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Phimister, B; A.. B. Pat" , ;"rec- tor of Education, Board {'1' Educa- tion City of Toronto was the guest speaker. Nomination of. of- ficers for the coming year was also held with Mr. R. J. Pollock being returned as president and he following board being unanim- usly elected to office at the close Eighty percent of the York County Elementary School Trus- tees attended the fifth convention of Ln: ;fassociation held at Thorn- hill United Church on Wedrwdny of last week when Mr. ’5. S. Executive 1960 R. J. Pollock, President; Chair- man, Vaughan Township School larea Board; Mrs. Arthur Toogood, Markham Township; Mrs. Lorna Button, Sto'lffville Public School Board; Chairman, Woodbridge Public School Board; Cecil Wil- liams. Richmond Hill Public School Board; Mr. Gordon Trus- sler, Richmond Hill Separate School Board; Mr. Paul Greenan. Separate School Board No. 2 Markham. The convention began at 10 am. and included such features as exhibits and demonstrations by :he Special Services Branch. De- partment of Education; School Law and the Regulations, includ- ,ng recent amendments. A high- Light of the occasion was the yICToRIAN ORDER 0!" NURSES r. RICHMOND HILL BRANCH ' ‘M‘iss‘E. Woodbyrne Richmond Hill Municipal ‘ Hall > I PHONE 'l‘U. 4.41m ank Elementary Trustees Fifth Annual Convention Elect 1960 Officers DI the evening I MU Eighty perm WHERE CAN YOU GET IONEST GUARANTEED .‘V SERVICE WHERE ALL )EFECTIVE PARTS ARE RETURNED? ,t the TV Doctor of course! PR. 3-5954 Oak Ridges Richmond Hill, Aurora OX. 4-0847 TORONTO A... [Wale '1 < PAINTING Auto Service Complete Service To~All ' Makes of Cars ELGIN MILLS TU. 4-3151 DECORATING Can You Count On Safe Stops? Good brakes are a ‘must” for safe stops. Have the peace of mind of being 100% brakewise. Come in for a brake check. If needed we’ll reline and adjust them. .COOK'S 3p. CITIZENS of RICHMOND HILL 3 Thank You FREE ESTIMATES CALL ANYTIME. TU. 4-3131 gun :Z'nlzer I He then referred to the Metric - System. such as is used in Europe, ,‘xathen than our presen‘ me' “We: ,ment of 12’s. A““ 5?“. fih’ the 3 metric system could lead to Mr. Phimister, who already has a brilliant career as an educatl'onc allst behind him, with a crescend- olng future ahead sought to raise several questlons in the trustees’ minds about education. He ask- ed, “What are we trying to do, to get at, with all this building and this money we are spending." Then he asked. 1, “Are we tea- ching the right things. 2, "Are we teaching the right people" and 3, "Are we teaching iii the right way “If we take a look at the Eng- llsh language, which we are~tea- chlng, we see there are 28 letters in the alphabet: 44 sounds, and 251 possible spellings for those 44 sounds.” To illustrate. Mr. Phlmlster slowly pronounced, Cough, Bough, Rough, Though & Through and said the words en- ded with the same spelling yet they were, five different words and they had five different pro- nunciations. "In reverse,” he said "we have Inward, Heard, Bird, curd and Word, five words spelled differently, with the vow- 'els sounds a,e.i,o,u, in each word all pronounced the same." To off- set the difficulty of spelling whi- ch is, he acknowledged, not only a deterrent to students but also to adults, he asked “Can you conceive of a phonetic language, and its way of handling spelling.” Mr. Phimister opened his ad- d<ess on Education by saying. “I have heard about this organizaâ€" tion for a lag time" then, re- ferring to the .list of executives and the numbers of Scots who are connected with the Trustees' As- sociation he said, “Scots are to be found wherever manage- out is needed and that pro- verb, "The meek shall inherit the earth" made him realize that ‘Meek' was the plural for ‘Mac'. Mr. Phimister said the Chin- ese are responsible for putting the original mother-in-law joke in ideographs or picture writing. An inverted V like a gable roof signifies ‘House’; the same ideo- graph with two strokes ‘under the roof’ spells ‘Home’ and a third ‘character’ under the same 'roof' is the sign for 'Trouble.’ “If Eng- llsh is to be a universal langu- age wouldn’t it enhance things if its spelling could be simpli- fied.” he asked. Referring to the 6-day school week which is being tried out in the United States he drew a chuckle from his attentive au- dience when he stated, “In Swe- den where they have had a six- day week for schools -â€" they are talking about a five-day week}? presentation of trophies to the winners of the County Oratorlcal contest, by Deputy-reeve W. Dean of Markham Township. O‘ffem«a'.