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The Liberal, 9 Oct 1958, p. 9

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: Who? ” VVhen? ON YONGE ST. 2 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND HILL AT THE BIG SNOWMAN! GAINS? YOU DO! GETTING TOP QUALITY LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT AT PRICES YOU’D EXPECT TO "PAY FOR SO-CALLED “BARGAIN” (LOW QUALITY) STUFF HURRY? BECAUSE“ THINGS ARE GOING FAST - - AND THESE PRICES CAN ONLY LAST Ag LONG AS OUR STUCK n I I‘AQTS I David McLean Ltd. NEED MORE SALESMEN m~x\\\‘:€\\. §f\._ \\\N\'\'\, NW FORAREAI. BARGAIN RIGHT NOW! TO REDUCE STOCK BEFORE OUR MOVE WHILE STOCK LASTS! Why? MUCH CAN YOU SAVE? MANY ITEMS ARE PRICED FREE ESTIMATES Evenings ME. 3-3028 10A Centre St. East Richmond Hill AT THE BIG SNOWMAN » BELOW OUR COST! Maurice Coggins Upholstery RECOVERING, REPAIRS, ETC. 'ANTIQUES A SPECIALTY TU. 4-3203 Sunday evening, Markham Township Police outdid them- _selves. They recovered a car be- fore it was reported stolen! At 5 'p.m. Sunday, an off~duty constable reported a car burning fiercely in the ditch on Markham Road west of Don Mills. Finding no one near the totally destroyed car, the police department re- ported it as stolen to the Metro Toronto Police. Ten minutes later they learned the car had been stolen from a Mrs. Smith of 32 Renfield Ave. in Toronto. Friday night at 10:15 pm, Con- stable Hood of the Markham Township Police was called to Flaska Farms at Markham Road and No. 7 Highway where a fire was in progress. Unfortunately the barn was a total loss after burning until midnight, but the fire was restricted to this buildâ€" mg. Fire Marshal To Investigate During this rather busy week- end. the -township police were busy at the Markham Fair where, During the month of Septem- ber. the Richmond Hill police force made ten arrests on crim- inal charges, bringing the total for the year to 49. This activity represents about 60% of the force‘s time according to Chief R. Robbins. Fire Losses Heavy In Both Townships On October ’7. John Flicker of Newmarket appeared in magis- trate's court there to plead guilty to charges of Théft and Forgery. Involved in the same incident was Claude White of no address who appeared at the same time and pleaded guilty to charges of Uttering a Forged Docnment and to Theft. Both have been remand- ed on these charges for one week to await sentence after convic- tion. The day before. White pleaded guilty to a charge of Forgery and was remanded to a court presided over by a judge for trial. These men were ar- Richmond Hill Police Make Ten Arrests rested by Young. Also on October '7, there was a pedestrian-vehicle accident at the intersection of Centre and Yonge Sts. in Richmond Hill. A car driven by Ryan W. Foster of Holland Landing struck Mrs. Maynard of Rumble Ave.. Rich- mond’Hil], whose injuries were Largé supply - prices right! CAULIFLOWERS ONIONS APPLES. all kinds, at rea- sonable prices. CIDER now ready at , Miss E. Izzard, Richmond Hill High School, ad- dressed the Walter Scott Public School graduates of 1957-58 at their recent graduation exercises; the vale- dictory address was by Miss Vivian Nieberg. Trustee Mrs. Margaret Southwell and Mr. W. Dodds presented diplomas and class pins to the group of students shown above: Back row, from left to right: Edward Budzian- owski, Fred Kyle, Ken Hicks, Tom Dearden, Ronald axme «Ar-x 3~M~WWWWmm~ PUMPKINS «WAN-\‘K‘N mwmmmw Topper’s Market North Richmond Hill 1957.58 graduated Wa/m Scott Pug/[c SCAOO/ Sgt. Rainey and RC EASY TERMS Another fire spotlighted the week-end for the Vaughan Town- ship Police. Chief Davidson re- ports that a call was received by his department at 3.05 am. Sat- urday morning from the Russell Rowntree farm on the 7th con- cession in Vaughan Township. The Rowntrees had been awak- ened by the reflection of a fire in the sky. Upoh investigation they found their barn to be on fire. A number' of bushels of grain, 8,000 bales of hay and 8.000 bales of straw were lost in the fire, although all the stock was saved. The fire burned un- til 7:00 am. and there is no es- timate of damage although the building was a complete loss. Chief Davidson reported that the fire is under investigation by the Ontario Fire Marshal's office. according to P. C. Tribbling. no~ thing unusual happened. although he reported that Markham Vill- age Police arrested a drunk driv~ er at the fair. Donald Strong 9? Richmond Hill