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I.» new Thornhill Presbyterian thnré‘}; last Sunday afternoon. On Sunday. September 28, th congregation of Thornhill Pros byterian Church met to lay thr cornerstone for the new church which is being erected on No. 7 Highway. The special guest for the occasion was the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Kev. .Jonn McNab, B.A., D.D., Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in ‘Cf‘rnzlda _is _see_n above as he lays the cornerstone for the _ -v--...-_.‘, “-‘e last Sunday afternoon. Taking part in this important event in the life of the community are left to right â€" Mr. James Boyd, president of the Men’s Club; Rev. Percy Buck, of Thornhil] Baptist Church and President of the STOUFFVILLE : Stoufiville Municipal Council met Thursday \of two weeks ago and approved in principle the recommendation of the local planning board for the annexation of an additional 2.000 acres to Stoul‘fville. NEWMARKET : A preliminary report on annexation of two blocks of 'land in Wltitchurcli Township was adopted by New- market Town Council on Mon- day night for discussion with the township‘s council and planning board. UXBRIDGE TWP. : Uxbridge Township Council gave their ap- proval to the proposed private airfield to be located on lots 22 and 23. one and a half ’miles north of Goodwood. Approval was given after tentative approv- 3] by the Department of Trans- port. NOVEMBER 8 â€"- Saturday. Jefâ€" ferson School Community Club annual Apron and Home Baking Sale and Afternoon Tea, at the school on Saturday. November 8. 1958. from 3 to 5 pm. clw14 NOVEMBER 8 â€" Saturday after- noon, Advance notice of annual fall bazaar, at St. Matthew‘s Unâ€" ited Church, Crosby Avenue, west of Bayview. All articles will be $2.00 and under. Keep this date open. All welcome. clw14 NOVEMBER 7 & 8 â€"- Tovarich is coming. 7 . c1w14 OCTOBER 29 â€"~ Wednesday. Turkey Supper 5-8 pm. Admis- sion Adult $1.50, under 12 75c - no charge for preâ€"school child- ren. Sponsored by the Carrville United Church Women’s Assoc- iation; also a bazaar table. c4w14 OCTOBER 29 OCTOBER 15 â€" Wednesday 7:30 pm. St. John Ambulance Train- ing Class will hold its first meet- ing at the Council Chambers, Town Hall. Sponsored by the R. Hill Kinsmen Club. For inform- ation. call Mrs, W. H. Bury, TU. 4-1297. I c1w14 OCTOBER 13 â€" Monday. Dance sponsored by Vellore Junior Farmers in Vellore Hall 9 to 1. Bill Hollingshead's orchestra. Novelty dances. $1.00 per person. OCTOBER 6 â€" Monday 6:45 gm. The Evening Group W.A., Rich- mond Hill United Church are having a pot luck supper in the Christian Education Building. All members invited. c1w14 OCTOBER 4 â€" Saturday 1 pm, The St. Mary's Catholic Women’s League are sponsoring a rumâ€" mage and bake sale at Our Lady of Fatima School Portable. Ev- eryone welcome. c1wl4 OCTOBER 4 __ Saturday 3 pm. to 12 pm. U.K. Club is holding a social at the Bayview‘ Plaza Restaurant. All new members are most welcome. c1wl4 OCTOBER 2 â€"- Thursday 8:15 pm. York-Simcoe Home and School Workshop at Charles Howitt School, Richvale. All in- terested parents and guardans' are cordially invited. Registra- tion at 8 pm. Fee 10 cents. clw14 WEDNESDAY evening bingo held In Canadian Legion Hall, Carr- ville Road Wgst at 7:45 pm. prompt. tfc44 p.m. Bingo. Community Hall, Spruce Ava, Stop 22A Yonge St. tfc EVERY MONDAY NIGHT at 7.45 R‘ev: Jghn McNab, B.A., D.D., Moderator of Coming Events c1w14 ‘anada. the Rev. John McNab, .I.A.. D.D.. who dedicated the ;tone and brought a short mess~ age to the congregation. He em- phasized the fact that each mem~ ber of the church must think of himself as a witness to Jesus Christ, if the church is to be The board, on motion of Trus- tee Mrs. Virginia Sully, second- ed by Trustee L. D. Clement, gave approval in principle to the hold- Th: addition will be in keeping with the present structure in most respect However, the new provin- cial fire marshall has ~made more stringent requirements in regard to th making school uuildings as fire resistant as possible. Chair- man Robert Ross told the archit- ects whq also planned the origin- al structure, “The caretaker says the school is easy to heat." Group Piano Lessons The architects said they would include the hold back of 1‘: of 1% of the contract price for a year to cover small con,- s‘tructural repairs when they' draw up_ fiend-er fequirements Due to the difficulty of getting small constructional irregularies repaired that come to light after the building has been completed. Mr. Ypes told the board he had been recommending with Metro tenders a hold back Jf lé of, 1% of the tender price for a year fol- lowing the completion of the con- tract.