeley Club. c1w24 DECEMBER 11 â€" Friday. .BingQ Maple Masonic Hall. auspices of Maple Lions Club. Good prizes, jackpot prize, at 8.30 pm. c1w24 DECEMBER 11 â€"- Friday. 8 pm. Square dance with the Jefferson School Community Club. Door prize. Admission 35c. c1w24 EVERY THURSDAY â€" Bingo sponsored by LLL. 2368 in the Orange Hall, Richmond Hill, at 8 y.m. sharp. Lucky draw night. This year, the Motor Vehicles Department reports, is a record in all branches of registrations. Passenger vehicle licenses have already gone over the million mark for the first time in history ,1”, . n... __. Ontario's 1954 auto license plates will have a white back- ground with blue letters. a re- verse of this year’s plates. re- ports local distributor Bill Neal. The sale of new licence plates will commence on January 2. with 1.081.770 issued up to Octo- ber 1, and the total at that time for all classes of vehicles was 1.- 359,417 â€" compared with a total of 1,205,076 for the complete year of 1952. 1954 Auto Plates to be Blue on White EAST YORK : Reeve Harry Simp- son was returned by a substan- tial majority Monday, defeating deputy-reeve Mrs. Marie Taylor. WOODBRIDGE : Ed. W. Brown, 81 y 1' old clerk of the village for t 9 past 49 and a half years, presided over his 50th nomination last week. At the meeting Mr. Brown was chosen as chairman and a gift of appreciation was presented to him by Reeve Fred D. Armstrong. KESWICK : Norman Doyle de- feated for the North Gwillimbury reeveship by six votes 3 year ago. Saturday was elected with a maj- ority of 25. over Reeve Roy Poll- ock. All members of council were re-elected. SCARBORO : The cornerstone of the new High School on Law- rence Ave., near Kennedy Road, was laid last week. The school will be named after Sir Winston Churchill. WOODBRIDGE : Reeve Arm- strong. the deputy and council received acclamation. CEORGINA TWP.: The entire council and school board were re- turned by acclamatlon. NEWMARKET : The local Lions Club has pledged $5.000 support to the York County Hospital building fund. NEWMARKET : Herbert Glad- man has been acclaimed mayor to succeed retiring mayor Joseph Vale. Also receiving acclama- tlons were reeve Joseph Dales and the new deputy-reeve. Mrs. Violet Robinson McNaughton. A U R 0 R A : Telephone poles which have caused much irrita- tion to motorists attempting to park on Yonge St., are being re- moved. STOUFFVILLE : Village Councfl, the Utilities commissioners and Public School Trustees were re- turned to office byracclamatlon. UXBRIDGE : Reeve Isaac Ca- therwood and Deputy-Reeve John Ball received acclamations. ARMITAGE : A two-room addi- tion costing $40,000. is being planned for the school. It seems that some of the non cubs had threatened three cub members with a severe beating. "If they do, try to persuade them to come to just one meeting to see the fun we have." said the cubmaster. It was even better than the cubmaster had ever expect- ed; three husky young cubs came to the next meeting carrying another youngster securely trussed with strong ropes. Just to show the enthus- iasm of some of our local wolf cubs, one of the local cub leaders told us the fol!- owing experience he had: â€"â€" News From Next Door Thursday’s Chuckle Coming Events clw24 Hell ic Church, Richmond Hill, to be held in the Masonic Hall. Rich- mond Hill. Euchre party com- mences 8.30 pm. All euchre priz- es are fowl. Admission euchre party 50c. Draw for 5 choice Turkeys. Draw tickets 25c each. 5 for $1.00. A delicious lunch will be served by the ladies. c3w23 DECEMBER 21 â€" Monday. An- nual Christmas Euchre Party and Dray in aid of St. Mary's Cathol- DECEMBSR 20 â€"- Sunday. from 5 until 6 o’clock. Annual Candle- light service by Choir of Trinity Anglican Church. Thornhill. DECEMBER 19 â€" Saturday. Christmas euchre. to be held at the Canadian Legion Hall. Carr- ville Road. All welcome. Admis- sion 50c, at 8 pm. clw24 DECEMBER 18 â€" Friday 8 pm. The Jefierson School Commun- ity Club is holding its annual Christmas dance at the school. Demonstration of Folk-dancing. Lucky draw, door prizes, refresh- ments. Admission 35c. cZwZ4 DECEMBER 16 â€" Wednesday at 8.15. Thornhill and District Lions Christmas Bingo. Come and try for the $300.00 Jackpot and the Christmas Turkeys. Place: York Farmers’ Market, Thornhill. and School. Special entertain- ment including Christmas Story with tableaux by school children and carols by school choir. c1w24 W. I. members served light re- freshments at the conclusion of play ,and prizes were distributed by Mrs. Gordon Purves, co-con- venor with Mrs. Rachel Patterson, and Mrs. Charles Hooper, W.I. president. Prize-winners were as follows: Bridge: Ladies lst, Mrs. W. C. Cowan; second Mrs. Gardiner; 3rd Mrs. Cobden; 4th