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News From Next Door STOUFFVILLE Construction has started on a new picnic shel- ter, 26’ x 80' and a new refresh- ment booth, the gift of Art Lat- chain. 1 t c - RINGWOOD â€" The 100-year-old Grove General Store here has been sold to Ken Phillips of Stouffvillc. t at: o n MARKHAM : The century-old house belonging to Clifford Ray- mer was moved a quarter mile along the Mount Joy sideroad last week to make way for a new service station on Highway 48. The family continued to live in the house during the week-long operation. a it t t STOUFFVILLE Council has voted in favour of retaining the services of the Ontario Provin- cial Police. II: * It * PICKERING The tax depart- ment has recently collected over $14,000 in back taxes. There is $63,000 still outstanding. Grant .To Retarded Children The Board of T.S.A. No. 1 Tuesday night agreed to pay Thornhill School for Reâ€" tarded Children a grant of $10. per month for each of the six pupils from the Ar- ea attending the school, pay- ments to commence next September. _ Trustees were in favour of changing the school desks to sizes required by the pu- pils. The Board will also send the maintenance staff. at the end of the present school term, to refurbish the building. The organization will mark the campletion of its first year of organization this June. Pass Agreement Trustees passed the ag- reement which was drawn up between the Board and the Charles Howitt Recreation Association and asked for a meeting with representatives of the association next week to sign the agreements. Path In Operation It was reported at the meeting the footpath leading to Langstaff Public School would go into operation to- day. A second footpath is being planned for the Mark ham side and negotiations are' being carried on at present with the owners. Coming. Events EVERY MONDAY â€"- Bingo held at Community Hall, Spruce Ave. Stop 22A Yonge St., Richvale,, at 8.15 pm. ' . tfc38 . a no: :- 4: EVERY TUESDAY â€" Euchre in the Legion Hall, Carrville Road West, Richvale at 8 pm. Admis- sion 35c. tfc36 no: a: It! a EVERY THURSDAY â€" Bingo. sponsored by L.OlL. 2368 in the Orange Hall, Richmond Hill at 8 p.m. sharp. Lucky draw night. 3 C O I tfc 2 MAY 14 â€" Saturday. Waste Pa- pei’ Collection. Richmond Hill Boy Scouts. Covering Village east from. Yonge. Householders please leave bundles tied firmly and placed outside of house not later than 9 am. c1w46 . at: at It * MAY 16 â€"- Monday at 1 pm. at the Army, Navy and Air Force Hall. 6357 Yonge St., Stop 12C. 3 rummage and bake sale, also White Elephant. sponsored by Army. Navy, Air Force Ladies Auxiliary 79. c1w46 :- a a a: MAY 17 â€" Tuesday. Oak Ridges Community Centre final Jumbo Bingo at Oak Ridges Public School 8.30. Admission 35c. Jack- potgiven out this night. Many good prizes. c1w46 U C C 0 MAY‘ 18 â€" Wednesday. 8 pm. Thornhill Baptist Church visit of Toronto Baptist Choral Soc- iety, sponsored by Women’s Mis- sion Circle. Everybody welcome. Come and enjoy an evening of fine music. c1w46 * * t * MAY -20 â€" Rummage sale under auspices Thornhill and District Association for Retarded Child- ren at North York Veterans Hall, Stop 120 Yonge St. 1.30 p. m. c2w46 # It ‘3 8% MAY 23 â€" Monday. Victoria Day. Richmond Hill Annual Spring Fair. Horse Show and many featured attractions. Dance in Arena at night. tfc40 I t O I MAY 21 â€" Saturday. The first annual bazaar sponsored by the teachers. pupils and members of Gormley Home and School As- sociation will be held on the school grounds, S. S. '7 Markham. Don Mills Rd. at Gormley. 1â€"6 p.n1. Home baking. rummage ta- ble. white elephants. home sew- ing, fish pond for children. horse shoes for men. tea and cookies for the ladies. Everyone wel- come. c1w46 **Â¥* JUNE 22 -â€" Wednesday. Tcston United Church Strawberry Fes- tival. Watch for further notice. c1w46 3“ t It 1 MAY 28 â€" Saturday at 2.30 p. In. Hope United Church and Hope Community and School Club Tea, Bake Sale. \V’liite Elâ€" ephant Table and a display of kitchen conveniences. clw46 5 "In Essentials, Unity,- VOLUME LXXVI. NUMBER 46 Mrs. Donald Felker, daughter of the late 0. M. Mac- Killop is shown, assisted by the Deputy-Minister of Edu- cation, Dr. C. F. Cannon, as she