- This would amount to a hold back of $500.00 on a $1,00,000.00 tender. “Sometimes we expect a good job from a contractor and he doesn’t do it,” said Mr. Ypes. He was specifically speaking otlittle things that need attention when the contractor‘ fails to correct them, the money hold back could_ be used to do the necessary work without hav~ to go through the process of ap~ peaiing to the bonding company to get'the contractor to correct the faulty items. Included in the $130,000.00 for Beverley Acres addition is the estimated contractor price for construction. the architects fees and the cost of equipping the rooms. Tenders cannot be called for until approval is received from the OMB. stating council can debenture this amount. The provincial Department of Educ- ation has already given its ap- proval for grant purposes. Following a meeting Thursday of last week with the architects. Jackson and Ypes, at which time revised plans were discussed and an estimate of the cost provided by the architects, the board in- structed the secretary, Mrs. D. Street to write immediately to the council so that the wheels for getting the project approved can be set in motion. Estimates of the cost of the addition to Walter Scott Public School is expectedfrom the architects, Allward and Gouinlock. at the October 9th meeting of the board. churw. HVV‘LU ;v; a $130,000.00 debenture issue to finance an addition of six standard classrooms and the revising of one classroom to provide a 40' x 80’ multi-purpose room for the Beverley Acres Public School by the Richmond Hill Public School Board. Richmond Hill Town Council is being asked to send tentative appr0val fijom t_he Onfcarig Municipal Board for - o1nn Ann nn Ask Town Approval $130,000Addition VOLUME LXXX, NUMBER 14 at an impressive ceremony held lornemfone 749w redéyferian CAurcA Greetings were extended to the congregation from Rev. Percy Buck, who represented the built firmly upon the foundation Thornhill-Richmond Hill Minisâ€" which is Christ. terial Association. Scripture Les- Mr. Frank Teasdale, the oldest sons were read by Mr. David member of the seSSiofi assisted Bare representing the Sunday the Moderator in the laying of _School and Young People, and LL- -L__- the Moderator in the laying of the stone. He told the board the teachers of grades 7'and 8 had already started on an in~service course on history and geography. The “workshop” will particularly em- phasize geography in its twice monthly meeting when it discus- ses how to more effectively teach the subjects which have been lumped together as social studies for the past few years. A letter from the manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia asked the board to consider establishing a Thirft Plan of saving for pupils in the public schools. C motion of Trustee Sanderson the matter was referred to Supervising Prin- cipal D. Rose for study. Teachers Take Course Mr. Rose said twenty-five of the local teachers had taken sumâ€" mer courses of the Department of E ucation designed to aid the teachers. Last spring Police Chief R. P. Robbins met with the board and discussed the possil‘lility of a safety patrol in the Schools. Chief Robbins stated lack of police per- sonnel made the undertaking of such a project at that time im- possible. The board noting the staff of the local police force has been increased. authorized the secretary to write town council now asking they give permission for Chief Robbins to set up a safety patrol in the school. Tru=t~ ee Harold Sanderson moved the motion. . Fence For Crosby School , When three tenders for chain link fencing for the new Crosby School were opened, 1'. was found lccal fencer, Norman Bone was‘ lov bidder at $3,555.40 and om Trustee Sanderson’s motion thisx was accepted. Other bids were‘ Stelco. $3,784.08 and City Fence‘ $3,783.60. i On motion of Trustee Mrs. Margaret Southwell, the board granted the Boy Scouts use of a room at Walter Scott School for Apple Day, Saturday, October 18. The course offered by the Bur- eau of the Advancement of Music to be under the direction of Mr. Richard Edmunds offers piano in- stiuction to a small group of children at an nominal fee of forty cents per half hour lesson, probably twice a week. It was pointed out the course could ben- efit of some younsters who other- wise might not have the opport- unity for piano instruction. Safety Patrol ing of group piano lessons in the schools after ~chooI hours. How- ever. it was stressed the board accepts no responsibility for the lessons. “Iri Essentials Unity; in Non Essentials Liberty; in all Things Charity." Thornhill- Richmond Hill Ministerial Association; David Bare, rep- resenting the Sunday School and young people of the church; Mr. Frank Teasdale, the oldest member of the session; Mr. Robert Watt, a member of the building coniirni of the Moderator; the Rev. Joh Chambers, Minister of the church RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1958 Mr. Jim Boyd, President of the Men’s Club. The choir sang the beautiful anthem. “Great is Thy