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STOUFFVILLE : When the high school here opened for the fall term, attendance was down slightly from last year's, with a total of 210. The biggest drop was in the commercial class which contains only 13 students this year. WOODBRIDG :The Anglican congregation as launched a fund-raising campaign to raise funds for the building of a par- ish hall. u a 0 a KLEINBURG : An 11-month old baby escaped injury recently when he was thrown from his mother‘s arms onto a grassy boulevard on the side of No. 27 Highway when his parent's car was involved in a collision. Alvlllh . -.-‘,__ .. high school here is 581, while at the Public school, 514 enrolled on opening d_ay: AGINCOURT : Fourteen-year- old Eddie Membery. a polio vic- tim who has been learning to swim under the coaching of fa- mous trainer Gus Ryder recently swam six miles nonstop from Cook‘s Bay to Crestwood Beach and back again. PEFFERLAW : Fire broke out in the bush area just north of here recently and burned over several acres before it was brought under control. I NEWMARKET :: Father Thomas McCabe who has been parish priest for the past nine years at St. John's Church here has been transferred to St. James Church. Toronto. ‘ fices‘ BROOKLIN : It has been indi- cated that the 1956 Internation- al Plowing Match may be held fin the farm of Hebe: Down near ere. AURORA : Registrggipn gt. the NORTH YORK : The Bell Tele- phone Co. has recommended a manual swichboard for receiving calls at the Township Police of- NORTH YORK : Township buil- ding has hit an all time peak for the month of August when 325 building permits were .issued for 643 units valued at $7,199.213.‘ NORTH YORK : Council has ap- proved the Central Mortgage and Housing Corp. plan for a medium rental housing plan in the Lawrence Ave. area. SUTTON : Work is now under- way for the installation of a ce- ment floor and an artificiall ice unit in the curling rink here. éLISA_CRAIC§ : The Ai1§a ACIaig Boys‘ Farm. for the rehabilita- tion f problem boys. set up by the ennonite Central Commit- tee of Ontario was dedicated last week. NORTH YORK : Council has ap- proved the purchase of a new fire truck at a cost of $22,530. at Community Hall, Spruc'e Ave., Stop 22A Yonge St... Richvale at 8.00 p.m.' “(:35 EVERY THURSDAY â€" Bingo sponsored by L.0.L. 2368 in the Orange Hall. Richmond Hill at 8 pm. sharp. Lucky draw night. c1 EVERY SATURDAY â€" Danc- ing at Bolton Casino. Bolton, to the music of the Tennessee Vall- ey boys. 9 1.0712 p.m. l"Zwlz ivari party for Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hoover in Laskay Insti- tute Hall. Everyone welcomeJa- dies please provide. c1w12 SEPTEMBER 26 â€" Monday. Regular monthly meeting of Vic- torla L.O.L. 2868. in Masonic Hall. Richmond Hill. at 8 p.m. All members urged to attend. SEPTEMBER 26 â€" Monday. A meeting of the Concord Cub and Scout Auxiliary will be held at Concord Public School at 8.30 p.m. All mothers of Cubs and Scouts wecome. clwlz WEDNESDAY NIGHT SEPTEMBER 24 â€"- 2nd Rich- mond Hill Brownie Pack will hold its first meeting on Satur- day.at 10 o'clock at the High School. clwlz SEPTEMBER 26 â€" Community Swing. square dancing at the Yonge St. Public School every 2nd and 4th Mondays irom 8 to 10 pm. We welcome new mem- bers and beginners. c1w12 SEPTEMBER 22. 23, 24 â€" Plan to visit Stbufi‘ville Annual Trade Fair in Stouflville Arena. with 35 outstanding exhibitors. En- tertainment nightEy. c3w10 SEPTEMBER 23 â€"â€" Friday. Char- SEPTEMBER 25 â€" Sunday. An- niversary services at Edegeley United Church. 11 am. and 7.30 pm. Guest preachers. Rev. J. A. H. Hodgson, Woodbridge and Rev. M. R. Jenkinson. B.A., B. D. of King City. Mrs. Robert Garrioch of Woodbridge. guest soloist in the morning and the choir of Teston United Church in the evening. c2w11 SEPTEMBER 26 â€" Monday; Curtain Club meeting. Important business and award winning mo- vie at 87 Vaughan St., 8.15 pm. EVERY MONDAYVâ€" Bingo held News From Next Door Coming Events clwlz *1w12 A six-room addition to the recently built 0. M. Mac- Killop School was given approval by Richmond Hill Public School Board at a special meeting called Monday night for the purpose of finalizing a decision on the matter. The motion to go ahead with the six-room addition was mov- ed by Trustee Robert Ross. sec- onded by Trustee Stan. Tinker and carried unanimously. Deadline Extended Trustee Ross reported on the stage of completion of the six rooms at the Walter Scott School which it was hoped would have been ready for occupancy at an earlier date. Following conversation with the architect. he said the contractor was now aiming for the middle of Octob- er as completion date for the six rooms, and added that if they were ready by that time, it could be considered as good tim- ing since the job would ordin- Completed last May at a total cost of $200,000, the 10-room MacKillop School was built to allow for erection of