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DECEMBER 1 ‘â€" Tuesday. 138238!“ and Euchre, Community Hall, Spruce Ave. Bazaar starts at '7 pm. to 8 pm. Euchre starts at 8.30 sharp. Draw on quilt, also many other prizes. Cub & Scout Mothers’ Auxiliary, lst Richvale. Come one, come all. c1w22 NOVEMBER 30 â€" Monday. Eu- chre. In Victoria Square Com- munity Hall at 8.15 pm. Spon- sored by the Park Committee. Good prizes. Ladies please pro- vide. EVeryone welcome. c1w22 DECEMBER 12th, SATURDAY DECEMBERVSth. 2.30 pm. â€" The annual bazaar of St. Mary’s An- glican Church will be held in erxon Hall, Saturday. December 5th, at 2.30 pm. Attractions for chlldren. ' c2w22 Turkey Shoot under auspices Lions Club, at Shur-Gain Farms, Maple. at 1 o’clock. Shotguns on- ly, $1.00 per round. c3w22 DECEMBER 3, .8 pm. â€" York Simcoe Home & School Council, Prince Charles School, Newmark- et. Distinguished education pan- elists. c2w22 NOVEMBER 28 â€"- Saturday 2-5 pm. Rummage sale and bake sale In the Sunday School room, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Maple, under the auspices of the WA: c2w21 NOVEMBER 28 â€" Saturday. Harmony Hall Christmas Bazaar (Brown's Corners Church Wom- en) at Buttonville Hall, commerl- clng at 2 pm. Home baking, tea, candy, white elephants, aprons, baby booth and miscellaneous ar- ticles. clw21 NOVEMBER 26, 27, 28 -â€" Don't miss “Blithe Spirit" presented by the Curtain Club at the Rich- mond Hill High School Auditori- um. Tickets available at Wight’s Pharmacy, Clarke’s Pharmacy and Malnprlze Drug Store. c3w20 NOVEMBER 28 â€" Saturday. TEEN age dance, Lions', Hall Richmond Hill, Admission .50c. c1w22 Allan G. Parker 111'. Allan G. Parker of John- son Street. Thornhill will be a candidatefor the Board of Trus- tees. School Area No. 1 Markham at the Nomination Meeting being held this Friday evening, Novem- her Hall Mr. Parker has served on the School Area No. 1 Markham- Vaughan Board since January 1956, the last two years as vice- chairman. He has been Chairman of Health, Safety and Recreation Committees and Chairman of the Property Committee for the Board. For the past two years he has been a member of the exec- utive of the York County Elem- entary School Trustees' Associa- tion and is secretary of the Thornhill District Lions Club. eeri Oil Company, and is a me Thornhill United Church. EVERY TUESDAY â€" Bingo. 8 pm. at the new Legion Hall, Oak Ridges Shopping Plaza. Cash prizes and Jackpot. tfc19 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT â€" Dancing,Modem and Olde Tyme. At Maple Community Hall. Music by Art Celsie and his Singing Piainsmen â€" stars of TV and Radio. Admission $1.00. Free parking. tfc18 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT - 9.00 pm. » 12.00 Dancing to Max Cameron's Orchestra. at Canad- ian Legion Hall‘ Carrville Road. Richvale. Sponsored by Rich- mond Hill Branch 375, Canadian Legion. 75c pex person tfc38 DENNIS MOORE School of Dancing â€"- register now â€" tap. ballet, ballroom, baton, Richvale Community Centre, Stop 22A Yonge St. Call TU. 4-2875. c6w17 EVERY SUNDAY & WEDNES- DAY NIGHT until further notice at the Lions Hall, Centre St 52., Richmond Hill. Evangelist meet- ings. Admission free. Films, mu- sic. illustrated lectures. 7.30 pm. Everybody welcome. tifch Candidate School Area 1 Markham Elections SALE! SALE! 1959 FORDS â€" USED CARS SEE PAGE 3 FINCH MOTORS LTD. _ WILLOWDALE â€" RICHMOND HILL, ON TARIO, 31' Com ing Events in the Buttonvflle W. I. ed, with two children at- public school Mr. Parker e marketing and engin- epartment of the Imperial pany, and is a member of Reeve F. R. Perkins and Councillor W. J. Haggart will contest the reeveship, there are eight candidates for the four council seats, and five are seeking the three positions as public school trustee. Gordon Trussler, Miss Marjorie Murphy and Robert J. Jackson were acclaimed as separate school trustees. Public meetings to be addressed by all candidates will be held Thursday night of this week at Crosby School, and next Monday evening at the McConaghy School. Yonge Street. Mayor Kenneth W. Tomlin, completing his second term was re-elected Mayor of Richmond Hill by acclamation at the annual nomination meeting last Monday evening- Deputy-reeve Stanley F. Tinker also received an acclama- tion but there will be a contest for all the other offices. Voting takes place Saturday, December 5th, and in adâ€" dition to the election ballots will be one asking the voters’ “yes” or “no” on the proposal of a. two year term for counc1l. - There were at the close of nominations, three nominations for Mayor, two for Reeve, one for Deputy Reeve, and eight for Council. The three nominees for Mayor were