Faithfulness". The Minister, ,Re\‘. [ Trevor Pierce. programme dir- ector, outlined his plans for a lively and informative season, with education as the general ltheme. Community leaders. teaâ€" ‘chers, and members will partici- pate in panels and discussions, with parents invited to contrib- ute in open discdssion. The prog- rammes' will deal with the differ- ent aspects of our children's ed: u‘cation as they relate to the school, the home, and the com- munity. Mr, Pierce announced that he has invited a panel for the October meeting. made up: Mr. Ken Tomlin, mayor; Mr. Robt.Ross, chairman of the school board; a member of the Ontario Department of Education; a tea- cher from the MacKillop school; and a recent graduate of Macâ€" Killop school. This promises to be an exciting evening. Mr. Robt. Newman, the new principal, expressed his pleasure at the interest shown by thEl number of parents attending. He introduced his teaching staff,‘ welcoming the new additions to MacKillop School. A friendly social hour follow- ed, with refreshments served by Mrs. Acton, social convenor, asâ€" sisted by Mrs. Stan. Stanley, Mrs. Ken. Forster, and Mrs. Phil Barth. Next meeting will be on Wednesday, October 22. It was indeed “Full House“ at the first fall meeting of the Mac- Killop Home and School Assoc- iation, on Wednesday, Septem- ber 24. President Keith Sully gave a brief review of the aim of home and school and introduced the executive for this term. Council, School Bd. At Oct. Meeting Fire Chief James Davidson of Vaughan Township in- formed “The Liberal” that the official opening of the Richvale Fire Hall will take Place on Saturday, October 11th Just south of the club on the Taylor farm, Gamble Sideroad, Jefferson, six foxes in a pack attacked a German Shepherd on Tuesday of last week. The dog had to be shot. Carl and Fred Brown. working at the Summit Golf Club. were attacked by a fox recently. Carl knocked the fox down with a rake he was holding. and Fred, who had an edger, killed the animal. The Department of Lands and Forests tank the remains away for examination. Ofl’icially Open New Fire Hall Sat, Oct. 11 Wild Foxes Rampant In Jefferson Area building committee: Master Johh Puddy, gi‘andsoh ; theiRev. John McNab, Moderator; and Rev. C. clusion of the service in the old church. Mrs. Hugh Anderson, Mrs. W. Cole and Mrs. Percy Wil- liamson convened the comrfiittee Calvin H. Chambers, conducted the service and extended a \ng- qogne to all the worshippers 1n thé name of the sessionl fiefresh- ments Were served at the canâ€" Mr. Wm. Nichol, who has bad service with the armed forces, ‘wrote to the town fathers offer- ing his services in civil defense quarters. Councillor Joseph Pat~ erson said, "Five months ago we had a similar letter and it was referred to Magistrate James An active Civil Defense pro- gram for the Town of Richmond Hill may be in the offing follow- ing council's receipt of a letter from a town resident, at last Mon- day nightjs council meeting The village residents 'of Vaug- han are presently taxed as a part of- the Water Area of the Town~ ship. Now that water is available they are anxious to learn of the cost pf receiving it. A number of Thornhill rate- payer: representative of the Vaughan Township section of the village, are expected to attend the meeting of Vaughan Township Council next Monday evening at 7 p.m. in Maple to' petition'for water. Civil Defence For R. Hill Requested The fish will be received in fast-frozen cbndition from British Columbia. Mr. Martin claims it is almost as econ- omical to purchase the fish in this fashion as it would be if the plant were located nearer the source of supply. ~ "rr‘u/ ' Mix Martin came to Canada from Estonia seven years ago. Abroad he was engaged in the fish industry. The plant to be located on Concession 7, on the prop- erty formerly owned by Mr. Fred Constable, will special- ize in smoked salmon, caviar, sardines and other small fish delicacies. Mr. Martin hopes to capture some of the markft now held by imported fish products. A new, small industry is expecting to locate in Vaug- ham Township following the request of Vaughan Township Council for the‘ drawing up of an agreement betWeen Albert Martin of Toronto and the municipality for the operation of a fish canning factory- Expect Thornhill Petition ForWater I43 Residents Sign Petition Ask Council Take Back Markham Road Lose On County Revenue Photo by Barbour laugéan 316/0165 Identified on Saturday. as Don- ald Davis, 22, of Thomhill, the police said Mr. Davis was thrown from his truck to the road by the collision. the rear wheels of his own truck passing over his body. Wilbert Strauss was unhurt. The previous day, Friday, an unknown truck driver died in the ambulance on the way to hospital following a collision with another truck driven by Wil- bert Straus, 19. of Preston on the Seventh Concession, Vaughan. 