an additionâ€" al six rooms. No architect was chosen at the meeting, but this matter with the securing of Department of Education approval d the re- questing of village ouncil to seek Municipal Board permiss- ion to float the necessary deben- tures is now underway. Six Room Addition Approved To 0. M. MacKiIIop School Chairman James Pollard is- sued a report ona recent meet- ing of the Building Committee and Planning Board who discuss- ed present and future subdivis- ion plans as a prelude to a de- cision on the necessity of the ad‘ dition. the report indicating: ex- tra rooms would be needed for that area. Serving Your Community RICHMOND HILL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Editorially last week we paid tribute to those public spirited men and women who serve their community in public office. and this is one of a series of articles on the personnel of public bod- ies serving the municipalities in this district. Negotiations Underway Reeve W. J. Taylor has served on the village council since 1948. He served as a Councillor from 1948 to 1950 when he was elect- SEPTEMBER 27 â€" Tuesday at 1 pm. Rummage sale at St. George's Anglican Church. Will- owdale, sponsored by St. Mary’s group. Afternoon tea. c1w12 SEPTEMBER 28 -â€" Wednesday. This season the Richmond Hill Home and School Association will be holding its meetings on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the auditorium of the Yonge St. School. On September 28, at 8 p.m., the meeting will include an entertaining and in- formative talk on Reading Prob- lems and their remedies, follow- ed by refreshmnts. Newcomers welcome. c1w12 SEPTEMBER 28 â€" The general monthly meeting of Kingcraft will be held at Kingswold, the home of Sir Ellsworth and Lady Flavelle at 2.15 p.m. The new Kingcraft building will be dis- cussed at the business meeting. c1w12 OCTOBER 1 â€" Saiurday. Rum- mage Sale sponsored by the ev- ening W.A. of St. Mary‘s Angli- rcan Church, Masonic Hall, 2 p. m. c4w10 OCTOBER 1 â€" Bazaar and bake sale. sponsored by Ladies' Aux- iliary Ist Langstafi Cub and Scout Association. Charles How- itt School. Pearson Ave., 2 to 4 pm. c2w11 OCTOBER 3 â€" Monday evening at 8 pm. The regular meeting of the Concord Home and School Association in Concord Public School. Please note this meeting is being held one week earlier. c1w12 OCTOBER 4 â€" Tuesday 7 30 p. m. King City Lions Club. 4th An- nua‘l Auction Sale. Memorial Park Pavilion. Walter Atkinson. auctioneer. Lucky draw for child's car c2w12 NOVEMBER 19 â€" Saturday 3 pm. Bazaar sponsored by W.A. Richmond Hill United Church, in Sunday School Room. c1w12 OCTOBER 29 â€" Bazaar and Fa- shion Show sponsored by Rich- mond Hill Guides. Masonic Hall. 2 pm. c6w12 NOVEMBER 12 â€" Saturday. Ba- zaar by Richmond Hill Presby- terian WA. and Evening Auxil- iary in the Sunday school room. .c1w12 VOLUMELXXVII, NUMBER 12 BINGO * He said the main hold-up had been with the trim which to date had been delivered in piecemeal quantities. Richmond Hill Assessed Unfairly Transportation costs and their distribution among the three municipalities in the school sec- tion, Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham, were again a sub- ject of discussion by trustees who were of the general opinion Richmond Hill public school sup- porters were paying unfairly for cost of transportation of pupils from the outlying areas. The Board agreed to contact the Pub- lic School Inspector. W. J. Mc- Leod about the matter to see if the townships could not pay a larger share towards transporta- tion costs when it is pupils from their areas receiving the bene- fits, and to obtain a survey on transportation cost figures. A arily take ij months ed to the nery created dfiice of Deputyâ€"Reeve. From 1952 to the present he has held the office of Chief Magistrate, receiving an acclamation each year. He is one 0; Richmond Hill's two rep- nesentatives on County Council and «has been a resident of the village for 30 years. A IFuneral Director. he is the owner of an old established business, Wright & Taylor. Mr. Taylor resides at 126 Yonge Street North. He is an Anglican in religion. Trustee Cec. Mabley voiced his disapproval of the present set-up, stating that if there was any feasible way of getting more money for transportation from the townships he was in favour of it. “The people in Richmond Hill", he said, "pay for the transportation of children from outside areas, and our children can’t even get on the buses. The village people have had a raw deal in this education business, and the townships have gotten away with it. I'll bet we're los- ing money on the present trans- portation set-up." One of the three Councillors serving the village and senior Council member in point of ser- vice is Wesley Middleton. Coun- cillor Middleton first entered public service in the late twen- ties. Since then he has served on Council on 20 different occas- ions. This impressive record of