was fined $20 and costs in magistrate's court on October 2 for being drunk. I Monday, October 1 saw Joseph B. Dempsey‘of Toronto convicted in Richmond Hill magistrate's' court on charges of Impaired Driving and Driving While‘ I.i- cense Under Suspension. On the first charge. he was setenced to 14 days and on the second. to a $50 fine or tan more days. His vehicle became the property of the Crown.. In a review of cases tried iast month. Chief Robbins high- lighted several. minor. The accident is still ~under investigation. Harold Sanders of Markham Township was finad $100 and costs for possessing an unx'egis tered firearm. ' James Bailey of, Richmond Hill was fined $15 and costs on a similar charge. Again on the same charge, Kenneth Burgess of To- ronto was fined $10 and costs. Gary LaceUe of Toronto. aged 18. was placed on six months probation for being drunk in a public place. Robert Jerome Blanchard of Toronto vas fined $20 and costs fo'r ilkega possession of liquor. Carl Stewart Brown of Jeffer- son was fined $100 and casts for driving ‘while his license was under suspension. William Constant of Toronto was fined $50 and costs for driv- ig with his license under suspen- sion, and $200 and costs for crim- ial negligence. In addition. his driver's license was suspended for one year. Matthew Vogelburg of Rea- boro. Ont.. was sentenced to 14 days and to six months suspended for impaired driving. Being also charged with driving While his license was under suspension. Vogelburg was fined $100 and Johannes Raag of Toronto was convicted of impaired driving and} fined $100 and costs. He also re- ceived the automatic driver's 1i- censa suspension of three months. costs plus a six months suspend- ed sentence. . In reply to questions concern- ing police activities, Chief Robâ€" bins said “We are now beginning an intensive campaign against the town's ‘rouqh' characters. This ii a nice little town and we This 15 a nice little town and we set fire to the basement juistF. are going lo see that it stays Damage to the various honSeS that '\\'a:," If these types want and their contents was maISflX trouble, they‘re going to get it negligible and was chiefly Cailsed from us. However, we don't ex- from the resulting smoke land peat too much of a problemz’fi fumes, f1“, Richmond'HilI was saddened this week at the neWS of the‘ death of two of it's citizens by polio. Both men were stricken. Saturday night and immediately removed to the Riverdale Isolaâ€" tion Hospital in Toronto, where they passed away early Monday morning within minutes of each other. Both men lived on Rock- port Crescent in Richmond Acres but did not know each other. Duncan Schwartz who is well remembered as the proprietor of Bryant's Hardware in Richvale, was 34 and leaves three children also; Louis, Michael, and Gordon, and his wife Elizabeth Anne. Funeral services were held at York Cemetery in Toronto for Mr. Allen with the Rev. J. W. Newton-Smith of St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church in Richmond Robert Allen, 25, leaves three children, Lynn, Debra and Karen, and his wife Mary Elizabeth. Overflow Congregation For St. Matthew's World Communion Two Deaths From Polio In Richmond Hill ‘ St.. Matthew‘s United Church' congregation overflowed the fa- cilities of its temporary home in the portable building at 333 Cros- by Ave. East on Sunday last with a hundred and fifty children mak- ing use of the space provided by basement recreation rooms across the street. Through the kind- ness of these three neighbours basements have been made avail- able in the homes of Messrs. Vicâ€" tor Last, George Thomson. arid Ben Knight. The classes of the primary department of the Sun- day School meet in these loca- tions at 9.45. At 11.00 O’clock on Sunday two of them were again in use to take care of the chil- dren while iheir parents attemd- ed divine service. ‘ The adult congregation packed the church building for the cele- bration of World Wide Commun- ion. A hundred new members were welcomed to the Lord‘s table for the first time. These have been received publicly-dur- ing the service of worship during 5 Blazes Start Fire Prevention The Richmond Hill Fire Bri- gade answered five calls in the first 72 hours of Fire Prevenfion Week â€"â€" a very bad start to .the “most dangerous time of the year" fire-wise. The first call came in Satur- day night. when a resident near Walter Scott Public Schobl dis- covered a stump behind the