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Managers: Richmond Hill, R. W. Chandler: Aurora, J. M. Cheley: Oak Ridges. W. W. Bert Thompson: Thornhill, D. M. Jamieson. No Down Payment Easy Monthly Payments Life Insured Finish Your Recreation Room Now. FLOOR COVERING - - CEILING TILE - - - INSULATION - - - WALLBOARD - - - PLYWOOD - - - LUMBER - - - RALPH ELM'S DECORATING 'I'Ilrner 4 - 7902 Use Our Budget Plan THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA A NETWORK OF OFFICES ACROSS CANADA AND ABROAD First Payment In May. AT REDUCED WINTER RATES. PAINTING and PAPERHANGING TERMS ARRANGED TO SUIT YOUR BUDGET. Now is the time to have that waste space in the basement turned into an extra room. FOR FREE ESTIMATES â€"- CALL S YOU CAN BORROW AT LOW COST THROUGH A HAVE YOUR INTERIOR DECORATING DONE What do you need most? and "pay In oonvonlonl monthly Install-nun; udluuod to your llmlly budget Yes, at any branch of The Bank of Nova Scotia you can borrow for worthwhile purposesâ€"to buy or refinance your carâ€"to furnish that new home or roomâ€"to pay your taxes or insurance premiumsâ€"to consolidate debtsâ€"to meet medical or dental expenses. And your loan wili be life insured at no extra cost to you; LOAN DO IT NOW GIVE US A CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE ON YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT ’ (Continued irom page 1) Roads Committee and agreed to meet January 31 to work on the budget. Delegation A three-man delegation from the Roosevelt-Pearson area in Richvale headed by Robert Bow- ley received assurance from council that the overall drain- age condition in the area would be dealt with. The delegation said that the situation has been hanging fire since November of 1959, that the flood conditions now are aggravated by an un- capped spring beneath one of the homes and that the residents involved want to know where the responsibility for corrective measures lie. Flood waters now affect the section from Westwood to Roosevelt off Pearson, across private property out onto the Chapman farm and beyond into Markham Township. The delega- tion showed a series of photos to illustrate the seriousness of the situation. Province Approves Roads Estimate to illustrate the seriousness of Mr, Bowiey_ in winding up his the situation. presentation said: “We‘re get- Said Mr- BOWleyi “3100de i5 ting so much water in o_ur area a yearly occurrence. We’ve al- I think I'll have to start drinking ways had a spring problem. but it." Councillor Ruth VMgConkey now because of the uncapped spring it is worse. The spring it- self is beneath the basement floor of a homeowner. It re- leases between four and five thousand gallons of water extra daily on private property. Sooner or later the responsibility for the spring will have to be estab- lished and that situation re- solved." He said the feeling was general that the roads crews needed better supervision and added that the new council was not being blamed for conditions the old council should have clear- ed up. He said feeling was run- ning high and did not rule out the possibility of court action but this should be avoided if at all possible. He added that the area residents did' not feel they should pay for a situation brought about by the builder. “If the township failed to properly sup- ervise the builder, then Vaughan By Richmond Hill Naturalists On Friday night, January 20th in the Gordon MacLaren Room of the Richmond Hill Library the local Naturalists held their monthly meeting. In spite of the zero temperature the hall was filled to capacity. Dr. Douglas Pimlott was the guest speaker and his subject was Poland. Last Summer Dr. Pimlott of the Lands and Forests Department. was invited to give a paper on the North American Moose at the‘ lst Congress of the International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, this or- ganization was formed in 1948 by UNESCO to co-ordinate na- ture in underprivileged areas of the world. Part of the confer- ence was held in Warsaw and part in Karkcow. While in War- saw Dr. Pimlott took many pic- tures of the streets and build- ings, some of these buildings were partly demolished by the past war and some that were be- yond repair were rebuilt. Many were just in the process of being irebuilt. We noticed that where ever it was possible the Polish people had planted trees, and made little parks. We saw some very interesting pictures of the reconstruction of the old walled village, which was completely destroyed ‘by bombs and is now being reconstructed as an exact replica of the original one that dates back to the 