service extends hack to‘ 1929. He is the only member of \the pres- ent council to have served through both periods of econom- ic depression and prosperity. Deputy-Reeve Ken Tomlin be- gan his municipal career in the same year as Reeve Taylor. in 1948. He served as a Councillor in 1948 and 1949 and again in 1951. From 1952 to the present he has served the community as Deputy-Reeve. A business exec- tive, he is associated with the érm of Mills and Hadwin in orth Toronto. ‘ With Reeve Taylor he repre- sents the village 011 York Coun- ty Council. A member of the An- glican Church he has resided in Richmond Hill since 1943. Mr. Tomlin lives at 194 Centre St. West; ‘he is married and has two children. Born in Engl'and. Mr. Middle- ton migrated to Canada in 1905. He lived in what- is now the Bed- ford Park section of Toronto, which at that time was in the su- burbs, and also in western Can- ada, before taking up residence in Richmond Hill in 1919. ' Councillor Floyd Perkins, lo- cal dealer for the International- Harvester Company and owner of a large equipment depot. has served on Council continuously since 1950. A native of Victoria Square and a former school tea- cher, Mr. Perkins is a member of the United Church. He has resided in Richmond Hill since 1937 andris married with three children. The Perkins family re- sides at 110 Church St. South. The fifth member of our local governing body is Councillor Harold Jones who is the young- est member both in age and in point of service. Councillor Jones is presently completing his second term of service, hav- ing first been elected in 1954. A resident of the village since childhood days he is a yonng businessman and operates the Jones Coal Company which was founded by his late father. Mar- ried with two children, "Bud". as he is familiarly known, re- sides at 23 Dufierin Street. Manager of the Vitafeeds Con- centrates branch plant, he is married and has one daughter. In religion he is a Presbyterian. HOLLAND MARSH : The re- cent rains in the area have done a great deal to improve the ag- ricultural‘ situation. “In Essentials, Unity} In Non-essentials. liberty} In all Thing, Gorky. Growing Demands In Growing Village Starts may be made soon on nearly 500 homes in the Bailey Development in the north west section of Richmond Hill. gego- tiations while not complete are now under way with a large con- struction Company to erect all the houses, and it is hoped to have all roofs on by December lst. Many of the houses will be of the two-family dwelling type, and will be modern and attract- ive in design. Many of the double dwelling units will be of the ranch and bungalow type. Finish By Dec. Start 500 New Homes lnTown Council and Plannlng Board now are considering a proposal to free an additional 38 acres of land now restricted for indus- trial use. If‘ this proposal is ap- proved the Bailey Development Company will agree to construct a paved roadway from Yonge Street into the area and build an overpass over the C. N. R. Railway. Larger Municipal Council, More Office Space And Staff Needed Those favoring the proposal feel that there- is still sufficient land (over 120 acres) still reâ€" served for industrial use. Op- ponents of the proposal contend that to maintain the proper bal- ance between residential and in- dustrial development no change shold be made in the original plan. Marking the first break in a family of ‘12 children was the death last weekend of Harold Ryce. 28. of ’North Battleford, Sask., a former resident of Rich- mond Hill who died Saturday night as a result of injuries sus- tained in a ca; accident. Also involv'ed‘i'n the tragedy was a brother. Robert, 20, who esqapedA with injuries. Fatal Accident Marks First Break In Ryce Family Of Twelve Children As of press time. further in- formation regarding the accident has not been received by the family who are awaiting par- ticulars. ‘ Surviving him. as well as his immediate family, is his wife, formerly Mary Christensen 0i this district who, prior to her marriage, was employed by the Former Richmond V'Hll Resident Killed Recognized Reading Authority Guest Speaker Home & School The program for the opening meeting of Richmond Hill Home and School Association schedul‘ ed for September 28, has for its main speaker. Miss Helen De LaPorte, who will address the group on the subject. “Reading Problems and Their Remedies." Refreshments wfil be §erved following the dmeeting. Miss De LaPoi'te is a recog nized authority and an enter taining speaker in this field. The Home and School execu- tive pointed out the importance of her talk as pertaining to pres- ent day situations when floods of reading .material are ever placed at public disposal, referring .to the necessity of children acquir- ing adequate reading ability. Meeting Nights Stabilized The bell signal for the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Maple, rang Wednesday morning. but when an offic- er of Vaughan