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SEPTEMBER 19 â€" Sunday. An- niversary Service at Hope United SEPTEMBER 18 â€"â€" Saturday. Dance at Buttonville Hall, old tyme and modern dancing by the Novelty Ranch Boys, starring lst prize winner at CNE violin com- petition. ' *1w12 munity Park Mr. - Mervin Charlton well known local boy has officially taken over the F. C. Brathwaite hardware located at 13 Yonge Street South here in the Village. Mr. Charlton who is a local boy in the full sense of the word as he was born and raised in Rich- mond Hill has gained a wide ex- perience in the hardware busi- ness over a ten year period. He plans to operate the new business under the trade name of Charlton Hardware. NOTICE â€" The Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion has changed the night of their eu- chres from Monday to Tuesday nights The next euchre will be on September 21. c1w12 SEPTEMBER 18 â€"â€" Saturday. 7.30 to 10 pm. Autumn Show of Richmond Hill Horticultural Soc- iety in the Lions Community Hall. Everyone welcome; also Septem- ber 19, Sunday 11 am. â€" Annual “Flower Sunday” service at the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church. Members and friends invited _ > clw12 SEPTEMBER 18' â€"â€" Saturday. Bake sale at Leglon Hall, Carr. ville .load, .fish pond for the children, at 2 p.m. c1w12 2: at at a: SEPTEMBER 18. Saturda)’. 8-30 p.m. York County Farm Forum Wiener Roast at Vandorf Com- LIBRARY HOURS â€" Richmond Hill Library. Mon., Thurs. Sat., 3 to 5 pm. Tuesday and Friday, 7 to 9 pm. c2w11 Married, with a daughter, Mr. Charlton is looking forward to continuing a pleasant business association with the people of Richmond Hill and district. EVERY THRUSDAY â€" Bingo sponsored by L.0.L. 2368 in the Orange Hall, Richmond Hill at 8 pm. sharp. Lucky draw night. tfc 2 Jackpot. 54 numbers called. Held at Community Hall, Spruce Ave.. Richvale. Stop 22, Yonge Street, 8.15 p.m. ‘ _ 7 ‘ c1w12 EVERY MONDAY _ ijgp. 35129 Peer Norgaard, senior student at Richmond Hill Dis- trict High School, was award- ed a gold medal at the Cana- dian National "Exhibition this year as first prize in the Old Time Fiddlers‘ Contest in the under 30 class. Peer, who lives at Oak Ridges came to Canada sev- eral years ago from Denmark and since coming to Canada, has become very interested in our Folk Music. Accom- panying him on the accor- dian at the competition was Verner Michaelson, also from Denmark, and who now lives at Victoria Square. Parents and teachers will be allowed to hear the choir sing. A picture of the choir and Mr. Martin appeared on the cover of the September issue of the Argus. the offic~ 1&1 publication_of the Public School Trustees. The choir consists of the combined school choirs from grades 6, 7 and 8 and will sing three arrangements, The Lords My Shepherd, Ev- ening Prayer. and Jesu Joy of My Heart. T.S.A. No. 1 Markham and Vaughan Schools and Music Supervisor, Hugh Martin, will be honoured this Sunday when the school's 125-voice choir will sing at the Con- vention of the Public School Trustees’ Association of On- tario, which will be held from Sept. 19 to 22 at the Royal York Hotel. Mrs Hilda Skippon, Yonge- hurst Road, won several Prizes for her baking at the CNE this year, winning lst Prize for her date and nut loaf, 2nd for her brown bread out of 22 entries), 3rd for her white bread (35 entries’. Richmond Hill Lions Club held the first meeting of the season last Thursday evening. Plans were formulated for the coming year and a com- plete report of the carnival. held in June was given by Lion Bill Brown. His re- port revealed that net pro- ceeds amounted to over $3,300 which will be used by the Lions for their work In the community. It is hoped to make greater use of the community hall this year. Guests at the meeting inclu- ded Harry Powell and Harold Her son Bobby, 8, follows in the footsteps of his moth- er, winning a 2nd prize for his layer cake, and 3rd for his cookies, out of an entry of nine in each class. Reid. Mrs. Skippon also won pri- zes for her chickens and pon- ies ,taking one 2nd and two 3rds for her Japanese Silk- ies ,and one 4th and 5th for her ponies Addition To Business Section Announce Carnwal Success Winners 0f Baking Contest Area Schools Honoured Wins Gold Medal Coming Events c1w12 SHARON : The public school iv being renmated and pupil: will attend classes in the municipal hall until work is completed. SEPTEMBER 25 â€" Saturday at 2.30 pm. Cake Sale to be held in Thornhill United Church Hall in aid of the Thornhill and District Association for retarded children. AfternOOn tea will be served. SEPTEMBER 29 â€" Wednesday. at 8 pm. in Trinity Anglican Church Hall, Thornhill, Travel- ogue ‘Alpine Europe’, a pictorial treat in color film, with comment- ary by Mr. Fraser Fairlie. Aus- pices