Mayor Ken W. Tomlin, Floyd R. Perkins and Donald G. Plaxton. Nominees for Reeve were Reeve Floyd R. Perkins and Councillor W. James Haggart. ‘ Council Nominees Seats Mayor And Dep uty-Reeve By Acclamation In Richmond Hill Reeveship 'Race And Eight Seek 4 Counci ther expansion until the area within existing boundaries was brought to a proper level. N at A Candidate Mr. Dox‘ipldy G. Plaxton', the next speaker opened by extend» ing congratulations to Deputy Reeve Tinker on his election by acclamation. He declared that he was not a candidate for Mayor. Pressure of business made this impossible but he was not indif- ferent to the affairs of the town. Expansion in Richmond Hill had been phenomenal, but its final success or failure still had to be Elected and the effect of this on t: was of concern to everyone. M bers of a council find it easj say "‘yes" but must learn to “N ’ just as emphatically to 1 higher commitments and t tion. This was a lesson he Wt urge on all successful candid: Reeve Will Not Contest Mayor-ilty Reeve Perkins stated that w he appreciated his nomination Mayor he had already declz publically his intention of 1 ning again for Reeve. The st ments made bv Mr, Plavtnn Nominees for council were Harold J. Mills. Howard 0. Whil- lans, John W. Bradstock, Ken J. Smith, Thomas Broadhurst. Mrs. Margaret Southwell, Bruce Mur- ray and John MacDiarmid. The Clerk declared nomina- tions closed at 8.30 pm. and read out all nominations giving names and addresses of proposers and seconders in each case. The names of Candidates were also posted up on a large blackboard. Deguty Reeve Elected The Clerk declared that in view of the fact Deputy Reeve Stanley F. Tinker was the only nominee for Deputy Reeve. Mr. Tinker was forthwith elected for 1960 by acelamation. Election Dec. 5th Clerk Russell Lynett went on to inform the meeting that the election would be held December 5th and then called upon Mr. Harry Sayers to take over as Chairman for the balance of the meeting. Mayor Tomlin proposed the meeting continue open to enable Richmond Hill Town Council members are shown above wih Town Clerk Russell Lynett following the in- augural meeting last January. Another year is nearing an end and the nomination meeting held Monday night assured there will be several changes in next year’s council. Mayor Tomlin and Deputyâ€"reeve Tinker have received acclamations, Reeve Perkins and Councillor W. J. Haggart are contesting the reeveship, Councillor VO' 3:: LXXXI, NUMBER 22 VJRSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1959 AMWL Mayor Tomlin was first called upon to speak. In his address the Mayor said that the past few years have been a trying time for Richmond Hill because of the vast expansion the town has enjoyed. This expansion has brought its fair share of head- aches and problems for the ad- ministration, and he and the council had been studiously and vigorously coping with these problems. Anyone who takes a drive round Richmond Hill and who can remember what it used to be like such a short time ago can see for themselves the tre- mendous expansion which has oc- curred declared the Mayor. “If I am again elected." stated Mayor Tomlin. “I will propose a three to five year period of further de- velopment to bring to the area as a whole the full benefits of its _assessment.” The industrial and commercial assessment reached by end of September a total of 81.- 475,000 which represented a 50% increase the declared. An addi- tional increase of a million and a half was anticipated by the end of the year. He would stand for the provision of proper services to be effected logically and eco- nomically without burdening the .electors and ratepayers with fur- all candidates to address the meeting and this proposal was seconded and carried. Three Minute Speeches Mr. Sayers stated that each candidate would be allowed three minutes in which to state his platform. He would rap the table during each speaker’s address to notify that only 20 seconds re- mained in which to speak. From the floor a suggestion arose that the period was too short and a period of seven minutes should be allotted to each speaker. Mr. Sayers put the suggestion to vote and the three minute period car- ried the day. Mayor States Policy There'll Be Changes Next Year "In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity." r. Doripldt G. Plax‘ton’, the‘ nex speaker opened by extend- ing congratulations to Deputy Reeve Tinker on his election by acclamation. He declared that he was not a candidate for Mayor. Pressure of business made this impossible but he was not indif- ferent to the affairs of the town. Expansion in Richmond Hill had been phenomenal, but its final success or failure