cuts the ribbon to officially open the new 10-room school on Lucas Street, Richmond Hill, dedicated to the memory of her father, who was Inâ€" spector of Public Schools for the northern part of York County from 1943 until the time of his death on March 9, Dream Comes True , A recent feature article in The Liberal has resulted in a dream-come-true offer for 11 year old Joan Timbers of Locust Hill. Several weeks ago. a feature story written "by Liberal correspondent, Elizabeth Sumner of Thornhill about the Farmers‘ Market at Thornhill told about Joan Timbers, who despite her tender years, is an old timer at the market, where she draws pdultry. When asked about her work at the Market, Joan told The Liberal that she was saving all her earnings for-a coveted accordion. Don Fairbairn, commentator on the Neighbourly News Broad- cast, heard every Sunday morn- ing over C.B.L., picked up the item from the Liberal and used it on his broadcast, mentioning Joan’s objective. Well it appears that Ne'ighbourly News has an international appeal, for a listen- er in Kenmore, New York. heard the broadcast and immediately wrote to Don Fairbairn offering an accordion to Joan. In his letter, Frank S. McCullough of 429 Southwood Dr. Kenmore, said that he had an Italian ac- cordion which was no longer us- ed and that he would be very happy to give it to this deserving girl. Joan and _her family were over-joyed at the news. Needless to say, Joan is looking forward to the day in the very near fut- ure when she will achieve this coveted goal. The Liberal is pleased to coâ€"operate with Don Fairbairn in arranging shipment and customs passage for the in- strument. There are many ways of main- taining good International re- lations between neighbouring countries such as Canada and the United_States on high govern- ment levels, but it appears that goodwill between the average citizens of both countries, good- will such as this kind deed to a little girl, can do more to foster the friendly type of internation- al relations than all sorts of high level conferences. Historic Congregation UnitedChurch Building Erected 7 5, Years Ago Cost Of Only $17,000 On Sunday, May 15, the congregation of Richmond Hill United Church will be celebrating the 75th annivers- ary of the present church building. Erected in 1880, the present structure with its tall gothic spire is a landmark of the village and Can be seen from miles around. Mark- ing this anniversary occasion the guest preacher at the morning service will be the Rev. Dr. Harold Young, form- erly of St. Paul’s Avenue Road Church, Toronto. At the evening service, the Rev. C. G. Higginson, incumbent min- ister, will speak. Smxw OLIVER cndckronp Oliver Crockford. Reeve of Scarboro township and promin- ent in municipal affairs in the Metropolitan area will be the guest speaker at the nomination meeting of the North York Lib~ eral Association to be held this Friday. May 13. in the Newmar- ket Town Hall. Mr. Crockford has continually been a strong opponent of the Provincial government's contro- versial Bill 80 which created Metropolitan Toronto. He is the Liberal'provincial candidate in Yorkâ€"Scarboro riding and will contest that riding on behalf of the Liberal party in the June 9 Ontario election. The present United Church congregation had its beginnings with a tiny group of Methodists over a century-anâ€"aâ€"half ago. One of the first Methodists to lo- cate in the immediate area was Balser Munshaw who came to Canada in 1792 and settled at what is now Elgin Mills. Actu- ally the first religious services held in the village started through the energies of Rev. Wm. Jenkins, a Presbyterian clergy- man, and were first held in a grove where the present Rich- mond Hill Cemetery stands. Pre- vious to the erection of the first Presbyterian church, the religi- ously disposed element of the village met in the old log school house located on the present school site. These services which were started in 1803 were for both the Presbyterians and the Methodists and were conducted by ministers of either denomin- ation. Yonge St. Circuit Active in establishing this Yonge Street Circuit as it was known were Rev. Nathan Bangs and Presiding Elder Jewel. By 1805 the circuit was reported as consisting