Trinity Church W.A. Tick- ets 60c at door, or from mem- bers. 02w12 OCTOBER 1 â€" Friday. Highland Park Association Fall Dance at St. Andrew’s Golf Club. Dancing 9 to 1 am. $2.75 per couple. For tickets phone Mrs. W. Williamson, AV. 5-1709. c1w12 The competition is now in the final lap with a little more than two weeks to run. Anyone of the contestants listed below can win one of the Grand Cash Prize Awards, but those who show the best efforts in getting store votes and subscriptions will surely be the ultimate winners. Subscription votes count big. Turn to the special advertisement and see the votes given for sub- scriptions. These added to the store votes will really give con- testants a big boost. Remember'there are 10 Grand Prize Awards, any one of which is yoyth working for. SEPTEMBER 25 â€" Saturday. Rummage sale under auspices of St. Mary's Anglican Evening W. A. at Masonic Hall, 2 pm. Please note change of location. Everyone welcome. c2w12 Club merchafis can stimulate sales during the latter part of the contest by offering doubleiggtes SEPTEMBER 20 â€" Monday. The first public meeting of the Thorn- hill and District Association for Retarded Children will be held at Mrs. Swindle’s home, Stop 21, Westwood Lane. Any public spir- ited persons are invited to at- tend. c1w12 The Board is still counting on .the possibility that several rooms of the new ll-room O. M. Mac- 'Killop memorial school will be ready for occupacy by Christmas. The concrete blocks for the new building will be laid this week. Word has been received that the steel for the new building is to be shipped from England by Sep- tember 21. The approximate date for erection is October 7. It is expected to take one week to erect the structural framework. Traffic Problems As in any race it is the sustain- ed efl‘ort in the last lap that caunts, and judging by the con- testants coming into our office, they are entering into the spirit of the contest,. getting a lot of fun out of it, as well as a chance to earn the good cash prizes offer- ed. M.C.. of Maple, wili bé éfiégt' speaker. c1w12 SEPTEMBER 23, 24. 25 â€" Don’t miss Stoufiville Trade Fair â€" 40 exhibitors â€" 8000 attendance last year. c2w11 Don’t forget you can collect votes from your friends to add to your total or if not entering the contest yourself give your votes to a friend. The special $5.00 cash prize for the most votes turned in for the week goes to Mrs. Lewis Clement, and the total votes she has secur- ed places her in the first place in this week’s standing. Church ‘atill am. Rev. A. Donald, Chairman James Pollard and Trustee S. Tinker will meet with Registration in the kindergartâ€" en was set at 105 children, with several June registrations yet to report. In order to handle the in- creased kindergarten enrolment without having to turn away any children of kindergarten age, the Board has decided to divide the group into four classes. A sched- ule will be drawn up, permitting the four groups to attend kinder- garten on alternate days. Present kindergarten facilities only per- mit a maximum accommodation for 88 children. Erection Date Octofier 7th As will be seen by the listing below there are quite a few peopâ€" le running almost neck and neck in this race for the $1,000 in cash prizes sponsored by The Rich- mond Hill Goodwill Club Mer- chants. Who Is Going To Win These Big Cash Prizes? It Could Be You! Principal Walter Scott has set the completed enrolment figures for the Richmond Hill Public School at 870 pupils. The grad- uatlon last June of 65 students into High School helped to keep the final population figure below the estimated 900 mark. These figures were released at the Board’s September meeting held last Thursday. 9 Total Enrollment R. H. Public SchoolNow 870 VOLUME LXXVI. NUMBER 12 @173 EWEWL c1w12 ‘ A committee was set up to in- vestigate the implementation of a requisition system for the pur- chase of all school supplies. The Trustees felt that due to the in- creased size of the school this was now necessary in order to keep costs to a minimum. Re- garding the piece-meal purchas- ing of supplies, Trustee Harry Sayers said that he felt that a teacher should be able to antici- pate needs for at least a week in advance. He added that he op- posed the idea of sending stu- dents on errands. “They aren’t here to be messengersfihe added. Student Insurance In his report, Principal A. S. .Elson reported that the attend- ance in the two shifts was slightly out of balance with 227 attending the Thornhill shift and 375 the Richmond Hill shift. There are 45 students in Upper School this year. With present registration at about 650 and more registra- tions each day, Mr. Elson expects that attendance will be close to the estimated 675.