school was on fire and sparks were blowing around the area. After trying unsuccessfuly to douse the fire with his ganden hose. the volunteer firefighter reâ€" alized the water supply was not heavy enough to do any good. so he called out the town fire brigade who quickly brought the blaze under control. On Sunday a space heater at 38A Yonge St. 5.. caught on fire from too much oill Monday had two alarms, the first caused by an oil furnace at 113 Arnold MacKay, Jeff Bennett, Colin Barron, David Agg, John Fleming. Centre row, from left to right: Jasia Budzian- owski, Carol Ritchie, Vivian Nieberg. Pat Cook, Paulette McKenzie, Sandra Phillips. Audrey Beatty, Brian Mac- Donald. Front row, from left to right: Rosalie Watkins, Lynda Doyle, Barbara Willis, June Maitland, N. Davison, W. Dodds, Tamsy Wooton, Susan Cartier, Jayne Des- mond. â€" Photo by Lagerquist Mrs. H. Matthews Announces Counci| Candidature At Conservative Meet Crescent. Residents said the oil burner had tried to flash on but didn‘t ignite the first time. the" when it did catch, there was 100 much pi1~ and it caught on fire. Another oil furnace caused a fire at 11 am. Monday at the Rich- vale Block and on Tuesday at the early hour of 3 a.m. an overheat- ed coal furnace on Duncan Road set fire to the basement juistF. Damage to the various houses and their contents was Inasibf lra and Karen, Dr. King’s office said there had Elizabeth. been no increase in the number : who is well of persons receiving Salk vaccine proprietor of as a result of the deaths. how- in Richvale, ever treatment times have been :hree children doubled. Instead of supplying ., and Gordon, the free vaccine every second Ieth Anne. Monday. it will now be supplied were held at every Monday afternoon at the Toronto for Child Health Centre in Richmond e Rev. J. W. Hill, and any child or' adult ask- St. Gabriel’s ing to be treated will receive in Richmond the protection without charge. Hill attending. Services for Mr. Schwartz were held at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto with the Reverend James O’Neil of St. Mary's Anglican Church in Richmond Hill attending. Because of the nature of the deaths, the York County Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Robert King, ordered immediate inter- ment for the deceased and com- plete seven day quarantine for both families. the past four Sundays, and have professed their faith in Christ. or have renewed their vows of membership in Christ’s church. They will now be enrolled by the session as members in full communion. The minister spoke on Sunday on the subject “Putting God First," speaking from the Scrip- ture passage in Isaiah 44, where the prophet derides the makers of idols who take a stick or block of wood left over from the fire at which he warms himself and on which he bakes his food, to make imself a God. One cannot worship with leftovers, be they leftovers of time. of money, of life itself, the minister said. The congregation are presently engaged in a financial campaign for funds to raise the first unit of their new and permanent church building. The men of the church will be going out this week to solicit pledges for contributions to the budget, and the building fund llsrael's people, their courage. ambitions. and their problems were described by Mr. Arthur Spence atithe first meeting of the season of the Richmond Hill Conservative Women's Associa- tion. The meeting was held at the home of‘ Mrs. N. Bone and Mrs. J. A. Price presided. It was disclosed during the meeting that Mrs. H. Matthews manned to seek election to town council. Mrs. J. Stocks told the members of her experiences when she was seeking election to Richmond Hill Council and suggested ways in which Mrs. ‘Matthews could be helped. Mrs. E. Boreham and her committee served refresh- ments. Next Sunday morning St. Gab- riel's Anglican Church will have one of the oustanding speakers of the church as the preacher for the Harvest Thanksgiving ser- v1ce. ‘ Dr. Jacob Jocz, Ph.‘D., is Dir- ector of the Nathanial Institute in Toronto In her concern for the Jewish peoples. the Anglican Church has established the Na- thanial Institute to deal with the Canadian and New Canadian Jews. It is interesting to note that many of the new ones com- ing to the institute are of liun- garian origin. ' Reverend Jocz came to the in- stitute as director a little over a year ago from St. John’s Angli- can Church of London. Enslfltd: Dr. Jocz Guest St. Gabriel's Council approve's Library Tenders 137 Received By Ed. THURS, OCT. 9 â€"- Important auction sale of farm stock, imple- ments, 38 head Gurnsey and H01- stein cattle. Yorkshire h1g5, No. 70 Oliver tractor like new, 77 Holland baler, I.I-I.C. 6 ft. com- bine with super "A" motor, new John Deere spreader, 1952 one- ton Chevrolet truck, full line of power implements in real good condition. 