Mrs. Geo. Kelly. Men, lst, Dr. Milburn; 2nd. James Grainger; 3rd Dr. Butler; 4th, W. H. Upshaw; 5th Dr .Cobden. Bridge prizes were donated by Mrs. Russell Boying- ton, Mrs. Lloyd Stonehouse, Mrs. A. Nightingale. Mrs. 0. Brooke and Mrs. E. Fierheller. On November 30, over 110 players were in attendance at a bridge and euchre held in But- tonvllle Hall, funds from which will provide gifts for the Christ- mas Gift Cupboard of the Tor- onto Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. Euchre prize winners were Ladies, lst, Mrs. Fisher, 2nd Mrs. F. Harrison; 3rd, Mrs xM'ills Cancer Society Bridge and Euchre Held at Buttonville Goodwill and understanding are among the most important elements in - developing commun- ity spirit. In support of this be- lief, the Richmond Hill Rotary Club is sponsoring a practical ex- periment to develop a more vitâ€" al awareness of the part which business and professional men are attempting to play in serving the community. For the period beginning December 10 and ending December 24 the citizens of Richmond Hill and District are being asked to report in- stances of courteous service ob- served by them while shopping or doing business in the Village. At this busy time of the year, when the demands of the public upon the business organizations of the community are heaviest, it should prove interesting to obâ€" serve the courteous service Butlin ...n-co.-q xClement ....... onaooo TRUSTEES (3 to be elected) I â€" Elected Sub. 1 Election Breakdown Richmond Hill Public School Bd. Trustees The Rotary Club of Richmond Hill, in common with Rotary Clubs throughout the world, is interested in the fullest development of the individual as a member of his community. One of the four avenues through which this international service club movement seeks to develop its members is called Vocational Service- This simply means that the individual is asked to consider the various ways by means of which his vocation or calling in the communâ€" ity may be used to better serve the community. Rotary Urges Courtesy At Xmas, Dec. 10 to 24 Will Award Prizes VOLUME LXXV. NUMBER 24 Em mmm Sub. 1 Sub. 2 Sub. 8 Sub. 4 Total 86 1 15 82 98 376 160 168 130 70 528 115 139 115 81 450 160 115 241 131 c2w24 c1 w24 “No matter at what age child- ren, or for that matter adults. be- gin to use any medium for ex- pression, there is the initial per- iod of getting the feel of that medium,” the speaker began. Get- ting the feeling of what he is working with produces the mean- ingless results we see in the child‘s first efl‘orts. “They make it first and name it afterward.” the speaker has noticed. First comes the random scribble, then In his lecture. which was ac- companied by coloured slides and two short moving pictures in col- our, showing the contrast between children’s work of the past and the present. Dr. Gaitskell desâ€" cribed the experiences the child- ren were showing in their paint- ings. Development About 90 attended the general meeting of the York- Simcoe Home and School Council in the Charles Howitt School in Richvale on Thursday evening last, when Dr. C. D. Gaitskell, Director of Art for the Ontario Department of Education was the guest speaker. Dr. Gaitskell was in- troduced by Mrs. P. A. McClelland, Honorary President of the York-Simcoe Home and School Council, who spoke of the Doctor’s wide experience and of his influence on the accepted form of teaching art in Ontario schools today. The open fall has enabled a larger number of farmers than usual to take soil samples to be forwarded to the Soils Depart- ment of the Ontario Agricultural College for analysis, according to Agricultural Representative W. N. Cockburn of Newmarket. whose office carries a supply of soil boxes and instruction sheets for this purpOSe. With the results of these tests in farmers' hands early in the winter, they have a better idea of what mixture of fertilizer to order for spring. Director of Art Mrs. A. Miller. Dr. C. D. Gaitskell Speaks on Art In Schools at York Simcoe Meet Fountain; 4th. Mrs. Miles; 5th, Mrs. Sellars. Men’s prizes: lst, Russell Burr, 2nd Mr. Olmstead; 3rd, Newton Burr; 4th W. Parry Jr. These prizes were donated by W. 1. members, Mrs. G. Fran- cey, Mrs. J. Robinson, Mrs. 0. Brooke, Mrs. Charles Hooper and Kits Available For Soil Tests of our community and district will take time to report for de- served recognition instances of courteous service which they have observed equally busy peop- le extend to themselves or others at this Christmas season. The things that matter most, cost the least, and through this simple ex- periment in good human rela- tions our community should de- rive much benefit. The details of the campaign are set forth elsewhere in this issue. The important element of the experiment is that the busy folk which business people undertake to give. They will be heartened and encouraged to give even more courteous service when they know that the general public is aware of what they are trying to do, and will take time to say so. '1. Essentials, Unity; b Non-essentials, liberty,- h all "tings, Charity. 