- Mr. Elson and Trustee Collard will look in- to the matter of a more even dis- tribution of students between the two shifts. The Board approved an in- crease in salary for the cafeteria staff for the additional hours put in due to the new system. It was announced by the Board that the student insurance policy had expired and that the school board was no longer liable for ac- cidents to students. In consider- ing a new policy, Chairman M. J. Kinnee suggested that the broker- The Board accepted with re- gret the resignation of Mrs. D. Fettes as assistant secretary for the school. It was decided that in selecting a new secretary, preference would be given to a secretary who would be_ able to transfer to Thornhill when the new school is opened. Requisition System When Richmond Hill District High School Board met last Mon- day a large portion of the agenda dealt with personnel matters and changes in routine to facilitate the smooth running of the new shift system now in operation at the school. Here is lhe standing of votes for publication up to last Satur- day. Mrs. Lewis Clement . 282,200 Mrs. L. A .Gordon . . . . . . 247,000 Mrs. Norman Cook .... 222,800 Mrs. C. H. Sanderson .. 177,800 Mrs. Edna Barker ...... 165,700 Mrs .H. J. Mills . . . . . . . 106,800 Mrs. J. Bowen .. . . . . . . .. 77,000 Mrs. T. Canning . . . . . . . .. 69,700 Mrs. H. M. Dennis . . . . . . 46,400 Hazel C. Brown . . . . . . . . 46,100 Mrs. Erle Cook . . . . . . . . . . 34,100 Donna Lindsay . . . . . . . . . 27,700 Mrs. Walter Leuschner .. 24,900 Mrs. M. J. Acreman 22.300 Mrs. G. W. Elton . ....... 20,300 Barbara Southwell . . . . . . 18,400 Mrs. John Oliver . . . . . . . . 17,600 Mrs. H. Adams . . . . . . . . . . 15,600 Bruce Blackburn . . . . . . . 15,200 Marie MacDonald . . . . . . . 12,000 Bob Correa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,600 Mrs. B. M. Middleton .. 10,600 Mrs. Stan Tinker 9,800 Walter Smith . . . . . . 9.700 Ruben Lahn 9,500 R. Edworthy ............ 6,700 Bill Thompson . . . . . . . . . . 5,200 NOTE -â€"â€" Contestants with less than 5,000 votes not shown in above standing, but will be coun- ted if they become active. 650 Students Registered At Local District 'High School The Board is considering the purchase of a duplicating ma- chine at an estimated cost of In a vote of thanks to Principal Scott, the trustees have expressed their ‘appreciation for the fine way in which he has handled the organization of the large student population under difficult cir- cumstances. $235.00 Chief Robbins stated it is prov- ing difficult to locate a satisfact- ory guard to take over the re- sponsibility. The trustees are anxious that Council consider the erection of school warning signs on Yonge Street, both north and south of the stoplights, and also the erection of a stop sign or flasher light at the corner (5 Lucas and Mill Streets. Teacher Stricken With Polio The Board was saddened to’ hear that Miss Ethel Thomas, a Grade 5 teacher. has been strick- en with polio. Miss Thomas, who resides at RR. 2 Maple was to start her second year as a mem- ber of the local staff. on special items or payment of outstanding accounts. R. Hargan have already met with the Board regarding the arrival and departure of children from the main school. In the absence of a school crossing guard at the main building. the police are as- sisting children across Yonge Street. the Village Council this week to consider traffic problems relating to the main school, the Municipal Hall and the new school. Police Chief R. Robbins and Constable "In Essentials, Unity,- ln Non-essentials, Liberty; in a” Things, Charity. Luu ...oo.-o 1well ver urn ....... 131d fiddleton . . nker . . . . . . . uun-uoanou unnuucooo-oa In ....-o )ok . . .. ers'on .. 51‘ .-...o . a... .uonoa-no ....----- 1is - no... --....... ........ schner . . In view of increased duties due to the shift system, the Board voted an increase of $500 in sal- ary ‘ ' ~:oth the principal ‘d the vice principal. An invitation has been extend- ed to area agricultural teachers. principals and trustees to attend Tenders for 150 tons of coal will he called for by the property committee. ' Mr. Elson explained the short- age of supervisors for the after- noon shift during the period from 4 to 6 pm. and asked the Board's approval for‘the hiring of a reg- ular supervisor. The Board ap- proved. Mr. Bonnick, representing Geo. Adamson, architect for the new school, met with the board to get final approval for the plans of the foyer of the building. Trustee Dean, chairman of the Building Committee commented that the foyer was very important as it usually gave the first impression of the building. Incorporated in the design of the foyer are several attractive features which will make the area the focal point of the whole building, yet are done with an eye to economy. A large floor-to-ceiling mural will