of the area which now contains the townships of East and West York, Etobicoke. Mark- ham. Vaughan King. Whit- church and the Gwillimburys under the authority of a letter from the crown. First Church In 1821 a church was erected by united labour of the district on a site given by James Miles. The first church was known as lContinucd on page 9) ,â€" a â€"â€" BINGO -+ R. H. Lions In Non-essentials. Li'alertv; In all Things, Charity." RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955 Also participating in the opening ceremonies were Rev. C. G. Higginson, at left, minister of Richmond Hill United Church, Principal Walter Scott, Board Chairman James Pollard, and Reeve W. J. Taylor, Richmond Hill. The‘ceremony took place in the foyer of the school where a large representation assembled for the occasion. -â€"â€"- photo by lagerquist S. W. Corner Markham Study Two Million Dollar Water And Sewage Plan Preliminary plans for an extensive two million dollar water and sewage development to serve the southwest cor- ner of Markham Township was presented to Council Mon- day by the Township's Water and Sanitation Committee (Councillors V. Griffin and D. Deacon) and consulting en- gineers R. Scrivener and H. Babcock. Under the proposed plan which is still in its initial stages. owners of several proposed new subdivisions in the water area would be asked to bear approx-. imately one-half of the total cost of installing such a system. The remaining half would be borne by the present property owners in the area. The tentative area includes Highland Park, Doncaster and Thornhill, plus several new sub: divisions yet to be developed. Present plans seem to indicate both sewers and water will .be available for Doncaster and Highland Park, but only water for Thornhill. The water sup- ply would be secured through the Township‘sown well, indeâ€" pendent of the Metropolitan area. The hope of keeping the total cost on a workable basis will to a large extent depend on the suc- cess of Markham’s negotiations with the owners of the proposed subdivisions. It is expected a vote of the people will be requir- ed before the sewer project could actually be commenced. Any debenture issue will be subject to the approval of the Municipal Board. A great deal of planning and investigation has yet to be done before the Committee and the engineers will be in a position to present a more detailed report. Let Road To Private Contract Markham and the Richmond Hill District High School Board have reached a new agreement on the construction of the road an extension of Dudley Ave. be- tween Clarke Ave. and'Elgin St. Last fall Markham agreed to build the road for the Board at cost. A five-member delegation repreSenting the High School Board and including Chairman V. McMullen and Vice-Chairman W. Dean waited on Council to discuss reports that the munici- pality is no longer in a position to build the road. The Road Committee hasiindicated that with the rush of spring work it hasn’t the time or the machinery to handle the project and has suggested it be put out to priv- ate contract. Reeve A. LeMasurier .agreed with the trustees in that Coun- cil had made a definite commit- ment to the Board to build the road at cost “and therefore we. ,have a moral obligation to carry out our part of the bargain". Markham‘s figure to construct a road was $6700. As a compromise Council and the trustees have agreed to award the work to pri-' vate contract and to split the dif- ference in price. Markham has awarded the contract to the K. J. Beamish Construction Com- pany at a price of $9450. Council has approved the‘ cr- ection of a gasoline station at the corner of No. 7 Highway and Don Mills Road. The land in question lies in the Arnold Sub- division and was originally set aside for commercial develop- ment. At the same time Council turned down a request from an- other oil company to build a sta- into the site of the Thornhill tion on an opposite corner of No. High School. The work involves7 Highway and Don Mills Road. Dept. of Ed. Clarifies School Act High School Board To Readjust 1955 Budget Cut Capital Expenditure Trustees of the Richmond Hill District High School Board voted last Monday evening to reduce the capital expenditure figure in the 1955 