13th Century. We saw pictures of the Wawél Museum in Karkcow, which has also been entirely rebuilt, there were many blank walls and niches waiting for their Art Treasures in Canada to be re- turned. These have now been re- turned and are no doubt set up ‘ln their places. While travelling from Warsaw to Karkcow the route went through the Ist Bio- lowelza National Park Preserve, Minus stars John Grieves and Tommy Reynolds the Richmond Hill Midgets still had enough power, supplied by Bruce Walk- er and company to down a re- juvenated Unionville Club by a 4 to 0 score. The surprising thing of the game was that the Jets gave the Terrymen such a hard time during the game, consider- ing the fact that they were mur- dered by the Hill boys by a 13 to 0 score last time out. Bolster- ed by two new defensemen tne Unionville goalie played out- standing hockey ali night, and twice robbed Bruce Walker right at the goal mouth. Bob Ritchie in the Hill net also played well and it was a well earned shut out (or him. Down Unionville- Bueliners Lose Grieves 8. Reynolds Still Win 4-0 The Campaign Committee head- ed by Chalrman Mr. Ron Neun and Co-Chairman Mr. Lionel Boswell has plans well under way: Emmanuel Church, Rldhvale, is a beehive of activity. With its new minister. Fred C. Jackson. the church is heading into its current campaign to bring more members into active parish; lifg. The Parish Dinner and Annual Vestry Meeting on January 27 will be an important event in the campaign. Mrs. Lionel Boswell and ladies of the church are mak- ing arrangements for a d1nngr_._afi_ Emmanuel Church Starts Stewardship Campaign Bruce Walker was the “hat- Nature Notes is at fault," he said, going on to suggest that council set up an investigative committee and have the ratepayers and builder meet. Reeve A. H. Rutherford said “You're looking at the committee that would be set up, and we all are fully cognizant of your concern. We should have the engineer's report in on the matter within a few days. We'll go over it and get in touch with you. We'll do everything we can to seek a solution.” Earlier council had agreed not to appeal the decision of the Court of Revision whereby the assessment of five properties on Roosevelt Drive be reduced. Mr. Bowley said that the township had not yet confirmed the judge’s findings and that according to law such confirmation was re- guired two weeks from the time the decision was handed down. Council instructed the clerk to attend to this matter, said mischievoule “Why not start selling it." The reeve put in: “I know the situation there is a nuisance and expensive. We'll do everything possible to seek the answer.” More Help Council authorized 'Clerk- Treasurer J. McDonald to hire such additional help as he deems necessary to assist in the Wel- fare Department. Assessment De- partment and some other de- Dartments. Roads \ .. Qn recommendations from the roads superintendent and the roads committee council went a- long with the decision to discon- tinue the policv of renting hopper type sanders. defer the matter of purchasing a snow plow’and not to buy a snow blower. Excel- lent weather is working hand in glove with the roads depart- ment, at least for the present. this park has an area of about 12,000 acres and before the 18th Century was the Hunting Pre- serve of the Polish Kings, and after that of the Russian Czars. In this park are the European Bison, a little different than our plain bison, they have a small herd of 39 grazing in the mea- dows. Before the first World War there were over 700, but due to war and famine, they all disap- peared, this present herd has been acquired from pure bred stock in zoos and is slowly build- ing up to a sizeable number. There are also many Moose Pre- serves in Poland. It is unlawful to shoot moose in Poland so this herd should have a chance to be- come established in the years to come. The pictures of the Penning Gorge on the Dunajec River were especially beautiful. The trip down the Gorge takes about six hours on Raft-like barges, poled by natives in colorful costumes. The scenery is unbelievable, sheer cliffs. rising up, and up and up toward the sky, and then being snow capped, then lush green meadows with crystal clear pools, and all surrounded by tremendous trees. This gorge cuts right through the great Carpath- lan Mountains and is one of the wonders of the world. We think Dr. lelott gave more than just a paper at the conference, we feel that he has also proved himself to be a good ambassador to .both Poland and Canada. MARKHAM VILLAGE â€" Mark- ham Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society