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w Trustees le School winutes were read Fir. C. A. Chevis, f the 1956 board on the 1956 ac- hevis thanked the ltheir co-operation 1t he had enjoyed he had been assoc- oard. trustees for the n were elected ing west of Bath- are as follows: r term. Mr. John obt. Manning for John A. Baker for allc School Section bld their annual 2 present on Decâ€" John Nesbitt was an and Mrs. R. i as secretary of l. It was announcâ€" :t meeting of the char will be held Vanuary 9. rrman Bretz, 43. 'C at Dleppe died mnybrook hospit~ nded the RCAF prising the Win- wa squadrons. mending officer depots at Rock- e. At his retire- e was command- itehorse. Yukon. 5 operated the ome here. 'ou‘t-door rink is Mosley Park by Department. ‘ip Now 1600 leased to hear the Richmond Hill Library .nted by Chairman Gordon MacLaren and received Council’s approval for their re- he present office of the village clerk “for ”, when the new municipal offices are com- -ary was called stitute and was ‘ now the kit- 'om'c Hall on ohanic's Insti- incorporated nf Richâ€" by Mrs. H. G. Robertson 'y in Richmond inai fee of 50 1 'way back in over 7,000 b0: 5' of civic mind- ter, repaired, ided free readâ€" loaned out, M Id be made av- full time by 4 be given new to securing a site and mak- new Library building”. se plans will go forward as soon as possible. Fhat, but Council has also agreed that, Library To Expand When Aunitipal Offices Finished ;u§i'i5}'v;.:71306ks, at that time, could be borrowed but “may not be reneWed". Fine for keeping a book out ‘overtime' was 2c Week- 13’. Away back in 1870 the library was open every Tuesday and Satâ€" urday evening from 7.30 to 9 p.m. and on “Thursday afternoons during school hours from 3:30 to 5 o’clock for school children parv A Now. however. the Richmond Hill Public Library is open every day except Wednesday and Sunâ€" day. Hours are from 3 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Thursday and Satur- day and from 7 to 9 pm. Tuesday nd Friday. '0 Charge for Local Residents There is no charge for a mem- rship card for any resident of ichmond Hill. Cost to residents )m outside districts is: Adults 00 yearly; High School stud- s 50c for the same length of e while Public School child- from these outlying areas join for the nominal sum of year. inal fee of 50 cents: Today, with over 7,000 books to he looked af- ter, repaired, sorted daily and loaned out, Mrs. Berry is assisted full time by Assistant Librarian, Mrs. H. J. Bigwell, as well as a part-time, afternoon and evening, staff of five High School students. NEWMARKET : The contract for Newmarket's outdoor swimming pool was signed by all parties over the week-end, the total con- tract price being $49,935. The pool will have an‘Oiympic size tank. dressing rooms and shower rooms of the latest design. The provincial departments of educa- tion and health have approved the plans. on the occasion of their golden anniversary. More than 225 per- sons including many prominent in municipal and provincial af- fairs attended the “at home." KETTLEBY : Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Black were honored at the home of their eldest son Carl, The Post Office boxes re- cently installed in the Annex were offered for rental on Thursday. December 27. re- sulting in 800 boxes applied for by December Bist. ployees. the staff worked longer hours in order to handle the heavy volume of mail. In the ten day 'peak period" over 150,000 letters and cards were received and distributed, 250 bags of par- cels were handled and 186,â€" 000 two cent stamps were Richmond Hill Postmaster, Mr. E. T. Willis. reports a considerable increase in the volume of letters, cards and parcels handled over the Christmas period compared to the amount of business during the same period in 1955. sold 186,000 Two Cent Stamps Sold At Christmas it? addition to egtra 9m: All -Bi co 60m" 1m $ 500.00 STARTING TIME 3 P ””3322“,!