still had to be determined. The problem was that of control of debenture debts ther expansion until the area within existing boundaries was brought to a proper level. Not A Candidate i In reviewing the work of the commission and the accomplish- ment of the past year Mr. Cook said one happy achievement was the general reduction in rates covering every category of con- sumer which came into effect last January. Richmond Hill Hydro Commis- sion Chairman W. S. Cook was returned by acclamation at the annual nomination meeting Mon- day night. He is one of the orig- inal members of the Commission and has been a member since 1956. was completed and officially op- ened in the spring of this year. It serves an area extending from Crosby Avenue and east of the C. N. R. tracks. and was built at a cost \of $50,000.00. The first steps have been taken fine towards the installation of a flat “I?! rate water heater control system. Wlt The sum of $20,000.00 was bud- W0“ geted this year towards the cost mm of installing controls in the area M served by the Sneddon Road Sub- inee station. These controls will ap- er : preciably reduce our daily peak and load, and this in turn will reduce sion our monthly power bill from On- a ti} tario Hydro. The commission is 3 plans a further extension of thisfice. Sam Cook Re- Elected As Hydro Commissioner The new' Beverley Acres Sub- station started in the fall of 1958 Bradstock is standing for election for a third term, but Councillors Paterson and Ross are retiring. Clerk Lyâ€" nett officiated Monday night at his 18th nomination meeting. Sitting, left to right, Clerk Russell Lynett, Mayor Tomlin, Reeve Perkins. Standing left to right, Councillors Jos. Paterson and John Braol‘stock, Depatfig: reeve Tinker, Councillors W. J. Haggart and R. P. Ross. â€" Photo by Lagerquist W. S. COOK HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 . . SINGLE COPY 10¢ In closing. said Mr. Cook, I should like to publicly thank the members of council for the fine co-operation and assistance they gave us during the past year. Without that assistance our job would have been a great deal more difficult. Mr. Cook was the only nom- inee for Hydro Commission. 0th- er members are W. A. Wagner and Mayor Tomlin. One Commis- sioner is elected each year for a two year term and the Mayor _irs a member by virtue of his of- One important problem facing your commission in common with public utilities across the pro- vince is in the matter of natural gas competition. Mr. James Dun- can, Chairman of Ontario Hydro has made numerous references to it in the public press. Your com- mission is in close touch with pro- vincial officials and strenuous ef- forts are being made to improve the competitive position of the local utilities. Lower rates, the heater plan, increased advertis- ing and a plan by which we and Ontario Hydro shared the cost of installing new appliances in the Home Economics Department of )ur high school are all designed to improve the position of hydro. Reeve Perkins stated that while he appreciated his nomination for Mayor he had already declared publically his intention of run- ning again for Reeve. The state- ments made by Mr. Plaxton and Mr. Perkins assured the re-elec- (Continued On Page 13) and the efi‘ect of this on taxes was of concern to everyone. Mem- bers of a council find it easy to say “yes” but must learn to say “N ’ just asemphatically to limit higher commitments and taxa- tion. This was a lesson he would urge on all successful candidates. Reeve Will Not'Contest Mayor alty In order to meet future growth and provide permanent ware- house facilities the commission has purchased slightly over one acre of land on Sneddon Road from the Bedford Park Floral In the matter of finances our 1959 budget was set at $154,200.00 which was 3 $24,650.00 increase over 1958. We issued $120,000.00 in debentures as compared with $50,000.00 the year previous. As a means of broadening our service to the consumer we have begun a flat rate heater rental plan. Under this plan a person can now rent a water heater for $1.75 a month plus the cost of power. I might say this plan has been well received to date. heater control system in 1960‘ Company. The land which is ad- jacent to the towns new filtration plant was purchased at a cost of $5,000.00. It is expected plans will be drawn up early in the new year for the erection of a ware- house. At present we rent stor- age and garage facilities in the. town building on Wright Street. King City Election King City will go to the polls, December 7th to choosevthree police village trustees, when the same slate as last year, Mrs. Mary Scott, Ronald Bolton and Don- ald Findlay, Q.C., are standing for