7‘ 492 "Colour of paints used has no particular significance." the spea- ker said. “merely that it was handy. If too sombre just take it away and leave something brighter nearby.” Art Gives Expression “The art the children do today gives them something no other part of the curriculum does for them to quite the same degree. It (Continued on page 3) the controlled scribble, then the named scribble, and then the symbol scribble. A picture call- ed “Me playing with the boys" showed symbols used for human beings rather than an aim for perfect proportions. With more shown in the background “Me in the Garden”. and “Me at Sunny- side". showed symbols and en- vironment. The purpose of this Club is to instruct in the proper safety and care and maintenance in the op- eration of modern farm machin- ery and is under the direction of the Agricultural Engineering Fieldman of the Agricultural Representative Branch. The meetings held monthly during the summer are arranged so that var- ious types of machinery are dis- cussed immediately before their seasonal operations begin. The members are required to keep manuals on which they are scorâ€" ed, listing adjustments and re- pairs made on the machinery on their home farms. The Achievement Day for the club held at the farm of Norman Tyndall, Richmond Hill, consist- ed of a utility plowing demonstra- tion. The boys worked in pairs at their Achievement Day with each boy plowing a land while his team-mate acted as coach. The judge and instructor at the plowing demonstration was Mr. George Hostrawser of Brampton. The two winning boys will rep- resent York in the Inter-County competition held at Toronto in January. Results for the Junior Farmer Machinery Club sponsored this year by the Unionville Junior Farmers have been announced by the Ontario Department of Agri- culture, Newmarket. The compe- tition winner is Robt. Petch of Gormley R. R. 1 with a total score of 527 out of a possible 600. In second place is Ted Gough, of Mllliken, with 504. Other com- peting members were Nelson Buchanan, Unionville; Jim Miller, Gormley; Don Brodie, Gormley; Wilbur Brumwell, Gormley; El- lis Britton, Agincourt; Gordon Brumwell. Gormley; Norman Tyn- dall, Richmond Hill; Sam Snider, Unionville; George Hooper, Gor- mley; and Elson Miles, Milliken. Announce Results of Junio‘r Farmer Machinery Club RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10th,1953 Or would you like to win $200 in Canada Savings Bonds? If you are interested in either the Savings Bonds or in any one of the fifty. fresh killed turkeys, or ev- en if you just want to try your luck at a monster Bingo game, don’t miss the Christ- mas Party at the Richmond Hill Lions’ Hall, on Decem- ber 17 next at 8 p.m. The proceeds of‘the party will of course go to the us- ual Lions' charitable causes. So in addition to getting a chance to win your own Christmas dinner, and much more besides, you will be contributing to the happiness and welfare of others in our community less fortunate than ourselves. York Farmers’ Market at Thornhill which every week is attracting an increased number of customers every Saturday, has announced special Christmas and New year’s Market days. In addition to the regular Saturday market there will be a special Christmas Mark- et Wednesday. December 23, open until 9 pm. and Thurs- day, December 24, open until 6 pm. The New Year's special market day will be Thursday, December 31. A Turkey For Christmas? Do You Want North York Farmers Plan Xmas Market ‘ Members of council are hope- ful the application will receive favorable consideration. A review of new assessment figures gave reason for optimism. Assessment just completed shows the total taxable assessment of the village as $2,525,571.00 an increase of $277,779.00 over la 5 t year. The addition of $200,000. to the debenture debt will make the total come to a little over 28 per cent. It is hoped the Municipal Board will consider this well within the range of safety as far as local municipal credit is concerned. Last year the Board rejected a similar applica- tion from the village. The council met in regular ses- sion Monday evening and trans- acted considerable routine busi- ness in winding up the year's ac- tivities. In answer to a question by councillor Perkins as to the future of the North Yonge trans- portation service after January 1. when North York Township. a partner in the project becomes a part of Metropolitan