1 mile south of the Maple sicieroad, when two trucks collided in a head-on crash [at the brow of a hill. “olice said Gerald Steele was driving south on Bathurst Street and went through the stop Sign at the Maple sideroad. colliding with the township police cruiser, injuring Constable Herbert Yeo- mans, 23. Constable Yeomans was rushed to Branson Hospital with a fractured skull. pelvis and in- ternal injuries. His condition Was de. cribed as satisfactory. The Vaughan Township police department has one new cruiser and one man in hospital (for at least eight weeks), following a crash last Saturday on the Maple Sideroad at Bathurst St. Charged with criminal negligence is Ger- ald Steele, 16, 70f Richmond Hill. Following Mayor Ken Tomlin's statement that it would be a good idea to contact the Civil Defense Co-ordinator of York County, Reeve John Perry of Vaughan Township, Councillor Haggart moved that the council defer ac- tion on Mr. Nichol‘s letter until the mayor and Clerk Russell Lynett could have a meeting with Reeve Perry regarding a setup of a civil defense unit in Richmond Hill. Council repre- sentatives will look into several aspects of such a program: such as the expense entailed in run- ning such an organization, and whether or not such a program is assisted by g0vernment grants. “A civil defense organization can do a lot of good, not only in time of war but in other times of disaster." Councillor W. J. Haggart affirmed. “Perhaps it is a matter that should be consider- ed further.” Councillor S. Tinker said he questioned the value of a Civil Defense setug in municipal lo~ calities such as Richmond Hill, to which Councillor Paterson replied heatedly “The smaller the groups the better. I would like to know that my family knew just what to do in case of a sudden emer- gency â€"- if I were not home to look after them." Butler" (who is presently in charge of the town civil defense program) “but,” continued Coun- cillor Paterson,~ “nothing ever came of it.” Several members of Council re- marked at Monday’s meeting the long awaited decision by the Ontâ€" ario Municipal Board in regard to the proposed development of the Spring Valley Subdivision near Thornhill was a factor in the timing of the establishment of water mains for Thornhill, as he costs would be considerably less if the proposed subdivision and Thornhill main went in at the same time Driver Killed Constable Injured 2 Crashes at Maple HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Councillor Haggart then movad that the clerk petition county council by letter with a view of incorporating safety measures along Markham Road, since 80% of the pupils attending Walter Scott school lived across the highway_ Councillor J. J. Brad- stock seconded the motion after which he stated it would be more “We are not going to lose control of the road if it remains with the county, we will still police it." ‘ Councillor Paterson contended ‘that the residents, 80% of whom have children living south of the Markham Road and attending Walter Scott Public School on the north side, were concarned about the safety of their children and that the municipality should have control of the speed limit on Markham Rd. Councillor Tink- er said. “I am quite confident that we can discuss this prob- lem, along the same lines (as the noise element) with county coun- cil when the time comes." And the mayor advised Mr. Matthews to present his petition for safety measures in a separate petition, trying to draw the matter to a closer Deputy-reeve Plaxton said. For the fourth time the Mayor called for a motion and Council- lor Haggart moved that a noise element bylaw go to county coun- cil. Councillor Paterson was the only member of council to op: pose the motion which was car- ried by four votes. _ Mr. Matthews asked what coun- cil would be prepared to do if they were turned down flatly â€" “as I think you will be?” Answering the disgruntled Mr. Matthews, Mayor Tomlin said, the ratepayers of the whole mu- nicipality are concerned if we take this road away from the county, and Councillor Haggart added, We shouldn’t arbitrarily go to county council and ask for 'u the road back. “we'd be fools. Mr. Matthews then , asked, “How many men on council now' asked to have the road taken back?" to which the Mayor re- plied, “We are not going to get into any argument. We should have a resolution from this coun- cil asking for their county coun- cil’s approval regarding heavy traffic and safety measures such as restricted speed limits for the children and adults who traverse the road,” Mr. Matthews said he didn‘t think the town should ap- proach the county council for ap- provalâ€"but with demands Later Councillor Haggart warn- ed council that the county is tak- ing over Bayview Avenue and widening it and there has to be some access from Yonge Street to Bayview. Deputyâ€"reeve Donald