re-electlon and last year’s close contender Warren McKen- dry will try a second time. In Richmond Hill almost 95% of all businesses participated. In return the merchants received a- bove thirteen hundred dollars of radio publicity in which met- About 160 items altogether were offered for auction and their value totalled above three thous- and five hundred dollars in re- tail value. Ninety-five Percent Support B. J. Lafigdon, Aubrey J. Gor- don and Jack Walkington were nominated, but declined to run. Nobletori again acclaimed "it’sr board of trustees â€" Mel Sampson, Ha_ro_ld Long anthohn Bragg. Merchants, tradesmen and many other businessmen from Richmond Hill, Thomhill, Maple, Oak Ridges and Jefferson sup ported the Shop Locally theme and actively participated by don- ating cash. merchandise or other articles and services to be auc- tioned. Schomberg police village has nominations this evening and King Council nominations will be at Schomberg on Friday. Nominations Fri. Markham TWp. The nomination meeting for Markham Township Council to elect a reeve, deputy-reeve and- three councillors; and nomina- tions for the election of five members for the Board of Trus- tees, School Area No. 1, Mark- ham Township; and three mem- bers for the Board of Trustees to serve Markham Township School Area No; 2 - will be held this Friday evening from 7 to 8 o’clock, in the Buttonville Wo- men’s Institute Hall. 1500 Man Hours The 1500 man hours include the time taken by the publicity committees’ activities the merch- andise canvass by over fifty Jay- cees. the visits to Oshawa and Oakville where radio auctions had been held to make a study of methods followed, the docu- mentation and organization of the auction night, the practice night, the special executives meetings, the circularizing of all homes in the area. and thousands of phone calls which were necessary to such a vast operation. Wide Support Last minute news is that all 1959 council members will seek re-election, William Clark. reeve, Wilfred Dean, Deputy-reeve and J, E. McNeil S. B. Watson, and J! L. Mumberson. councillors for Wards 1, 2 and 3. Alan Parker has announced he 'is a candidate for the five-mem~ her school Board in Area No. 1. With two months prior planning by the Ways & Means Committee under Chairman Ted Duffy and 2nd Vice President Colin Burgess, the radio auction was the first project of its kind to be organized in this area. A TOTAL OF 1,500 MAN HOURS went into the re- cently concluded Shop Locally Drive organized by the Rich- mond Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce, including the or- ganization of their Christmas Radio Auction- Two Months Planning Buy locally Cmpugn 1500 Man Hours Were Back Of Successfui Local Drve Whitchurch township an- nual nomination meeting will be held at Vandorf Friday night, November 27, at 7 pm. Reeve George Richardson, deputy-reeve Clifl'ord Wall- work and Councillors Mrs. Elsie Gibbs, Frank Williams, and Ross Farquharson will seek re-election. There are rumors of new candidates and an election contest is likely for at least some of the of- fices. Clerk John Crawford will preside at Friday night’s meeting. Richmond Masonic Lodge which has a history in the community dating back to 1824 has experienced remark~ able growth in recent years, and the membership has now reached such proportions that the officers and members are contemplating the founding of a second Lodge in the town. Any Masons interested in the proposal are invited to attend a meeting at the Mas- onic Hall, Crosby Avenue Wednesday evening, Decem- ber 2nd at 7.30 pm. Plan A Second Masonic Lodge Whitchurch Nomination The project will be repeated next year but will be commenced at an earlier date to enable all Many letters were received by the Chamber from out of town manufacturers whose products are sold locally, congratulating the Jaycees on its effort and wishing it every success and add- ing their approval of what many termed “a worthwhile b'usiness drive." Public Display of Items There were also many posters adding to the publicity and dis- played by the merchants them- selves on their premises while finally a total of six thousand homes had a full page list of all donors and items for auction de- livered right to their homes in all the places named above. This gave full name, address and phone number of all participating businessmen and indicated the item donated. Manufacturers Support Five Candidates Seek Three 'E'rustee Seats chants and donors names were in- cluded in advertising announce- ments during the period of the Shop Locally Campaign, and Auction. They also enjoyed some hundreds of dollars worth of lo- cal newspaper advertising when they were listed on the