Toronto, Reeve Taylor gave assurance that he contemplated no change. “I understand the service and agree- ment will continue as in the past," he said. A report from the TTC on the bus operation for the first ten Richmond Hill’s much needed new Public School pro- ject advanced another step this week when the municipal council Monday night unanimously passed the debenture by-law providing for the raising of $200,000. to cover the cost of construction and equipment- The by-law was giv- en two readings, and the third awaits approval by the On- tario Municipal Board. - Village Assessment Up $277,779.00 Next Year ALF LeMASURIER The new Reeve for Markham Township for 1954 Reeve-elect LeMasurier scored a decisive victory in Monday’s voting when he defeated 'both the 1953 office holder Reeve W. Timbers and former Reeve C. Hooper. In a three-way race. Deputy-Reeve LeMasurier ran up an im- pressive total of 1289 votes as compared with Councillor Hooper’s 776 votes and Reeve Timbers 671 votes. First elected to Council in 1951 Mr. LeMasurier last year success- fully contested the Deputy-Reeveship and will now make a, further move up to the office of Reeve. Veteran Council member W. Clark gained the office of Deputy-Reeve for 1954 when he defeated former Deputy- Reeve D. Rumney in a twoâ€"way fight. Mr. Clark garnered 1490 votes to his only opponent’s 991 votes. Pass School By-Law Open House’8.32 to 11 p.m. Champion Bowlers Feature At Opening Ceremonies The Liberal joins with the many friends in the area in extending congratulations and best wishes to Miss Janet Walkington of Maple, who celebrated her 94th birthday on December 9. Although Miss Walkington was not so well recently. she is now very much im- proved and at 94 still leads a very active life. Celebrates 94th Birthday Two men suffered painful ln- juries last Friday morning, Dec- ember 4, about 8 p.m. in a crash at the Langstaff stoplight. C. D. Caughey of Newtonbrook. ser- vice manager at R. D. Little & Son received a fractured ankle and facial cuts while Austin Ev- eratt of Richmond Hill sustain- ed a fractured collar bone and neck and head abrasions. The injured men were taken to the Toronto General hospital for treatment. Both cars were badly wrecked but the car driven by Mr. Page was undamaged. P. C. Reid of the Thornhill 0. RP. detachment investigated. No charges were laid. The accident occurred when Neville Page of Richmond Hill pulled his southbound auto into the centre lane to make a left- hand turn. Mr. Everatt, who was travelling behind the Page auto, lost control of his car and swerv- ed into the northbound lane where he crashed into Mr. Caughey’s car. Council by resolution declared Boxing Day, Saturday, December 26, to be a civic holiday in the village. There was some discussion of parking regulations and approval was expressed of a current police drive for strict enforcement. months of 1953 showed an oper- ating profit of $14,291.09 com- pared with an operating loss for the same period last year of $6,- 725.39. 2 Are Injured in Langstaff Crash Mr. Grént vassured coun'cil 'that the Municipal Board had indi- cated that agproval wquld be giv- en, but he urged council that care must be exercised where approval for school ex- penditures is required. “Some school boards seem to have a tendency to go ahead with their projects before approval is as- sured,” said Mr. Grant. “Up until now,” said Council- lor John Perry, “conservation seems to be nothing more than an expensive theory." “Only when the government puts a little money into the thing will it be a success,” added Reeve Marshall McMurchy. Drainage Award Township solicitor Melville Grant and engineer Harold Bab- cock met with Council over the proposed Ball Subdivision drain- age award. At a court of revis- ion recently, several ratepayers living in the area to be drained complained of being assessed for the project. Council requested the engineer to take further lev- els in order that a more definite line might be established for as- sessment purposes on the project. Only a small portion of the Rouge Valley lies in Vaughan in the Jefferson Area. The rest of the township lies in the Don and Humber Valleys. Vaughan Township Council voted to turn down the request for their approval of the establishment of the Rouge Valley Conservation Area. At a meeting last Mon- day, Council was unanimous in its decision. The request was madeIfollowing a meeting .held recently in Markham township at which time a Conservation Authority was recommended. Upstairs and opening into the lobby of the theatre is the Rich- mond Theatre Grill. Your host at this most modern restaurant will be Mr. Maurice E. Arnold. The Richmond Bowl is recog- nized as one of the most beauti- ful and attractive recreational