1,500 bus. oats, 2.000 bales of hay. 500 bales of straw. oddpieces of furniture. Lot 17, Con. 5, North Gwillimbury Town- ship at Belhaven. property of W. .Knappett. No reserve as farm is sold. Terms cash. Sale at 12.30 sharp. A. S. Harmer. aucâ€" tioner, phone Gormiey 5311. SALE REGISTERS SAT‘. OCT. 11 â€"- Auction sale of desirable house and lot, in the Village of Brougham, on Brock Rd., also household furniture. Property belonging to the Estate of the Late Albert Beer. Sale commences at 12:30 noon. Real estate offered at approximately 3.00 pm. Terms cash on chattels (no reserve). Terms for property made known on day of sale. and subject to reserve bid. Ken 8; Clarke Prentice, Auctioneers. SAT., OCT. 18’â€" Auction sale of household furniture, garden trac- tor, garden tools. dishes, glass- ware, antiques, ornaments galore. etc., at Lot 19. Concession 4, Pickering Twp., on the west side of Brock Road. approx?mate1y 2%; miles north of No. 2 Highway. Property of. James Roy Keith. Sale] at 12:30 noon. D.S.T. Terms cash, no reserve. Ken 3; Clarke Prentice, auctioneers. c3w14 FRANK W. BUSH TU. '4â€"2435 Thirteen tenders for the er- ection of the town's new lib- rary building on Wright St.. were received by the board of directors. Gordon MacLaren told town council when he appeared before the meeting last Monday night and receiv- ed council‘s unanimous sup- port in the matter of tenta- tive approval for an anticl- pated expenditure of approx- imately $91,456. Mr. MacLaren said there was a difference of $14000. between the highest and low~ est tender, and that the lib- rary board was very pleased with the response. Council will issue deben- tures in the amount of about $40,000. The balance of the money comes to the library board building fund through municipal grants. Mr. Mac- Laren said. Following an in~ dication by council that it would allow the library board “to borrow $17,500. ahead" on grants they expect to re~ ceive. Mr. MacLaren said. “we hope to get started right away on the building. Councillor J. Bradstock suggested the contractor be given a letter of commitment to begin work as soon as pos- sible st_ating, “If we leave it another month we get. into winter conditions." Mayor Tomlin said council would leave that to the lib- rary board â€"- since they have complied with all council's requests. Last '0811! Those women and girls, of the lay or nursing personnel, who wish to register for the St. John Ambulance Home Nursing course, are advised to contact Miss Eu Woodbyrne V.0.N., at TUrner 4-4101 or Mrs. Ruth Cowan at TUrner 4-1303. Mrs, Cowan informs us that if the number of those registering is sufficient the nursing course can get start- ed right away. GENERAL STEEPLEJA’CKS Register Now Nursing Course STEEPLES CONSTRUCTION TOWERS FLAG POLES SMOKESTAC KS UNDER THE SUPERVISION 0F SID HUNT O R REPAIR DEPARTMENT IS NOW IN FU L OPERATION, FOR GENERAL REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES OF CARS OR TRUCKS. WE HAVE INSTALLED NEW, MODERN EQUIP- MENT FOR ALL TUNE UP AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS. + BRAKE REPAIRS A SPECIALTY + . Young's Ba-A Service Siaiion YONGE' STREET AND BENSON AVENUE PHONE TU. 4-0009 RICHMOND HILIJ Free Pick Up nd Delivery Service THE LIBERALRicht-nond Hill. Ontario, Thursday, October 9, 1958 c2w14 SPRUCE AVENUE, RICHVALE The members of the Municipal Council for the Township of Vaughan take pleasure in extending this invitation to the residents of Vaughan Township to attend the official opening of the Richvale Fire Hall, Spruce Avenue. Richvale, on Saturday, October 11th, 1958, at 2:30 p.m. JOHN W. PERRY. Full time professional librarian Grade B Certificate preferred Experienced, Full Time Assistant HELP WANTED TO THE RESIDENTS 0F. VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP Official Opening of RICHVALE FIRE HALL Reply in writing to THE CHAIRMAN, RICHMOND HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY. 121Wright St., Richmond Hill Reeve, Vaughan Township. 2 )

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