Township pol- ice hurried to the bank to investigate, he found there was no emergency, only a short in the wire. The bank reports that ar- rangements have been made for the installatibn of a new warning system. To engure the usefulness and False Alarm For Police RICHMOND HiLL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1955 [WEWL $100.00 MUST GO EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT Student Council President Richmond Hill Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and _a six month old daughter. After receiving word Sunday afternoon of the death of their brother, members of his family living in this area left immed- iately, by plane and train, for North Battleford for the funeral service. Sisters of the deceased living in Richmond Hill are Mrs. Harold Ground (Minnie), Mrs. Ben Thompson (Evelyn), and Mrs. John Allen (Gloria), in Wil- lowdale Mrs. Peggy Galbraith and in Newtonbrook Mrs. C. Ogilvie. Two brothers, Andrew and Clarence reside at St. Cath- arines and Salem. All arenow at their family home at North ,Battleford. the growth of the Association during the coming season, the time and place of the meetings has been stabilized to the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Yonge Street School auditorium. Other members elected to the executive were Lois Moorby, vice*pres.; Helen Calder. secretary; and Bill Os- mond, treasurer. » For the benefit of newcomers to the community, the Associa- tion was formed a little more than a year ago on the basis that an informed public is es- sential for the maintenance of adequate primary education in a rapidly growing community. Ev- en though the meetings will be held at the Yonge Street School. the Association is concerned with all three schools in the school district, the Yonge Street. the O. M. MacKillop and the Walter Scott Schools. Tom Pick has been elected by the students of Rich- mond Hill District High School as President of the Student Council for 1955-56. Tom, who is an active sports enthus- iast is a fourth form student at the high school and is the son of Mr. and Mrs.‘0tto Pick, R. R. 1 Richmond Hill. At the time of his death, Har- old was employed as an attend- ant at the Mental Hospital at North Ba‘ttleford. While living in Richmond Hill. where he spent approximately three years, he worked for Mills and Hadwin in Toronto. He and his wife had moved to the west about a year ago. Robert is employed at con- struction work at North Battle- ford. ‘The Liberal joins with' the community a; this time in ex- tending sympathy to the family during their bereavement. Councillor Jones in rais- ing the question asked what progress was being made with the recent application of Consumers Gas to install service here. He was infor- med that solicitor Lucas had been consulted and council was awaiting a report. It was revealed -at'Mon- day night’s meeting of Rich- mond Hill Municipal coun- cil that the Village lost out in a recent bid for a large industry due to the lack of natural gas service. Councillor Jones urged that the matter was very im- portant to the future indus- trial development of the vill- age and should not be let drag unnecessarily. It was a large industry em- ploying about 700 people and the principals were very much impressed by Rich- mond Hill and its advant- ages, but natural gas service was absolutely necessary in the operatoin of the olant. No Gas Here 80 Industry Lost 8 p.m. - LEGION HALL - Stop 23 CARRVILLE RD, W. Councillor lones Gives Notice He Will Move To Incfease Council Size In the absence of Reeve W. J. Taylor and Deputy- reeve K. W. Tomlin, veteran councillor Wesley Middleton presided at the meeting of the municipal council of Rich- mond Hill Village Monday night. 1 Councillors Harold Jones and Floyd Perkins were in attendance and a large agenda of business was considered. Councillor Harold Jones gave notice that at the next meeting he will move a resolution to provide for the en- larging of the municipal council. Noting the fact that on- ly three councillors were in attendance. Councillor Jones said, “All summer we’ve been carrying on with a skeleton council". He said sometimes important decisions had to be made by as few as two members of council. Richmond Hill council now is composed of a Reeve. a Deputy- Reeve and three councillors. all elected at large by all the rate- payers. From time to time sugges- tions have been made that coun- cil should enlarge to include four, five or six councillors in- stead of the present three, and also consideration has been giv- en to incorporation as a town rather than a village. As a town the chief magistrate and presid- ing officer would be a mayor. instead of a reeve as at present. The rapid growth and develâ€" opment of the village also has brought forward the suggestion that councillors should be elect- ed from designated wards, with the reeve and deputy elected by ratepayers of the whole village. Supporters of this