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(311v Lions Club. Oyster Supper hf‘king City United Church Hall, rommencing 5.30 pm. Salad plate also served. Adults $1.50. (-hild- ren under 12 750. c2w32 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT â€" 9.00 pm. - 12.00. Dancing to Max Cameron’s Orchestra. at Camd- lan Legion Hall. Carrvflle Road. Richvale‘ Sponsored by Rich- mond Hill Branch 375. Canadian Legion. 75c pex person. 11c38 EVERY MONDAY -â€"- Monster Bingo. York Farmers Market. Thornhill, 8 pm. All regular games $20.00. Jackpot game $500.00. 52 numbers called. Pot of Gold game.$200.00. 55 num- bers called. c2w33 EVERY TUESDAY â€"_ Bingo. 8 .m. at the new Legion Hall, Oak ldges Shopping Plaza. Cash prizes and Jackpot. v 11le FEBRUARY 11 - Train your dog to he obedient. nine week course held Thursday evenings, York Farmers‘ Market. Thornhill. For Information contact. Poodle Studio. 21091é Yonge St.. Toron- to. HUdson 3-5194. *2w32 FEBRUARY 12 â€"- Friday. entation dance for Mr. and Gerrlt Herrema at Vellore Everybody welcome. Ladies vide. ( EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT -â€" DancingModern and Olde Tyme. At Maple Community Hall. Music by Art Celsle and his Singing Plainsmen â€"- stars of TV and Radio. Admission $1.00. Free parking. _ ‘ - tfc18 FEBRUARY 13 â€" Saturday 2 to 5 pm. St. Gal Valentine Tea. Home ble. Spring Hat Bar welcome. ‘ FEBRUARY 14 â€"« Sunday at 7.30 pm. Full length feature film, "Martin Luther". will be shown at; Thornhill United Church. Ev- eryone welcome. c1w33 FEBRUARY 14-28 -â€"- Exhibit of paintings by Otto N. Grebze It the Richmond Hill Publlc Library Art Gallery. during library hours and on Sunday 2-5 pm. c3w38 FEBRUARY 15 -â€" Monday at 8.15 pm. First Bever!ey Acres Cub and Seoul Ladies‘ Auxiliary regular meeting and Valentine party,“ Beverley Acres Srhool. Everyone welcome. *1w83 chiatry Works FEBRUARY 16 --â€" Tuesday 8.15 pm. Combined Home and School meeting to celsbrate Founder’s Day Thornhill High School Audi- lm'lum. Speaker Dr. John Rich, M.D., Ph. D.. "How Child Psy- FEBRUARY 17 â€"- Wednesday 8.30 pm. Valpntine euchre, sponr sored by the lst Jefferson Moth- ers Auxiliary at Jefferson School. ~ clw33 FEBRUARY 18 â€"â€" Thursday 1.30 in 4.30 pm. Masonic Hall Thorn- hill. Home Economics Demon- stration “Sandwiches for all 0c- rasions“ Sponsored by Mark- Vaun W.I.. Langstafl'. Everyone welcome. c2w32 FEBRUARY 16 Dear Friends and 'Readers: Just in case you wondered if I had slipped up....when my weekly letter to you did not ap'- pear in last week's issue....please note it was written. set-up 'and ready to run ~- when one of those nightmarish situations ej- itors have to contend with, hap- pened ~- we were ‘long’. on copy, 50. for those contributors who sometimes wonder. “Why didn't they get my report in." let me say (with sympathy) it is impos- sible to stretch pages...no mat- ter 'how hard our make-up de- partment tries. Last Friday morning. briqht and early. we arived in Hamilton for- the annual convention of the Ontario Weekly Editors and had a wonderful time meeting old friends and new ones and listen~ ing to lectures and contributing to buzz sessions. Somewhere in this week's “Liberal"9is a write- up on Stelco. which we visited Saturday morning. It was a celebration when Jim- my Rushlow returned to hockey. and in Ron Crane's Hockey Re- sults nn the Sports Page. Ron notes Jimmy scored the first goal of a close-checked game. Margaret McLean. Thornhill correspondent, gives us a vivid picture of a country-style auc- lion. Musically inclined? Our Classified Ads list an electric or- gan this issue in the "For Sale" column....or are you artistic in another sense and enjoy good paintings? See “Coming Events" for an invitation to the Town Li- brax‘y Art Gallery. ice and take 2 Garden" 2:: Curtain (‘lub tonight, IThu and Satui‘da) ’11 EB flu or Tired o ['5 for: Auâ€"ti1707riized Ford, Falcon, Monarch Dealer ' (Continurd 0n Pago Willowdale - BA. 5-1151 AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS NIGHT PARTS FINCH MOTORS LTD.- Coming Events gum. .Isically inclined? Our | Ads list an electric or- issue in the "For Sale" or are you artistic in sense and enjoy good '18 '00 rLeém Thornhill gives us a vivid ountry-style auc- TILL 10 RM. Cordially yours Mona Robertson Saturday from Gabriel's W.A. me Baking Ta- Bar. Everyone c1w33 Tuesday, King 1e of 1959-60? ‘ Show and "The Chalk d by The Lions Hall md Friday 'I’OH’l 1 Mrs. Hall. 5 pro- c1w32 c1w33 Pres Mr. Grebze, the artist, lives on Pemberton Crescent in Vaughan Township and has been a resi- dent of this district for‘the past three years. "April".... depicts a scene in the Baker woods in Vaughan Township, and many of the Grebze paintings are of local subjects. The exhibition includes landscapes and portraits. ‘ One of forty paintings by local artist which will be on exhibi- tion at Richmond