“- JACKPOT ' so Numbers Cai d us that ' members . And for a yen to or an ur home 'u-hmond Yer: for If we the li- Nina-fiction also receives its fair showing in the circulation statistics, with over 3,000 non-fic- tion books going out to members yearly. Mrs. Berry thinks it is about six of one and half a dozen of the other, but such perennial favourites as Hardy and Dickens are always in demand. On the other hand Nicholas Monsarrat’s, ”The Cruel Sea” has been “bor- rowed" so frequently that three copies have been worn out to date. In 1945 a total of 14,471 books were stamped for lending pur- poses and this year your librarâ€" ians have already loaned out 18,000 books. Of this number 6,961 were fiction; 3.300 non-fic- tion and the balance of around 7,000 books were taken out by children. Valued at $1,000 Mr. G. MacLaren, Chairman of the Library Board. said, “We feel the Richmond Hill Library is comparable to most large librarâ€" ies. We’carry current novels, same as in Toronto Public lib- raries and we try to keep right up to the best of them. We buy the books the people want.” Other members of the Library brary board, new books are purâ€" chased. Last year, with member- ship standing at 642 adults and 584 children. the Richmond Hill Library spent around $1,600. on approximately 700 books, financ- ed by a grant per capita from council, based on the percentage of population in the village. A grant was also received for lib- rary use from the Department of Education, but when Richmond Hill becomes a town in the new year this grant ‘will be‘ smaller. The oldest book on the Rich- mond Hill Library shelves is a carefully cherished copy entitled. Toronto of Old, by Henry Scad- ding and is valued in the amount of $1,000. This book shows a great deal of handling over the years and is to be restored in the near future. Second oldest book on hand is The History of York, which is a study on .Social and Farm Life. Other members of the Library Board are: Mrs. Berry, secretary; Mr. Fred Hayman, nominated from council; Mrs. Floyd Perkins, nominated from council; Floyd Perkins, who represents the Reeve at library board meetings; Mrs. Roy Clifton. nominated by the Public School Board, as are Dr. G. Martin and Miss K. Ball; Mrs. Robt. Johnston and‘Mrs. K. Lyttle, nominated by the Separ- ate School Board. and one other representative of the Separate School Board has yet to be ap- pointed to replace the board member who resigned recently. ' Do peofile who read library books show mpreference for old or new authors? The marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend Will- iam Askew. Given in marriage by her father, the0 bride wore an or- iginal gown of pure silk satin. Fifteen year old Kare Coles of 91 Rockport Cre - cent is in Toronto General Hospital this week ‘with a broken leg following an ac- cident on December 29. She was on the way home from work in Willowdale when she was struck by a car as she alighted from another vehicze at Markham Road and Church Street. The car is reported to have been dri- ven by a teenage boy from Richmond Hill. Miss Coles. who is a Grade 10 student at Richmond Hill High School was operated on on Wednesday, and it is ex- pected that sne will be un- able to return to school for about three months. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Stewart Fisher are seen above with members of the wedding pa1ty at Casa Loma following their marriage in Trinity Anglican Chu1ch, Thornhill on Saturday, December 29, 1956. The bride is the former Joyce Eveline Gibson, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Thomas Gibson, Bayview Ave., Thornhill, while the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Wood Fisher of Toronto. Broken Leg In Accident Oscar Wrigglesworth. popular caretaker at Jefferson also re- ceived praise when the Inspec- tor noted, “The school has a clean and orderly. appearance, thanks to Mr. Wrigglesworth." Jefferson Public School (Continued from page 1) given by the Chairman, showed the receipt of $302.00 from the Jefferson School Community Club to cover the final balance owing on the school projector given to the school by the Club Mr. Leno also noted the Com- munity Club‘s latest school pro- ject, made possible through their semiâ€"monthly squareâ€"dances and annual bazaar, etc., will be the building of manual-training ben- ches which are to be installed in the basement room of the school for the use of the school child- ren under Mr. Harry Hunt's in- struction. Yes, all