add color and light to the walls of the vestibule and the foyer it- self and an attractive free-stand display case for trophies, etc., will be included in the decor. A ma- jority of the Board expressed pleasure at the plans and approv- ed them. an Agricultural Conference on Saturday. October 23. Students will attend the Royal Winter Fair on November 8. age firm holding the present insurance be contacted regard- ing a new policy. Trustee Harry Sayers contended that the local insurance agents should have the opportunity to submit policies. Mr. Kinnee commented that the Board had not been satisfied with the service of local agents in the past but on the recommendation of'Trustee Wilfred Dean, the Trustees agreed to leave the mat- ter open to give everyone a fair chance to compete for the busin- ess. New School Kin Eric McCuaig who was e1- ected National Co-ordinator at this convention is a member of the North York Club. As Nation- al ‘CoLordinator he' will attend the World Council of Young Men’s Clubs. In a short address to the mem- bers, Kin Eric McCuaig remind- ed his audience that Kinsmen is the only national young men‘s service club and added that it is run by Canadians for Canada. At present, there are 283 Kinsmen Clubs operating in every prov- ince throughout the Dominion. The inaugural meeting of the new “Kin’ year was held by Rich- mond Hill Kinsmen Club at Bet- tles Coffee Shop last Thursday evening when local Kinsmen en- tertained two prominent guests: Kinsmen Dick Hannah, National Secretary of ,the Kinsmen Club and Editor of Kinsmen Magazine, and Kinsmen Eric McCuaig, Nat- ional Co-ordinator for Kinsmen. In his address to the club, Kin Dick Hannah emphasized the need for fellowship through com- munity service. He spoke of the Kinsmen Convention held at Sas- katoon last month when more than 800 delegates attended. Local Kinsmen Club Entertains Guests Large Scae Development To Double Vllage Population 1 New Homes Coming Saturday. September 18 will be Tag Day for the LTB and Orange Home. Taggers will be on the streets in Richmond Hill on Saturday morning and members of the community are asked to con- tribute generously to this worthy céuse Reeve Oliver Crockford, Scarboro Township, will be the special speaker. An in- teresting feature will be the presentation of prizes to winners in the essay contest of last Spring, subject, “Markham Township", com- peted for by scholars in the local schools. There were sev- en prizes awarded. As usual light refreshments will be served at the meeting’s con- clusion and a ‘large attend- ance of members and the general public is expected. The first Fall meeting of Markham Township Proper- ty Owners Assn. will be held Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 8 pm. at “Cherry Hill Farm". Fall Meeting Property Owners RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1954 Tag Day Trustees approved the engag- ing of a fourth bus at their meet- ing Tuesday night, until relief comes from the completion of the addition to the Howitt school, the hiring of bus to be left to the dis- cretion of Supervising Principal, David Smith. ,The addition to Henderson Avenue will be four rooms and to Howitt two rooms. At present these schools are on a staggered schedule. The reason The Board of Township School Area No. 1, Markham and Vaugh- an is now faced with an approxi~ mate $900. a month increase in transportation costs over last year with no relief in view until the additions have been complet- ed at Henderson Avenue and Charles Howitt schools. The com- pletion date for Charles Hewitt has been guaranteed for Sept. 30 and it is expected the Henderson addition will be ready in two or three months time. The delegation stated that they had been unable to secure the use of the building, the school board stating that it would be sol by tender and these were bein re- ceived up until September 25. “I can’t imagine the School Board turning you down,” com- mented re ve LeMasurier. ‘We gave you a small donation earlier on just to Show that we were mor- ally behind this wonderful pro- A delegation composed of Mrs. Swindle, Mr. Coghill and Mr. Ketola, representing a Thornhill Group, appeared before Mark- ham Township Council Monday evening asking for. some assist- ance to influence the school board of School Area No. 1 Markham & Vaughan to allow them to make use of an unused brick school house (the old Thornlea school) for classes for retarded children. “In othef words the service is free for some,” commented reeve A. LeMasurier. The particular building they desire, has not been used now for four years due to the erec- tion of new and more modern buildings. Mrs. Swindle told council that at the present time seven children are being given in- struction at a cost to their par- ents of $2.50 per week each. How- ever; she