centres in the country. It has a spacious lobby tastefully decor- ated in striking colors. richly broad-loomed floors, modern rest rooms and every convenience for the enjoyment of the popular game of bowling at its best. There is attractive accommoaa- tion for shoe rentals and coat checking. Vaughan Turns Down Plan for Rouge Valley Conservation The new Richmond Bowl has been greatly admired by many visitors during the past week. Fitted with all new equipment, the very finest obtainable, sup- plied by the famous Brunswick- Balke Co. the eight lanes provide this district with the very best in bowling facilities. The opening ceremonies for the Richmond Bowl will take place at 8.30 pm. when the rib- _bon will be cut and .the first bowl thrown by Reeve W. Jl Taylor. Following the brief opening cere- monies there will be exhibition bowling by visiting champions and local teams. Throughout the evening there will be open house in The Bowl and in the Theatre Grill which opens for business on that day. Everyone is extended a cordial invitation to visit during the ev- ening and the entire premises and equipment will be open for inspection. Richmond Hill’s new deluxe Bowling Centre will be officially opened Saturday evening, December 12. At the same time North Yonge Street’s most attractive restaur- ant, the Richmond Theatre Grill will be opened to the pub- lic. People of the village and district are ex ended a cor- dial invitation to attend the opening when t ere will ’be special attractions and open house to give everyone an op- portunity to inspect the premises and equipment. The Richmond Bowl and the Richmond Theatre Grill when unveiled will present to the district eight bowling lanes of the most modern design in a most attractive set- ting and a restaurant richly decorated and equipped. Tommy Mallen, World Champion Five Pin B\\ ler will be seen in action as a feature of the opening cw monies. In addition there will be exhibition bowling by Acorn Will- owdale Ladies and Brunswick-Balke, two of Canada’s top ladies’ five pin teams. Another attraction will be an exhi- bition of ten pins by two of Toronto’s outstanding stars, Bob Sharron and Art Hicks. Bowling Centre Best In Canada Has Eight Lanes In A Luxurious Setting HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Christmas Cards There is still time to order your personal Christmas Greeting Cards. Fine selection, moderately priced at our ofiice. Call in today. THE LIBERAL PHONE TU. 4-12 61 Council instructed the clerk to bill the School Area Board for expenses and interest rates in- curred by the township in bor- rowing money for the Langstaff and Thornhill construction jobs before the debenture issues were ready. ity.” In announcing the opening Ned Hill, manager of Richmond Amusement Co. Ltd.. said, “We are very proud to open these new facilities for recreation and re- freshment to people of Richmond Hill and district. We have spar- ed neither effort nor expense in our effort to give Richmond Hill the best. We hope they will meet with a avorable reception and that durmg years to come they will give good service to this great and growing commun- The Richmond Theatre Block erected just five years ago with the present addition is one of the most attractive in the district. The original building accommo- dates in addition to the Theatre. the office and plant of The Lib- eral, the offices of Jos. Rabino- witch and W. Schurman. The new addition is now occupied by The Richmond Bowl, the Rich- mond Theatre Grill and Mans- bridge Jewellers. The space just north of Mansbridge Jewellers will be occupied January 1 by the office of the North York Health Unit. Both the original building and the 1953 addition were built for Richmond Amuse- ment Co. Ltd., by Aurora Build- ing Co. Ltd. The architects were the well-known firm of Gibson and Pokorny of Toronto. and he will be assisted by an ex- perienced and well qualified staff. The Grill with accommodation for more than 100 has facilities for lunch counter service and a pri- vate dining room for more leis- urely dining. With a total of 203 votes cast during the day, Alex Campbell carried the popular vote. with 172 in his favour. Robert McLeod, with 166, and Donald Findlay with 164 votes were returned as com- missioners, Mr. McLeod for his second term and Mr. Fin- dlay for his third successive year in office Bryan Upjohn was supported by 37 votes. The vote of 203 persons represented slightly less than half of the total of 416 who are eligible to elect the cm- missioners for the village. Alex Campbell, Robert Mc- Leod, and Donald M. Findlay were elected as commission- ers for the Police Village of King City as the result of Mon- day’s election, which took place in the Masonic Hall. At King City 50% Vote