Budget from $14,000 to $5,000, rather than go to the Ontario Municipal Board at present for approval on the am- ount exceeding $5,000 as allowed in the School Act. In making a motion to this effect, Trustee Harry Say- ers added that at such time as more funds for capital outlay were needed then application could be made to the Municipal Board. The whole matter was precip- itaied when Trustee Stewart Rumble. representing Markham Township, called to the attention of the Board and the municipal councils in the‘ School district to the fact that the School Act ap- peared to allow for a total of not more than 55.000 for capital out- lay in a year. while the Board had budgeted for $14,000. At that time. the balance of the Board maintained that the Act really referred to not more than $5.000 per item. Several mem- bers who have had some years experience on this and other school boards testified that in the past this section had always been interpreted as not more than $5.000 per item. adding that it had never been ques- tioned by either the Department of Education or auditors. Department Confirms Trustee Rumble continued to register his objection against what he termed not following the School Act and municipal councils concerned held up ap- proval of the budget awaiting clarification. At Monday's meet- ing. Trustee .\I. J. Kinnee. told the Board that he had met with officials of the Department of 'Continucd on page 3! No Word On Judgment Clerk Russell Lynett rc- porled Wednesday morn- ing that no further word had been received regarding judgment of the action tak- en by Mrs. Annie 1. Steph- ens for $50,000 damages ag- ainst the village of Rich- mond Hill for alleged politi- tionof a stream by the mun- icipality's sewage disposal plant. At the conclusion of the hearing last week. judg- ment on the case was reserv- ed by Mr. Justice Stewart. The stream crosses Mrs. Stephens’ property and she is asking for an injunction to stop the alleged nuisance. She testified that the Ontario Municipal Board refused an application to subdivide the property because of the stream's condition. N. J. Howard, bacteriolo- gist and former director of water inspection for Metro- politan Toronto. said the stream was seriously pollu- ted below the sewage dis- posal plant and would be dangerous to use. But Dr. A. E. Berry,’ dir- ector of sanitary engineer- ing for the Ontario Depart- ment of Health, said he found the water to be quite good and very favorable in comparison to other sew- age disposal plants in On- ario. Prepare Fair Grounds Directors of Richmond Hill Agricultural Society met Monday night to finalâ€" ize plans for the prepara- tion of the buildings and grounds for the society's 106th annual Fair, which this year is being held on _ Monday, May 23. With just a week to go be- fore the big event, members are occupied with the com- pletion of the show which includes a Guernsey Calf Competition, Palominos and Parade Horses, Jersey Show, Horse Show, Tractor Driving Contest. Horseshoe Pitching Competition, Square Dance Competition, Tug-ofâ€"war and a dance in the arena in the evening. Issue 50 Summonses .’ Police Chief Robbins re- ports that 50 summonses for exceeding the speed limit. overloading and failure to observe stop signs in Richâ€" mond Hill have been issued the past month. Twelve of these were for Speeders. Cadet Lt. Albert Naylor of the High receiving the Strathcona Award for Marksmanship from Major Johnston of the Queen’s York Rangers at the recent cadet in- spection held on the school campus. Others present at the review plat- presentation are. left Richmond Hill Cadet Corps District is seen platform during REDIFORM Business Stock Forms SAVE TIME AND MONEY Ready to use for each key operation in your business. On Sale At THE LIBERAL OFFICE HOME’APER OF Trli DISTRICT SINCE 1878 ntarlo Children On The arch SaysDep. Minister “Children in Ontario are on the march,” Dr. C. F. Cannon, deputy-minister of education, told the gathering assembled at the official opening, May 9, of the O. M. Mac- Killop Memorial School on Lucas Street, Richmond Hill “There were 640,000 children in the province in 1944," continued Dr. Cannon, “ and today there are 1,000,000, showing the requirements educators face to accommodate