Hill Public Li- brary, February 14th to 28th. The opening of the Exhibition which is open to we public will be next Sunday afternoon at Otto N. Grebze. Latvian. was born on August. the 10th, 1910 and graduated from the Academy of Arts in Riga, Latvia in 1940. In 1944 he had to leave his na- Three Day Advance Pall ln Vaughan Twp. LiquorVating WCouncillor Ralph Meeting Tonight The proposal to es lllllll .,. Urges Small Lots H lllllllll serve people of l ssssssssssssss _boen receiv- ed with wi ppppppppppppppppppp Endorsed by the Medical n Associati o n . l h e suggestion _ _ _ _ _ _ has been received with en- _ Mrs. Margaret Southvxcll. Rich- mond Hill‘s first lady councillor and former vice-chairman of the Richmond Hill Public School Board. was presented with a scroll by her former confreres at last week's meeting of the school board. ‘ Chairman L. D. Clement spoke of Mrs. Southwell's contributions in many improvements in the school system. "With her pleasant manner.” said Chairman Clement, “it was always nice to have Mrs. Southwell a part of the board's deliberations." "It is a privilege to see the ded- ication of a person such as Mrs. Southwell." concluded Chairman Clement as he presented hem-'ith the scroll commemorating her the scroll commemorating her term of five and a half years of service on the local school board. Mrs. Southwell was appointed School Trustee in 1954 to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Len Clem- ant. The proposal to establish l hospital in the Richmond Hill area to serve people of this district hashren receiv- ed with widespread approval. Citizens of the. district are asked to show their interest in the proposal by attending a Public Meeting to be held tonight (Thursday. February llthl in the McConaghy School. "01159 Street, Richâ€" mond Hill. Mrs. Southwell Honored by Board Endorsed by the Medical Association. the suggestion has been received with en- thusiasm by municipal lead- ers and citizens generally. The Co-ordinating Cnmmit- tee, representative of the municipalities of Richmond Hill. Markham and Vaughan has considered the proposal in some detail and given it in some detail and giv whole-hearted approval RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO.THURSDAY. VOLUME LXXXI, NUMBER 33 pug/k olM/flry. jeéluary In 1947 Mr. Grebze emigrated ti Canada and was employed as a labourer with the Ontario Hy- dro in the construction of the Des Joachinis generating station at Rolphtbn. Ont. The Ontario Hydro soon recognized his excel- lent talent and secured his ser- vices to record on canvas the development of the hydro~elec- tri. system in Ontario._ tive country. From. 1944 to 1947 he lived and worked in Germany. Many of his works of this per- iof were acquired by officials of the Military government and at. present are located in private collections in England.‘ U. S. A.. Australia, Holland, Switzerland and Germany. Some of his most distinguished works are the panoramic views of the St. Lawrence development and the Niagara area. The St. oca [Fri (By Paul Delmer) Highlights of Monday’s Vaughan Township Council meeting .included agreement that Thursday, Friday and Saturday, l\"I_arch 10th to 12th should be set for advance polling in the forthcoming Liquor Vote. On March 19th the Township will vote on establishment of Retail Liquor Stores and other liquor outlets. The advance dates set will enable commercial travellers and other citizens who will be absent from the township on‘March 19th, to record their votes on any of the three advance polling dates. Clerk MacDonald lold council cost of organizing the advance poll would be approximately $75. He thought it should be held to give every person who wished to vote on the issue an opportunity to do so. Co-ordinatlng Committee the Inter-Municipal Co-ordinating Committee (usually referred to as "Little Metro") which will meet in Vaughan Township Cham- bers next Wednesday evening at 8 p.m., when the committee will consider the Inter-Municipal Hospital project and the results of tonight's open public meeting Reeve John Perry said he pro- posed to attend the meeting of at McConaghy School. Yonge St. Richmond Hill. Mr. Perry added he hoped Mayor Tomlin of Rich- mond Hill and Reeve Clark of Markham would also attend and each of the councils would be able to voice their opinions. He said that the matter was of the greatest importance to the entire area. New By-Law New By-Law A new by-law providing for the numbering of buildings in Maple Village was lail before council and approved. Councillor Talks 25 Minutes Final highlight of the evening came from Councillor Bruce Ralph. The councillor addressed council for a full twenty-five min- Lad-2 (ZAzéizian EEBRUARY 11, 1960 HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1378 SINGLE COPY 10c Otto 7/1, Lawrence development's painting illustrates the whole 47 miles of this gigantic project and has been exhibited at the C. N. E. The Niagara area painting may be seen in the reception building of Sir Adam Beck generating station in Niagara Falls. In 1956 a painting of Mr. Grehze was presented to Prime Minister L. M. Frost on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Ontario Hydro and it was placed in the Prrliament Building in Toronto. On occasions Mr. Grebze has been commissioned by‘the‘A’biv!