‘:v.d Safety Hint The Attorney-General has an- nounced a cash prize to be known as the “Jack Hammell Highway Safety Suggestion Award" will be presented to the person who sub- mits in writing, the best idea or suggestion, on the subject of “Traffic Safety.” This contest is created for the purpose of stimulating public in- terest in the ever-increasing prob- lem of highway traffic‘ safgty: Submissions will be judged solely on the basis of merit and originality' following which, a cash prize of $50.00 will be a- warded to the winners in seven- teen (17) individual areas throughout the province. Later, a grand prize of $150.00 will be awarded to the person who sub- mits the entry adjudged to con- tain the best idea for all the Province. To be eligible. each entry in this contest must be no more than 150 words in length, must clearly outline some concrete suggestion for promoting highway traffic snfety, and must be received at the following address, not later than 12 o'clock noon, on Thurs- day. December 10th, next. All mailed entries must be postmark- ed not later than 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday. December 9th. 1959. The District Inspector. Ontario Previncial Police. â€" 121-137 Lake Shore Blvd. E. Toronto, 2, Ontario. for the Opportunity of serving you as Deputy Reeve for I960 J?" "The right way of teaching,” might not be through teachers, classrooms and text books, he said, but through real experien- ces, by seeing, trying and doing. “In Russia. the people are about at the level we were at in 1910 as far as schools go. They have two schools, one for Instruction and one to teach Citizenship. In- stead of the printed page, they have camps and exhibitions where people can see things in opera- tion. They are trying to give their people ‘experience’ in seeing and handling things." He said e should substitute experience for ‘some of our teaching instruction. In answering his own question about "Teaching the right peo- ple,” Mr. Phlmister said, most of our money is spent on teach- ing little children, from five to 16 years. Ninety-percent of the peo- ple in whom we invest this money are sent out into the world at the end of their school years, and their education ceases, ex- cept for what they derive from TV, Radio." and smilingly half- turnlng to Pierre Berton who was present, and “newspaper column- ists.” He advocated, “Couldn’t those in each community who had specâ€" ial training and knowledge ‘teach’ their neighbours, thereby ' ex- tending edgcation." it would require 50 years to make the change over. “How- ever, the idea one man had reâ€" garding time areas around the world has already been adopted and we now have the time zones.” more lgglcal thinking....but that “Such subjects as music. sing- ing: history; literature and phil- osophy, the things of the spirit, should be -taught as they are taught in Denmark’s schools,” he continued, "to attain a coâ€"opera- tive sense of belonging in one's own intellectual grpupr" "I am convinced, that if we could think of education as a vital force, we could have a stirring of the people that would be altogether desirable," he said, and quoted H. G. Wells. “The world is in a race between edu- cation and catastrophe,” conclud- ing with the words, “we are not heading for catastrophe. the fu- ture is what you make it. In a meeting following the war- ship service Sunday, the congre- gation of Zion Lutheran Church voted unanimously to dissolve as a parish. The idea of a plan, or- iginating with the Synod, is to develop more mission churches and‘ to’this end. Bethesda Luth- eran Church in Unionville and Zion Lutheran Church in Sher- wood will separate as a joint par- ish. A survey is underway in Rich- mond Hill to determine whether 39 faz'nliifs would be available to support a mission church and if so one will be established there and an amalgamation will be ef- fecte with the Unionville Chur h. Lutheran Parish To Be Dissolved It is planned that the Sherwood Church, on the other hand will join with Brampton to form a mission church there. It is defin- itely known that in Brampton there is a field for its establish- ment. 7 At the present time a pastor is going from Toronto to Brampton to conduct services there. Worship services will be con- tinued in the Sherwood Church until the Christmas season with supply pastors from Waterloo College in charge of the services. Richmond Hill Now Head Office York Equipment Head office operations of York Office Equipment will now be handled’ from its off‘ce at 16 Yonge Street North R?