said that no child was turned away if unable to pay. Area Board Now Paying $1300 Each Month TransportationCosts “Get Rid of Baby Sitting” â€" Taylor GroupSeeking Old Sch. For Retarded Children Jersey breeders in York County were able to carry ofl’ the 1 t prize at the Championship Show, which was held at the- an dian National Exhibition. The photograph above shows rs. Eldred Bennett, wife of the president of the Ontario Jersey Club (centre), presenting the 1st prize ban- ner to (left) Mrs. Alfred Bagg, Edgeley, Ontario, and (right) Mrs. Francis Redelmeier, Don Head Farms, Rich- mohd Hill. York County Winners for the increase in transportation costs is attributed to the fact that the buses used by Richmond Hill District High School were used by the Board last year and cost of this system was considerably lower. It was revealed at the meeting that transportation costs per month have now reached $1300., compared to $400. per month last year. To combat this problem the Board decided to ask Grade 7 and 8 pupils from the Boyle subdivision, Langstaff, to walk to school for the next few ~weelgs, in present weather conditions on- ly, until the Howitt addition is completed. Trustees specified they still adhered strictly to their policy of safety on Yonge Street and felt these pupils would not be endangered by this move which will result in a temporary situa- tion only. If these children will (Continued on page 3) “Well we’re morally behind y« :1 and I can’t imagine why the Board would turn you down, in fact the school inspector told me he would approve of the use of this building, and I suggest you go back to the Board and make another appeal,’ stated reeve Le- Masurier in summing up the dis- cussion. ,This the delegation ag- reed to do. “The building went up for sale just as soon as we asked for it," declared Mrs. Swindle. “The School Act states that the Board should secure accommodation for these children," she said. ’ ject,” he continu The spokesman went on to say that the government grant for a school for retarded children was $250.00 per pupil a year and the group operating the school had to make up the balance of cost. Some help had been forthcoming from the Lions Club, they said. They also revealed that the dis- trict public school inspector was a member of the committee. “He should be able to influgnce this Board.” commented deputy- reeve W. Clark. Council took the View that the school board was at least partially responsible for these children and the operation of such a school by a private. group was only less- ening their responsibility. J. A. Bailey advised council he has completed purchase of the easterly half of the Teetzel prop- ‘erty and- has development plans for the area now completed. He would like to start work on build- ing homes this fall. To serve this area it will be necessary to have extensive service extensions through the Elmwood area and it will mean the construction of a pumping station. The proposed new pumping station would serve a portion of the Allan Court sub- division and the cost will be shared by the residents of Elm- wood, the Bailey and Allan Court sub-divisions. The Trustees of Lake Wilcox Public School Board have an- nounced that five class rooms have been rented in the old Pub- lic School in Aurora for the school year. The rent will be $100. per month for the five rooms, in addition to the cost of heating, $145. per month which will be borne by the ratepayers. Rent for three rooms last year amounted to $90. per month. To these figures add the cost of bus transportation and it means a heavy drain on taxpayers. As the Department of Education does not pay grants on temporary ac- commodation. these expenses will Reeve Taylor announced that arrangements have been made for the carving of names of those who paid the supreme sacrifice in world war II on the memorial. Re- gret was expressed that this work J. A. Bailey of the Bailey De- velopment asked council Monday night to speed construction of se- wers and water main to his devel- opment in Richmond Acres (the Mackie farm) where some homes will be ready for occupancy the end of October. Representatives of the Richmond Development Company made a similar request that services be made available to their property in the north-east section of the village as soon as possible. They plan to start er- ection of houses in that area within two weeks. Engineering problems facing council and engineers at the mo- ment include deciding the most economical route for the trunk sewer and the widening of the Centre Street crossing at the C. Reeve Taylor said council was doing everything possible to speed arrangements for the start of the necessary work, but point- ed out that engineering details had to be completed and that was all that is delaying a start on the