‘ tibi Pulp and. Pager Comapny to record on canvas most their plants in. Ontario. Quebec and Manitoba (23 paintings.) Exhibitions of the works by Mr. Grebze have been held nine times since 1951 in Toronto and Deep River. utes' and laid two well prepared briefs before council. He talked on two related subjects connected with industrial development with- in the township. After spending fifteen minutes on the first sub- ject he indicated he had another to proceed with. Here the Reeve's humour peeped out with the re- mark, "You‘re having quite a night. aren’t you?" Obstructive By-law Councillor Ralph called on council to issue a new by-law to replace the existing by-law which requires an industry to occupy a lot of a minimum size of 4500 squarefeet. He said he knew the township was always glad to en- ourage industrial development in the township and a lot had been done already. But he thought the present by-law did more to ob- struct rather than to help such industrial development particul- arly as regards the smaller in- dustries. He had consulted with North York and Scarborough and had discovered their lot sizes were considerably less than those demanded by Vaughan Town- Councillor Ralph said smaller lots would attract more smaller industries. North York called for lots 100 by 250 feet; Scarborough set them at. 100 by 200 feet. He (Continued on page 3)} ship. Attraction For Industry "111 E5 sentials- Unity: in Non-Essentials Liberty: in all things Charity” 0/ lgai; 14¢ I .. . amlmgé f) 8% 9n Markham Rd. Richmond Hill Town Council is considerably disturbed by the‘ action of the Toronto and‘York Roads Commission in removing stop signs on Markham Road without notify- ing local authorities. Under Town jurisdiction there were stop signs on Markham Road at Sussex Avenue, and Sus- sex was a through street. Markham Road, now a Toronto and Yorks Highway has been designated a through street and stop signs have been erected on Sussex. County Removes Stop Sign With Me Word To Tewn A letter of protest was receivâ€" ed by council from the Walter Scott Home and School Associa- tion protesting the change and suggesting consideration be given to installing traffic lights. Con: cern was expressed for the safe- ty of the many children attending Walter Scott School. Councillor Tom Broadhurst, Police Committee member was very critical of the County ac- tion. “The first our police depart- ment heard about the change was through a collision," he said. Chief Constable Bobbins said the County signs were not prop- erly erected and following his protestslthere were apologies for not notifying the town authori- ies. He emphasized that he felt it‘ most important that .the con- flicting hy-Laws be straightened out. He was not satisfied that the County lay-law could over-ride the town authority. It was stated that conflicting opinions had been pbtained from the Town solicitor. > Councillor Mrs. Southwell ex- pressed strong concern for the safety of children and suggested extra police protection. It was stated it might be possible to ex- \ "It certame has been unprec- edented. said Managing Director, Richmond Hill seems to have been a very popular choice for the holding of the first Province- wtde organization’s convention. The Federation of Ontario Natur- alists, who meet here February 19th, 20th and let, report that within two days of registration opening, tickets for the "Astron- omy Today” lecture at the David Dunlap Observatory had all been dispatched. Three weeks prior to the hold- ing of the Annual Banquet in Richmond Hill High School on Saturday. February 20th, all tic- kets had been sold. Record Crowd Is Expected Attend Convention Here tend the hours of the crossing guard. Chief Robbins said any change in signs should be accompanied by an educational campaign. One aim of the stop sign on Mark- ham Road was to slow down Speeders. Councillor Mrs. South- well said council shouldn’t allow the County to make a speedway of a town street. Her motion for additional protection for the crossing was seconded by Coun- cillor Howard Whillans and car- ried unanimously. mm the meantime council wi1_l endeavour to establish the legal status of the local by-law. "As a matter of courtesy if nothing more the town should have been consulted,” said Coun- cillor Broadhurst. Reeve W. J. Haggart said he would be attending County Coun- cil 'sessions this week and would discuss the incident witn Toronto and York road ofiicials. As a further safety measure for the crossing