Auction itinerary. Six Thousand Homes Visited Richmond Hill now has three Queens â€"â€" from left to right “Miss Allencourt” (Dolores Callin), “Miss Bayview” (Sandy McGillivray), and “Miss Richmond Heights” (Mrs. Anne Hodgson) . There will be an election for public school trustee in Richmond Hill with five candidates for the three positions. Chairman L. D. Clement and Trustee Harold D. Sanderson are seeking reselection and the new candidates are Ray- mond E. Lewen, Basil Papas and Mrs. Irene Worrell. Voting takes place on Satur- day, December‘5th, and every ratepayer is entitled to vote for three candidates. The financial statement pre- sented to the electors showed total receipts for the year of $757,741.22 and an estimated balance at the end of the year of $7,448.30. HAROLD D. SANDERSON. completing his first term as a school trustee and standing for re-election said he had served this year as chairman of the Fi- nance Committee. It was grati- fying he said that the levy for education had been only slightly increased this year and that the Board will end the year with a .LEWIS D. CLEMENT, the 1959 School Board chairman, standing for election as trustee for the third time appealed for support of his candidature and for the caus‘ of 'education. Membership on the school board he said is a demanding position but he was offering himself in the public service because he has a great concern for the future. “Ten or twenty years from now," he said, “people will not ask how many cents we saved, or by how much we kept the taxes down, they will be concerned whether or not we gave them a good product at a fair price, and whether or not we did our job well." All candidates attended the an- nual nomination Monday night and addressed the electors. Three Queens The Jaycees appeal to all cit- izens to shop locally whenever ‘possible and so assist to increase the towns facilities and better- ment. “You can help to make your town a worthwhile place in which to live by spending your money locally because authorities estimate that thirty percent of all moneys so spent is channelled back into community services. Why help to improve other areas by your patronage when your own area can be much improved with your support on a regular all the year round basis, they ask. Read- ers of this newspaper will be glad to join with us in a big “Thank You" to the Jaycees in the public spirited activity in which they are engaged. No-one will gain say that such an active body of imag- inative and active citizens is one of our greatest assets. credit balance. He said serving as trustee has been called a thank- less job. but he was a candidate because he has children and is interested in education. “I want to see that they get a good edu- cation in the same way my father did twenty years ago when he served on our Board of Education. I stand for a sound education pol- icy relating costs to the over-all credit of the municipality. I will try to- see you get sound value for your school tax dollar. merchandise to be placed on pub- lic display in a central showroom with the object of stimulating still wider interest and a bigger than ever auction which they hope will become a regular fea- ture of their annual "Shop Lo- cally” Drive. Appeal To All Citizens RAYMOND E. LEWEN, a new candidate for trustee said he is 32 years old, the father of five children and a resident of the town for four years. He said in private life he is a salesman in contact with school boards and architects. He favored an educa- tion policy of giving our children the best education we can afford. BASIL PAPAS, a candidate for trustee told of his activities with others in promoting the organiza- tion of the 1st Beverley Acres Scouts four years ago. As a result today more than sixty boys are receiving the valuable training of the Scout organization. He said in this day and age every child needs a good education. We need good schools, and the three R’s, but cut out the frills. “We can’t afford frills in Richmond Hill," he said. MRS. IRENE WORRELL paid tribute to the present members of the public school board “who are dedicated people working hard to provide the best in edu- cational opportunities for our children." She said she had a keen interest in education and was willing to do what she could to help in this important work if elected by the people as trustee for the coming term. The Aurora and District High School board has option- ed 12 acres of the Gillies farm on the south side of the King road, just east of King City. _ The site has also been v'is- ited by the municipal coun- cils involved. ,. The Ontario department of education has approved the site of the new high school at King City. New High School