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CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL K‘E’Z‘ z: 932‘ 212‘ KM! KK‘ a a! The Lighting Decorations and Wrappings Gifts And DON’T Forget mmmmmm‘mmmx Stop 22, Yonge Street, Richvale AV. 5 - 1 0 3 I A Happy and Fire Safe Christmas (GEO. CLAYTON) Sgt. Fire Prevention Ofiicer, Markham Township. Tree Place the freshly cut tree trunk in water and check on the water level once a day. Support the tree well. Don‘t put it near sources of heat (fireplace, radiators, etc.) Every year, from a few days before Christmas to the week following New Year’s, a plague of fires rages up and down the country. Many of these fires result from the extra hazards which exist only during the holiday season and from carelessness that would not be tolerated at any other time. Do not use candles on the tree. Check all light- ing sets before using for frayed wires. loose connections and broken sockets. Be sure the fuse on the electrical circuit is not over 15 am peres. Don't let Christmas wrappings accumulate in the home; place them in your metal covered trash barrel or burn them in your incinerator as soon as possible. Don't set up electric trains or spirit-fueled toys under a Christmas tree. Look for the Under- writers‘ Laboratories label when buying elecé trical toys. Don't allow smoking near the tree, keep mat- ches. lighters and candles away from tiny hands. Have a bucket of water or your garden hose connected to a faucet. within reach of the tree. If fire should strike. first get everyone out of the house and then call the fire denart- ment immediately before attempting to fight the fire yourself. Dirk mamammwuxmmmzammxmmmwmmmmfi Two o'clock on Wednesday af- ternoon saw the Christmas tree decorated and sparkling with lights for the Senior Citizens first Christmas party being held in the primary room of the Un- ited Church. Before the carol singing be- gan President A. E. Plewman an- nounced that some of the mem- bers had avoided an obligation. and that he felt very badly about it. but went on to say that in order for “Santa Claus" to call out their name they had to have registered at the door as they came in! He also regretted that he was going to have to disap- point the ladies as some material he knew they had very much hoped would be at this meeting had proved unobtainable . . . . mistletoe! Senior Citizens Enjoy Christmas Tree And Party With this convivial note leadâ€" ing into the carol singing. Mrs. Ray Jackson and Mrs. Charles Harding at the piano, led the 75 members gathered there in old and favorite carols. It didn‘t need very much of Mrs. Jackson's en- thusiastic manner to have every- one singing. and through the singing could be felt the surge of memories that stretched far and wide. into many past Christ- mases and to yuletide ceremonies held from one end of Canada to .the other and beyond the bor- ders of our snowy country. At the close of the singing Mrs. Jackson said she felt that from what sheTieard it would be easy to form a' choir within the club it anyone so wished. Mr. Alf McLatchy had ar- ranged the special-program for the afternoon. and what would a party be without games? So off went the ladies and gentlemen in a rousing game of Musical El- bows that brought as much de- light to the spectators as to the players, as ladies vied for gen- tlemen’s arm and gent for la- dies’ when the sprightly music suddenly stopped. At the regular meeting of the‘ Recreation Committee held in the Municipal Hall on Thursday evening deputy-reeve-elect Stan Tinker moved a sincere vote of thanks to Ed Butlin for the tre- mendous contribution he has made to the organized recrea- tion program of Richmond Hill. The committee as a whole felt that Mr. Butlin's retirement would be felt throughout the town as it was his continuous work to start groups as the need for them was felt. Retiring Chairman ls Ex‘tended Thanks me Recreation Committee During Mr. Butlin's term of of- fice as chairman of the Recrea- tion Committee eleven new groups were formed and ten others already operating have come in under the town recre- ation program, bringing the re- creation budget up to an estim- ated $31,500 for 1959, $2,800 of which is th‘é expected Provin- cial grant. Presents For All Mr. Butlin said that while he felt the picture of town recrea- tion was .healthy he thought that “through recreation a continu- ing cementing of relationship between the new and old areas of the town might take place" and he hoped that the commit- tee would keep that thought in first place. He expressed his ap- preciation of the “grand support” the council had given the com- mittee this year. and also his thanks to the two council memâ€" bers. Mr. Tinker and Mr. Brad- stock who have worked on the committee. William Babcock was present at the meeting to introduce the new assistant for next year's day Mrs. Don Fettes announced that Mr. Ed Butlin of the Re- creation Committee had asked that a gift be given to each mem- ber from the committee. and that ball-point pens inscribed “Rich- mond Hill Senior Citizens" had been chosen (cheers) but that unâ€" fortunately they had failed to arrive in time. However Mr. Plewman played Santa Claus with gay candy canes as each member came forward in roll call manner to hearty applause! Meanwhile in the handy kit- chenette Mrs. Maud Benjamin‘ had the kettles boiling and bubw bling, while plates of wonder-1 ful sandwiches. ice cream and‘ rich fruit cake were set out ready for the tea party. Small tables were set through the rooms, the chairs drawn up to them and soon everyone was havng firsts iand seconds of ev- erything. The Rev. Higginson joined the throng and received and extra large vote of thanks for the church's contribution of such excellent quarters. ' Such was the spirit of the meeting that when Mrs. P. Sparks, the newly elected sec- retary, read her first minutes they were greeted with applause. And the socks and mitts that the members had knitted for Mrs. Gustave Bilodeau's project of as- sisting a northern isolated vill- age were passed around, receiv- ed great admiration and went off on their journey with warm wishes. Then the room was tidied in a twinkling and all the cups and saucers swished through the sud- sy water and were settled in their quiet cupboards. and “Mer- ry Christmas” and “Merry Christmas to YOU" sounded and resounded as goodbyes were said, and the ladies of the Inner Wheel filled their cars and off went everyone into the crisp air with the snow crunching under- foot and that was the end of the first Christmas party! camp. Mrs. Mary Gibson is a phy- sical education teacher special- izing in public school work. She has had one season at the Tay- lor Statton camp and five at church camps. Both she and her sister, Miss ‘Nancy Stocks. who will also be working with Richil- daca, have taken playground su- pervisor courses and Miss Stocks has run the summer program at Aurora for the past three years. Mr. Babcock said he planned to continue the day camp with the three two-week camps this year, finishing about August 15. He felt they would return to the Indian tleme which lends itself to a grea variety of skills. The camp will be open to boys and girls from eight to twelve years of age. Due to increased enrollment Due to increased enrollment he had had to revise his budget he said in order to remain with- in the estimates. Therefore he asked the committee for permis- sion to go beyond the budget and have an entertainment for his councillors and C.I.T.’s which had to be dropped on the revis- ed plan. Councillor Tinker made the motion that $40.00 be allot- ted for the entertainment of these councillors. IS , STOUFFVILLE â€"- Chief Eng- ineer Wes Jack, 2nd St., Stouff- ville. is aboard the Norman P. Clement, huge Great Lakes grain carrier caught in the ice at Mont- real. Mr. Jack has been aboard these vessels plying the Great Lakes for some thirty years and this is the first time he has been caught by the freeze-up. LIBERAL. Richmond Hm. Ont. Thursdaf'. Decemfier I8. 1958