“‘3mnnd Hill instead of Aurora, “The T.i - eral" was told this week by F . . Picking, its presi '6 't. Reason for t‘W r” *'~ l“ said, was that it “*d? l ' ‘ t) ‘1‘“ more convcnient to centralize op- erations in the Hill because of better storage facilities. The com- pany. besides its retail business in York. County, is represented by a considerable number of dealer outlets across Ontario and other provinces. Business of the company since its operations commenced in Richmond Hill on September 24, had far exceeded expectations, he added. Saying that many local residents and business houses had expressed appreciation of the fact that is was now possible for them to do business locally. They had proved it, he said, by actually doing their purchasing at home. York Office E'juipment, which handles a wide range of type- writers, adding machines. tape recorders and other equipment. in addition to office supplies and general stationery. is planning the opening of a branch in New- market shortly. Markham Township council ap- proved the purchase of a build- ing lot for the Thornhill Library, (the Tucker property on Colborne Street) on Monday â€" subject to consulting with the township sol- icltor. Council suggested the present library area be extended since 60% of the membexship comes from outside the present limits. Thornhill Library Plans New Site More than 1,000 entries were received in the Bayview Plaza draw last week, which indicates the success of the three day pro- motion organized for the plaza gast Thursday, Friday and Satur- ay. York-Simcoe H & S Council Meeting December 3, 8 pm. The tickets were collected from all participating stores and plac- ed in one large container_ and well shaken up. Draw At Red & White The draw took place on the premises of the Red & White Foodliner in the presence of the manager, Mr. Gordon Pearson, Mr. A. Elphinstone representing Beverley Acres Pharmacy, Mrs. B. Mason representing the Bay- view Outlet Store and Mr. Ken Storms representing the plaza as a whole. Customer Makes Draw A customer in the Red & White Foodliner at the time was called upon to make the draw. This was Mrs. J. Lamont of 230 Anzac Road, Richmond Hill. Lucky Winners The winners drawn by Mrs. Lamont were very lucky Mrs. E. Wessels of 205 Beechy Drive. and Mr. D. Price of 262 Neal Drive, both of Richmond Hill. Mrs. Wessels and Mr. Price each received a huge hamper of delicious foods delightfully made up into a beautiful gift hamper which had been on display at the Red & White Foodliner which donated the hampers, through- out the period of promotion. You Are Invited If you missed all the fun of this promotion watch for the next one and make a point of being there and participating. Look- ing through this issue of “The Liberal” you will realize how many lovely gifts were won by a variety of persons and since somebne has to win, it could just as well be you. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jacobs and family from Rexdale, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. McCarthy on Sunday. PER JIVAL ROBERT POOL Percival Robert Pool, of Pear- son Avenue, Richvale, died sud- denly at the East General Hos- pital, Toronto, on Saturday. Nov- ember 21, after a brief illness. Born in England in 1903 he came 10 Cfnada in 10' and settled with his family in . ..g. Ontario. He had lived in this district for the past 20 years. A masonry contractor all his life, he was past- master of L.O.L., Thornhill, No. 91, and a member of the Burning Bush Lodge, Toronto. No. 1202. He was a member of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Richmond Hill. GREEN RIVER â€" The Principal of the Green River Public School favours the wearing of jeans by girls to and from their homes but contends that such clothing should not be worn in class. Mr. Jack Sheppherd commented on the ra- ther controversial subject at an “open house” gathering in the new school last week. He pointed out that since many girls were required to walk considerable dis- tances to and from school, jeans provided much-needed warmth, particularly during the winter months. He suggested that skirts were the accepted garment for classroom study. His remarks were favourably received by the parents present. The school has ,a private change-room. Brother of the late T. J. Pool, who predeceased him six years ago, he leaves to mourn his loss his wife, the former Ethel May Banks, and one son, Robert Charles. Services were conducted at Kane’s Funeral Chapel, Lansing by Reverend J. F. O’Neil and Reverend E. G. Bruton, on Wed- nesday, November 25, at 1.30 pm. Interment was in Mount Pleasant cemetery. At the York-Simcoe Home and School Council meeting in Prince Charles School, N ewmarket, to be held Thurs- day. December 3rd. at 8 pm. Dr. J. N. Emerson, Profes- sor of Anthropology, Univerâ€" sity of Toronto; Mr. D. D. Adams. Inspector of Public Schools. Newmarket; Mr. W. E. Duxbury, Principal of Stoutfville High School, and Mr. Eilert J. Sand. Supervis- ing Principal and Business Administrator of School Area No. 1 Markham and Vaughan will discuss: “Why do we