in all it has been a good year for Jefferson School. And, it may be, that those rate- payers who did not turn out ,to exercise their franchise last Thursday night felt they could Reading from a report receiv- ed from school Inspector J. A. Gibson, Mr. Leno said, in part, “Principal Audrey Leary and her teaching staff (Harry Hunt, Mrs. Burns and Miss Dennis) should be complirfiented for a well- sup- ervised and well-organized school. Work habits are well established under Miss Leary‘s organization and I am pleased with the atti- tude and effort of the pupils", The portrait neckline was appli- qued with guipure lace and em~ broidered with opalescent se- quins and pearls. The bouffant skirt fell to a cathedral train. The bridal bouquet was of white Christmas Wedding leave school decisions safely with “the powers that be" and so by- pa§sed election night: But, since public board-meet- ings are of a necessity few and far between in rural sections, surely it is to the ratepayer's ad- vantage to attend one meeting in a year, whether he seeks to crit- icize or commend his elected school trustees. One ratepayer was so incensed with the poor attendance she framed a motion to abolish the sending of printed notices by mail, stating it was an addition- al .expense to the school board which did not bring any results. However, the Board took no ac- tion, at least for the present, on this well-founded suggestion. Concluding his report, Mr. Leno then called for nominations for a new trustee, stating he had enjoyed his three-year term but felt he should now have more time to devote to his family and his business. However, the rate- payers present asked him to re- consider, then moved at once to acclaim him for another term. In accepting his acclamation, Mr. Leno 'stated he had really enjoyed being on the board, des- pite various problems which arose from time to time and which might seem inconsequential, but nevertheless took up considerable time. He thanked those present for their faith in him and pledg- ed he would continue to do his best in serving his community. carnations and roses. The attend- ants wore waltz length gowns of turquoise satin and carried red roses. Following the reception the couple left for the Lauren- tians and Quebec City. Other members of the party are left: Christopher Ketchum and Bairy Armstrong, ushers; William Lind, groomsman; and left front Robert and Russell Gibson, pages To the right of the bride and groom are Mrs. Ronald Taylor, matron of honour; Miss Lois Lewis and Miss Ellenora Fisher, bridesmaids, and Bourke Smith, Michael McKeon and William Patterson, Ushers. â€" Photo by Lagerquist From DECEMBER 31 to JANUARY 14 20 Yonge St. N. TAILORED to MEASURE ANNUAL At Your Frienaly Store UP TO 30% STUART PAXTON WIRING LINE WORK Phone TUmer 4-2881 The inaugural meeting of the Markham Township Council will be held on Mon~ day, January '7, at 11 am. in the Council Chambers at But- tonville. The municipality will have a new Chief Mag- istrate in the coming year with veteran legislator W. L. Clark presiding over the deliberations. Serving with Mr. Clark will be Deputy- Reeve Donald Deacon. who will also be commencing his first term in that ofl'ice. Council members will in- clude. Ward 1, Mrs. Kath- leen James, Highland Park: Ward 2, Lawson Mumberson, Victoria Square, and Ward 3, Howard Cosburn. who re- 'sides on the outskirts of Markham village. As in past years. a local clergyman will take part in the opening ceremonies. Fol- lowing the _official part of the inaugural, Council will adjourn until the afternoon at which time the first busi- ness session of the New Year will be held. Electrician . J. CRAIGIE Markham Inaugural January 7 MEN’S SHOP THE LIBER'AE, Ricfimond Hm, Ontirlo, Tliursday, January 3, 1957 ' TU. 4-2063 A. J. BARRACLOUGE Kill Sldomd Prompt Telephone TU. 4-1650 Store Fixtures NEW WORK â€" ALTERATIONS â€"- REPAIRS vs. RICHMOND HILL DIAMONDS T.V. SERVICE ROGER PROULX HOCKEY Richmond Hill Arena PLUMBING & HEATING Free Estimates Gladly Given JAN. 4 TU. 4 - 2624- T. H. A. Brenan CALL ANYTIME Kitchen Cabinet. RICHMOND HILL‘ ' 8.30 p.m. BEETON FRIDAY} OAK BIDGIS Genenl Woodwmthc Is to. um 221 Lawrence Ave. Richmond Hill Reliable TU. 4-85“