Plaxton stated, “I favour a reso- lution that we advise the county that we would like to have a “heavy traffic” restriction be- tween certain ho Is” (at one time in the discussion the hours from 7 pm. to 7 aim., or from 9 pm. to 7 am. were mentioned). Markham Rd. Municipal Concern Councillor Joseph Paterson asked, “Are you saying the de- partment can override the wishes or bylaws of the Town of Rich- mond Hill?" to which the Mayor replied, Yes, it can not. be ap- proved by a municipality without the approval of the Department of Highways. Councillor W. J. Haggart interjected the remark that there are somethings the department automatically ap- proves. “it is not as bad as it sounds.” In answer to the first part of the petition, which had been signed by the 143 residents of the area, Mayor Ken Tomlin said, -‘I would hesitate to do anything to take fin- ancial benefits away from Richmond Hill.” The mayor re- ferred to the fact that if the town took over Markham Road it would have the cost of maintaining it in good re~ pair. The town already has approximately $53,000 invested in county council. Referring to the restriction of heavy traffic on this road at night, the mayor noted that the proper procedure for council to follow re this question, would be to pass a by-law restricting heavy traffic at certain times and have it approved by the Department of Highways. Such a re- quest would go through county council to the department and the mayor said, “Even if it, the road, wasn’t in the hands of county council We still might not get approval, since it is a continuation of the improved roads east and west of the town limits. Traffic would then have to be diverted to the Carrville Road.” Headed by Harold Matthews, a delegation represent ing 143 residents from the Markham Road area waited on council at its regular weekly session Monday night, with the request that, “This council take Markham Road back from York County Council; restrict truck traffic on the road during night hours; and erect stop signs at Ruggles Avenue.” Committee Will Investigate Cost Water Softening Liberal Want Ads Don’t Cost - - - They Pay! phone TU. 4-1105 for action But the deputy-reeve said, the purpose of getting prices is to press for the purchasing of such a plan. Councillor Tinker felt that such a motion, it carried would cause further delay, stat- ing that we are now in a position to call for tenders and if we delay this action I am afraid this thing will be like the carrot held out to the donkeyâ€"we will not get our objective until next Year. At this point some of the ten- sion of the meeting was slightly relaxed when Mayor Tomlin said in his position as chairman of the meeting without the right-to record his vote (or feelings) he was reminded of the story about Councillor Bradstock ‘ said he was very sympathetic to the soft- ening plan, “however we are faced with the fact that our de- benture debt is increasing all the time and I would prefer to see this tabled for the time be- ing.” Deputy-reeve Plaxton also stated he thought council should call a halt to further expenditure at the present time, to which Councillor Haggart answered, “We are not deciding to increase our expenditure, we are only de- ciding to get prices on it (water- softeninrgl." Engineers Redfern and Mr. Dutton, who appeared before council to answer questions Councillor Haggart had ready for them, said they felt that a meet- ing with other suppliers might show that Councillor Haggart's figures did not include all the “hidden” expenses, such as buildings, piping. etc. Council seemed to go along with the proposed cost of $100,. 000 for a water-softening plan as proposed by the engineering firm of Proctor and Redfern tabled earlier. and it appeared at first that no one would second Coun- cillor Haggart’s motion. However when Mayor Tomlin stopped dis- cussion because there was no seconder, Councillor Paterson seconded the motion “in order to have discussion." Water-softening Councillor Haggart stated would only cost fifty cents per person. Councillor Haggart moved that council “obtain firm prices from suppliers and estimated prices from builders regarding water softening for the town of Rich- mond Hill,” after a lengthy dis- course on iron and lime contents of the present water supply; the expected quality of the water if water softening is installed, and the discrepencies claimed by Councillor Haggart between the figures presented to council in July. as against those figures Councillor Haggart has compiled following various contacts with supplies. satisfactory to have a round table discussion with county council to outline council’s rea- sons. Mayor Tomlin will report to Mr. Matthews following a meeting with the county road commission. Re Water Softening ACCIDENTS 118 ACCIDENT RECORD RICHMOND HILL 1958 (Continued on page 2) FATALI’I‘IES 0 SINGLE COPY 10c INJURIES 25