in Ontario have thirteen years of schooling while other pro- vinces have twelve?" St. John’s Anglican Church Oak Ridges, will be holding a canvass of the parish dur- ing the next few days for funds to finance the coming year’s budget. This year in addition to the usual operating expen- ses there will be payments on accounts for the construction of the recently completed Parish Hall to finance. Correspondents: MRS. E. E. SPEARS 25 Roosevelt Dr. AV. 5-3116 MRS. M. E. TAYLOR 94 Spruce Ave. AV. 5-4293 St. J ohn’s Begins Every Member Canvass Scarborough farmers will be driven from their lands if the township council goes ahead with 'proposed 1960 tax increases, Elliott Harring- ton, Markham, told the an- nual meeting of Markham Township Federation of Agri- culture in Victoria Square recently. Win Hampers Richvale News Fearful Of High Taxes OBITUARY The first Ladies Night held by‘ the Victoria Square and District Lions Club on October 17th at the Victoria Square United Chur- ch proved to be a most successful and enjoyable occasion. Members and their wives and guests were treated firstly to a very tasty meal prepared by the Womens Institute, after which Mr. Paul Delmer gave a most interesting and stimulating talk on his globe trotting tour, with chief inter- est centering on his four and one half months stay in Russia. Being one of the first Western observers, and in many cases ac- tually the first, to be allowed to film and record various facets of the Russian scene, his account of life behind the so called Iron Cur- tain was of tremendous interest. POWER FAILURE A brief power failure in the middle of his talk might well have unnerved a lesser man, but obiousiy to any one who would take a car, mobile trailer home. wife and children on a tour of 30 African and European coun- tries, this was of little conse- quence, and he talked on in the darkness. Paul Delmer Speaker Victoria Square Lions That Mr. Delmer’s talk evinced great interest among the listeners was obvious from the questions that followed. and it was clear that he was familiar with all phases of everyday life in the U.S.S.R. CANADIAN PREMIERE Pressure of time unfortunately curtailed the stream of questions, but we understand that the sound and colour film made by Mr. Delmer on his tour will be premiered at the Richmond Thea- tre, Richmond Hill on January let next, after a very successful showing in New York, and in the light of his talk we are sure that it will be a MUST for all of {lg-Who are curious about the 15 Days For Shop-Lifting Apprehended by Richmond Hill police on Monday for shop-lifting from a local store - Melville Lev- quie, aged 37, of Huntsville was sentenced on Tuesday â€" to 15 days in jail, by Magistrate 0. S. Hollinrake, in Newmarket Magis- trate’s Court. The accused was convicted on a charge of stealing a cartonrof cigarettes. Smashing the glass of a.front door of the Allencourt Pharmacy, Markham Road, thieves gained entrance to the store on Thursday morning, 5.00 to 6.00 am. A large. stone was used to smash the hea- vy glass ,and a considerable num- ber of cigarettes, merchandise, and cash stolen. Apparently dis- turbed. the thieves dropped sev- eral cameras on the floor. 9 NORTH YONGE 4 BOWLING LTD. OPEN PLAY EVERY AFTEOON FRIDAY EVENING ALL DAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 1:30 pm. to 6:00 pm. 52 BRUNSWICK CROWN IMPERIAL lANES'SZ 5 PINS AND 10 PINS SNACK BARS ON EACH. FLOOR conflicting Vstories one hears a- bout life in Russia today. The speaker was thanked by Lion Dr. Ian Glenroy and a toast to the ladies made by Lion David Coon, to which ZJIrs. Vanderkooy responded. After a suitable pres- entation was made to Lion Frank Williams who was voted worker of the year (Russian influence already?) the meeting was ad- journed. FRIDAY TO THE ELECTORS or RICHMOND HILL VOTE FOR Sane & sound business administration of town afialrl HOLD THE TAX LINE VOTING DAY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH COUNCILLOR FOR 1960 HAROLD J. MILLS THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, November 26, 1959 19 A full complement of Markham Township Council members and Township Clerk Harry Crisp. vis- ited the Municipal Impounding Kennels on Dutferln Street In Vaughan Township Thursday af- ternoon of last week and reported they were very pleased with the kennels and that they had no criticism at all about the way Mr. Ron Herd is conducting the dog pound. “The place is very well operated and the animals are Well caged and fed. Everything ls very clean." the visitors said. Markham Council Visits Dog Pound LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS USED CARS 1955 DODGE hiknlmm MAYFAII â€" IMMACULATI. ANY OTHER I DODGE & DoSOTO 61 Yonge Stmt S. Richmond Hill