Councillor Mrs. Businessmen Ask Action 0n Parking As a further safety measure f0] the crossing Councillor Mrs Southwell and Councillor Broad lmrst moved that the 102a] Hydro Commission be asked to provide additional lighting. The installa- tion of an amber warning ‘light also will be considered. David Webster. It reflects our good choice of coming to Rich- mond Hill: th'e local Naturalists Club have been beating the drum, and really getting things going. Naturalists will be coming from all parts of the Province to participate in the Convention’s proceedings, and especially to hear Mr. Sigurd F. Olson. speak- ing on “Wilderness in the Space Richmond Hill Town Coun- cil has received permission from the Department of Public Works to use the grounds of the new Federal Building on Arnold Street for public parking. This in- formation was given at Mon- day night‘s town council meeting at which a delega« tion from the Yonge Busi- ness and Professional Assoc- iation presented a brief ask- ing action to provide off- street parking in the Yonge St. business area. The delegation received assurance that immediate ac- tion will be taken to provide 011’ street parking on both least and west sides of Yonge St. Businessmen's delegation was headed by President Col. F. J. Picking and included ex-mayor William Neal, Har- ry Goldberg. George Hill and Paul Delmer. The brief submitted to council stated “that the whole matter of downtown parking is a subject of great import- ance to the community and to those engaged in business in the long-established retail area in the centre of town”. Reeve Haggart presiding at council thanked the del= egation for their presentation and gave assurance of c0un= cil co-operation. Apprecia- tion of council interest was expressed by Col. Picking. Considering the trend of world events. it’s plain that man’s next challenge is the conquest of space - parking space, that is. Z4516 Anyone In Richmond Hill Chalk Garden Opens Tonight At Lions' Hall Tonight's the night! The Curtain Club unveils its presentation of "The Chalk Gar- den." This produétion. the thirteenth full-length play in the Club’s history, is 350 their entry in this year’s Dominion Drama Festival. Set in an English country home peopled with a wide var- iety of eccentrics, the comedy traces the effect a mysterious "companion" has on the oddly-as- sorted inhabitants. Though the play abounds in comic lines and situations there is also much food for thought in many of its observations on our life and times. From the teenâ€"age "fire bug” with a penchant for murder trials, to the “old b . . . . . . (1 up- stairs” (whom the audience ne- ver sees), all the characters have their views on life and don't hes- itate to tell them to each other and the audience. ' "Chalk Garden" has been hailed by critics and audience on both sides of the Atlantic. It opened in New York (a reversal of the usual procedure of an English play) and played for more than a season, followed by a lengthy tour (which included Toronto’s 7 Written by Enid Bagnold. who is probably known best as the author of “National Velvet.” the Mayor Tomlin made a strong plea for granting of Markham Township's request. He argued the town should honor the gentle- man’s agreement made by the 1959 council. The motion to grant the request was moved by the Mayor. seconded by Councillor Bradstock and supported by Coun- cillor Mrs. Southwell after she stipulated the temporary water supply would be to one store only. Councillors Broadhurst and Whil- lans opposed the motion Reeve Haggart was in the chair, and Deputyâ€"reeve S. F. Tinker is still in the hospital W Town To Supply Water For Store South Of Limits Richmond Hill will honor a. “gentleman’s agreement” made by the 1959 Town Council to give temporary water supply to the new Dominion Store now being built in Mark- ham Township on Yonge St. just south of the town limits. This was the decision of Town Council Monday night after lengthy discussion _and a diyioled vote. 1 , Hongurs Agreemgfl mac Bipnaagr night’eipeduest for a temporary water supply came from the Township of Markham. At a recent meeting council rejected a similar request from the builder, John MacKay. still in the hospital. The letter from Markham town- ship asked for both water and sewer services. The extension of sewer services is out of the ques- tion said the Mayor, who did urge granting the request as far as water is concerned. ’He said it is of the utmost importance that Richmond Hill honor its under- takings with neighbouring muni- cipalities if the spirit of co-oper- ation. so important to all, is to continue. The Mayor stated that the 1959 town council had agreed with Markham Township and the On- tario Water Resources Commis- sion for the joint development of the No. 5 well, and in fact the joint development of all wa~ ter supply for future needs of the two municipalities. At the same time it