this great increase." The" speaker pointed out there was .250,000,000 in debenture debts for schools in the prov- ince today. Dr. Cannon was introduced to the audience by Inspector of Public Schools, W. J. McLeod. Dr. Cannon officiated at the opening ceremonies of the school which is one of two to be com- pleted this year. In his address h e congratulated Chairman James Pollard on his many years of service to the community as a trustee and congratulated the Board and the Village- on the completion of the school. He paid tribute to the late 0. M. MacKillop in whose memory the school was dedicated. The late Mr. MacKillop was a col< league and a friend of Dr. Can- non's. The deputy-minister remarked on a notation by Reeve W. J. Taylor who, in his congratulat- ory message from the village, had mentioned the wide span, in educational facilities. between his school days and the present. Reeve Taylor remembered the chore of ‘firing the stove’ which “heated the one room school. Dr. Cannon also pointing out he once had the same responsibility at a wage of four cents per day for his duties. The lO-room O. M. MacKillop Memorial School was built at a cost of $200000 and was com- pleted in a nine month period. Construction began on August 11. 1954 and was completed on May 6, 1955. The late Mrs. Mac- Killop, wife of the late school inspector, last October 18 offic- ially laid the first steelwork for the school which is named in honour of her husband. The school, which provides for an extension of six additional rooms. is situated on a six acre property and has an enrollment of 350 pupils. Principal of the school is Walter Scott and Assist- Kindergarten Double Winner The kindergarten class at Richmond Hill Public School won two awards at the York County Festival at Wood- bridge last Saturday, in the vocal and rhythm band class- es. Richmond Hill placed sec- ond in the kindergarten class 40 voices or less. and first in the rhythm band section. Receives Marksmanship Award School Knox, representing to right. Capt. Haynes of Central Com- trict High School Board principal Major A. S. Elson. During the ceremony, Major John- ston presented the patch of the Queen‘s York Rangers which will be worn on all uniforms of the local corps. ant Principal. Earl Orser. The dedication service was conducted by Rev. C. G. Higgin- son of Richmond Hill United Church and during the Accept- ance of Keys ceremony, Chair- man Pollard accepted the keys of the school from J. C. Perkin and W. Bourgoyne representing J. B. Parkin Associates. archi- tects. assisted by Mr. Varamae of Varamae Construction Co., Ltd. A welcome was extended to the gathering by Mr. Pollard and greetings were . brought from Reeve W. J. Taylor. Mrs. L. W. Zuefelt and Mrs. W. Say- ers who presented a picture of the Queen on behalf of Rich- mond Hill Women's Institute. The picture was framed by Wil- liam Sayers. Mrs. Irene Mc- Brien, member of the Toronto Board of Education. presented a school Bible on behalf of the Ontario Public School Trustees Association, Principal Walter Scott accepting the gift on be- half of the school. Introduced to the audience were Dr. C. E. Stothers. -B.A. D. Paed, a member of the staff Ontario College of Education. and a winner of the Greer Mem- orial award presented at 0. C. A. convention this year for mak- ing an outstanding contribution to education in Ontario,Prin¢ipal A. S. Elson, Vice - Principal Wright Morrow of Richmond Hill District High School and Mrs. L. McConaghy who taught for 40 years at Public Schools in the village. Chairman during the evening was Trustee Stan Tinker. Re- freshments following the open. ing ceremonies were provided by the Home and School Associa- tion. Trustees associated with the planning and development of the new school were James Pollard, Stan Tinker, Robert Ross, Dick Mills. Cecil Mabley. Mrs. Marg- aret Southwell, L. H. Clement (deceased) and Secretary Jim Grainger. Former school trustees pres- ent at the opening were Duncan Chamney. P. E. Angle. A. S. Barber. A. S. Armstrong, Mor- ley Hall, T. P. Henry and Mrs. Barbara Langstaff. mand, Stafl‘ Sgt. A. W. Nelson.l.ieut. Trustee Harry Charles Richmond Hill Dis- and school the -â€"'â€" photo by lagerquist MAY 15 - lACKPOT $400 STARTING TIME - 8 PM.