project. He said arrangements have been made for a meeting with Engineer Redfern later this week. Lake Wilcox Trustees Rent Five Classrooms In Aurom The present municipal building now houses on the main floor the clerk’s office and the Public Lib- rary. In the basement there are offices for the police force, the assessor and the building inspec- tor. Upstairs there are two rooms occupied as classrooms and on occasions by the D'yvision Court. ' It is possible the classrooms may not be needed when the new school is completed, but council members did not look favorably on use of upstair offices to serve the public. Municipal Business Outgrows Present Quarters And Council Plans A New Office Building To meet the needs of the rapidly expanding commun- ity council must provide the necessary services, and this will mean extensions to the water mains, and sewers and likely an addition to the sewage disposal plant. Office space at the Municipal Hall is already at a. pro. mium and looking to the future council Monday night au- thorized Councillor Middleton to secure plans for the erec-g tion of new office space. It has been suggested that a one storey office building be erected in front of the present municipal building. Residential development on a very large scale in Riohs mond Hill Village is now well under way and present plans call for more than twelve hundred new homes within the" next year or two. Work is actually under way in two large: sub-divisions, in two others everything is ready to go and plans for the fifth are advancing so rapidly that it is hoped' excavations for new houses will start before October 31. * This great building boom in the village will add an es, timated four thousand to the present village population of more than 3300. Meeting in regular session Monday night Reeve W. J. Taylor and members of the municipal council grappled with the many problems of expansion and will meet twice more this week so great is accumulation of ur- gent busmess. HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Pee Wees Play Here Monday 3 p.m. Plans are in the making for an addition to the Lake Wilcox School but as yet no approval his been received from the Ontario Municipal Board. Trustees do not expect the proposed addition would be ready before Easter. The School at Lake Wilcox which was opened in 1950 was over- crowded on opening day and trus- tees have been faced with the problem of providing increased temporary accommodation each year, at an increasing cost to the ratepayers. all be drawn from the Trustees levy. Plan Addition Chairman James Pollard and Trustee Stan. Tinker of the Pub- lic School Board interviewed council and suggested that safety warning signs be erected on Mill Street at Lucas Street. It was pointed out that with the com- pletion of the new public school there would be a heavy student traffic in this area. Council mem- bers readily concurred in the sug- gestion and suitable signs will be erected under the supervision of the Police. To Repair Walks Council accepted the tender of Paul Street for the construction of a new sidewalk' on Lucas St, and the repair of several stretch- es of walk throughout the village. Reeve Taylor said he hoped the work would get under way u soon as possible. Water Supply Assured A report from the TTC showed an operating profit on the,Nor.th Yonge bus line of $3,494.64 for July. compared with a profit 0 $642.27 for July 1953. " Deputy-Reeve Ken W. Tomlin. chairman of the Police Commisâ€" sion announced that a meeting of the Commission would be held this week with Chief Robbins and Constable Hargan, and he invited members of council to attend and bring up any matters pertaining to police department. Bus Profits The clerk was instructed to ad- vise the Horticultural Society that council did not plan any structural change in the Memor- ial and that the Society has ‘the permission of council to proceed at once with landscaping Work which the organization has been planning for some time. ‘ Safety Signs A report from the Internation~ al Water Supply Co. was very satisfactory and indicated that Richmond Hill with its great,ex-. pansion program need not fear a water shortage. The report sta- ted that recent test holes gave in- dication of ample supply to sup- plement existing wells. A communication from T. N. Phelan, representing Mrs, Ste- phens claimed that the Richmond Hill disposal plant was contamin- ating a stream through her pro- perty and action was threatened unless the practice was stopped. The letter was referred to the village solicitor and council mem- bers pointed out that everything in connection with the disposal plant operation had been inspect- ed by the Health authorities. ‘ Police Commission had been delayed by difficulty sec curing qualified workmen to car‘ ry_qut t_herlettering.