was agreed that until No. 5 well is developed Richmond Hill would give temporary supply .to the Dominion Store to be erected by Mr. McKay. Mr. Tomlin stress- ed the great importance of carry- ing out the terms of the co-opero ative agreement. “Metro was formed because municipalities could not co-operate to solve their own problems.” he said, and add- Qntmgig Naturalisls .A_ new award to spark conser- vation -â€" Canada's premier “Con- servation award to industry or business” â€" has been established by the Federation of Ontario Na- turalists. it is announced by Dr. Walter Tovell, president. This ranking is the hope for a new “Industry Conservation Plaque” to be presented for the first time in 1960 by the Federa- tion of Ontario Naturalists to a Canadian enterprise with opera- tions in Ontario. “We hope to spur Canadian business â€" either. industry. or in- stitutions â€" to place greater em- phasis in their community work on some form of conservation of woods. waters. wildlife or soil," says Dr. Tovell. “We realize that Canadian in- Announce Winner Industry Awards “We realize that Canadian in- dustry has done considerable work in this field in the past. But we also believe that it can do a great deal more. Water pollution, soil erosion and numerous other problems need attention from Canadian menvof-aflajrs. We are looking \A‘é mus’t demonstrate that Royal Alexandra Theatre). When “The Chalk Garden" opened in London’s West End it was again greeted by unanimous “raves” and stayed for a long run. The Curtain Club hopes that with "The Chalk Garden" they can repeat last year's success in the Central Ontario Drama Fes- tival, when they walked off with prizes for the best play, best ac- tor and best actress. The cast includes many favor- ites of local audiences including Elisabeth Jackson (who played the title role in "Kind Lady”) and Mary Monks (Elvira in “Blithe Spirit" and a memorable Cinderella). Among the newcom- ers is Robert Urquhart. new to Richmond Hil theatre audiences but with many years’ experience. He plays Maitland. the leading male role in “The Chalk Garden" and one of the most ingratiating characters ever to be created for the stage. The Curtain Club has gained a large and regular audience for each of its presentations and “The Chalk Garden" is proving to be no exception. Starting tonight, it will play for three nights in the Lions Hall in Richmond Hill and tickets are going fast. we can eta-operate to meet the problemsuof gevelgpmgnt.”_‘ u Councillor Broadhurst said the Mayor had made a very strong and forceful plea, but he still was opposed and he felt Markham Township Council was placing Richmond Hill council in an em- barrassing position by making the same request as was turned down two weeks ago, with no new evidence why it should be con- sldered. Councillor Whillans said he thought refusing the request would deter the competition for local merchants. The new store might be inevita‘le eventually but by that time there would be off-street parking in the Yonge business section. He said he would reluctantly agree if the area could be annexed to‘Rich. mond Hill. He would be hesitant to agree to any annexation which would add to Richmond Hill’s residential development. Councillor Mrs. Margaret Southwell said she thought there should be definite assurance that the temporary water supply would be for one store only and not for a shopping ce_ntre. _ -..-r,,,, Mayor Tomlin said that Rich- mond Hill's future depended greatly on a continuance of the fine spirit of co-operation now ex- isting among the local municipal- ities. “Call it a gentleman’s agree- ment if you will, but it was an understanding made in good faith and I think we should honor it," said the Mayor. The Mayor’s motion to give the temporary water supply was sec- onded by Councillor Bradstock and supported by Councillor Mrs. Southwell. Councillors Broad- hurst and Whillans voted against the motion. Reeve Haggart was in the chair. . to Canadian executives to show leadership in this vital area be- fore it is too late. The F.O.N. award is to offer the highest recognition to those Canadian industrialists and busi- nessmen who have led in the field of conservation practice. At the same time, we wish to give an incentive to business generally to take action to stem the desecra- tion of the land,” stated Dr. Tov- e11 y”. The award will be made by a jury composed of members of the executive committee of the Fed- eration of Ontario Naturalists representing its 48 clubs. Its judgment will be based on writ- ten reports submitted by any in- terested party. It is possible that the F.O.N.1 will award one or more plaques in any one year. or none at all if the required standard has not been attajned. Announcement of the winner or winners will be made at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Fed- eration to be held at Richmond Hill, Ontario, on February 20th.