plan argue that only by the ward system is there assurance all sections of. the‘ municipality will have rep- resentation on council. Councillor Jones who has tak- en the initiative in a move to make some change did not indi- cate what particular plan he has in mind. His notice of motion simply stated that his resolution would be to enlarge the council. Councillors Middleton and Perkins agreed that the growth and development of ’the past couple of years has greatly in- creased the work of council. “The agenda of business is so heavy that I think we should consider meeting every week” said coun- cillor Middleton. Council now .meets regularly twice monthly. but in addition there are many special meetings, and so far this Roads Main Discussion Whitchurch Seeks $6,000 More To Meet Growing Road Needs Council of Whitchurch Twp. met in regular session last week and discussed many of the problems relating to roads in the township. The serious depletion of money appropriaâ€" ted for road work was again discussed. and council passed a resolution to ask the Dept. of Highways. to approve a sup- plementary appropriation for construction of $6,000, for the balance of this year. The road engineer.| E. Davis, revealed that when his books were bal- anced recently, there was only $12,963 left of the money voted for roads, and he estimated that even with the addition of the extra grant. if approved. the.road budget would have to be closely watched. Petitions From Wilcox Lake came a petition signed by 10 ratepayers of Wilcox Ave, at the far north end of the cummunity.This road has long been under discussion, as the only means of access to the area is through private prop- erty, where threats have been made to close off the approach. Petitions were considered from three groups of ratepayers in the township. who were seeking road work in their areas. Thir- teen residents of a road running south from Churchill Drive at Musselman’s Lake had signed a petition for grading, and instal- lation of culverts on their road, to be undertaken by the town- ship. and council approved this work. with the people repaying the cost of about $300 over a two- year period. Mr. Davis expects to start this work next week. Wilcox Lake Council pointed outfito the HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 ADVERTISE IN THE LIBERAL Read by 12,000 Prospective Customers Every Week ESTABLISHED 1878 year council has held 32 meet- ings. The growth and development of the village was also reflected in another motion by councillors Jones and Perkins that the clerk be authorized to engage addit- ional office help. “Our clerk and his staff are overloaded with work and they need additional help" said councillor Wesley Middleton in introducing the question. He added “we have a most efficient clerk and staff and we certainly appreciate the (Continued on Page 3) spokesman that it was doubtful if the necessary majority of property owners had been ob- tained. Almost all the residents had approved the petition, but owners of empty lots must also be counted for this purpose. Reeve Ivan McLaughlin also pointed out that the basis of the petition was to construct the roads on a local improvement basis, which required full de- partmental approval of the pro- vince. and also full engineer’s and legal preparation. In this case he was doubtful if the work could be started before next spring. The spokesman then reminded council that ac- cess to their homes was only on a temporary basis, subject to the approval of the owner of the lot. Consider Recommendation Council then agreed with the spokesman that the clerk would furnish the group with a list of property owners in the area, and the residents in turn would consider the recommen- dation that work on a. road into the section be done by the township. installing culverts and bulldozing the road to take down one hill and fill in the'lowisec- tions. Council assured the spokesman that work could be done this fall by the township if the latter course were approved by the residents. Muirhead Cresc. On' a petition from the rate- payers on Muirhead Crescent. Council deferred action for con- sideration at the next meeting. These residents are in a subdi- vision at the extreme south-west corner of the township, Where (Continued on page 3) Markham township Coun- cil Monday received a 21- signature petition from res- dents in Langstaff in which those signing objected to the keeping of cattle by Mr. Sar- abura~ who lives on lot 54. At present the municipal- ity has no by-law prohibit- ing the keeping of livestock, in the Langstaff area. Under the terms of the Municipal Act a municipality has the authority to enact such leg- islation. While anxious to protect local property values at the same time Council did not wish to interfere with any- one's livelihood. The matter was referred to the Medical Officer of Health and Polioe Depart- ment for a report. Object To Livestock In Langstafi Area