will show a film “Self Examination for Breast Cancer" at the Roxy Theatre on Monday at 3 pm. Dr. Jean O’- Neill of Richmond Hill will an- swer questions afterward. chet man" for the Bluellners as he scored twice on assists from Rodney Kelson. Dean Wainwright scored a goal in the second per- iod from an almost impossible angle, he was assisted on this one by centre Bruce Walker. The other goals were tallied by Rit- chie “Matt Dillon" Elliott who blasted a shot from the point that caught Kelly by surprise. The line of Ian Ross, Keith Cor- kill and “Wee Dougie" Jamieson played well, and although kept off the scorlng sheet they con- tained the Unionville forwards with their persistent iorecheck- ing. As usual Ritchie Elliott and Peter Hiscott went all the way for the Bluellners on defense. and as per usual put up a stone wall to frustrate the Unlonville TeanL Wrixon Hall to mark the occas- ion. Mr. Norm Winterfield. Chair- man of the Visitations Commit- tee is organizing a group of 50 volunteers to visit some 200 An- glican families in the parish on Stewardship Sunday, February 5. Other committee members are Mr. Ted Moran. Mrs. Jas. How- ard, Mrs. Robert Brash. Mr. Rob- ert Webster and Mr. William Draper. Already there is evidence of real activity among both the older and the newer members of the parish. Bayview High School cafeteria opened last Monday with a Tur- key dinner. So many more than were expected stayed to dinner that the supply was not quite equal to the demand. However, things are now running smoothly and the meals are very enjoy- able. A group of teachers has been organized to study the con- tinuity of the Science Courses from grade VII through grade X. A coâ€"ordinating committee head- ed by Principal H. Eubank and consisting of the Elementary and Secondary School principals, science teachers and inspectors of the Bayview area has been formed to supplement the study. Currently a sub-committee is studying a matter of course con- tent, methods and equipment. Mr. S. Raymond. service head at Bayview, is one of the committee members. On Tuesday. January 17. a meeting of the four public school principals and Mr. Eubank was held to discuss possible courses for Grade VIII graduates attend- ing Bayview High next Septem- ber. A First Lady Of Vaughan Township Hard Worker About 1908, there came to Canada, a young Englishman, a Quaker, and the only‘ son of a very old-railway family. His fath- er and grandfather had help- ed build the great railways of England. and their engineering and designing skills had prompt- ed Queen Victoria to offer them a knighthood on three separate occasions. but being Quakers, this honour was refused. Councillor Ruth Mggggkeyâ€" This young engineer settled in the area of Orillia, Ontario where he met a pretty young telephone operator, and a few months later they were married. From this union there arrived, in due course, four daughters - the third one, being born in Orillia and named Ruth. In. short order, the family was transferred through the Canadian Pacific Railway System to North Bay, Sudbury where Ruth learned to talk. speaking French before her native English, and finally to Montreal where she had her e1- ementary education in West- mount. Again another transfer, this time to Toronto where she attended Moulton Ladies College on Bloor St. (now gone the way of so many lovely buildings in the way of progress and sub- ways). She graduated as presi- dent of her class in 1939, just weeks short of the onset of the World War 11. A few months of a business course. then on to a war plant for the duration of the war, and it was there she met and married Hugh McConkey in January, 1944. It was in Toronto that Hugh and. Ruth's five children were born - Diane in 1945, Deb- by in 1947, John in 1953, Judy 1955 and Peter in 1957. With such a family, and the responsiâ€" bility of bringing them up to be true citizens, the McConkey’s felt that this would be easier in a small town rather than in the high tension life of the ‘big city, and though they both had contributed much time and effort to making their city a better one. they felt it time toimove. Before this move, however, they both had worked in the children's Parent's Auxiliary of the schoo], in the council of the Rosedale-‘Moorepark Assoc- iation and Mooredale House, and with a group dedicated to the removal from office of all Com- munists in the Toronto area from city, provincial and federal politics. ‘ "Further information may be ob- tained by telephoning TU. 4-3200. "So much â€"- for Via/little," might also be M quoted - apropos to the valuable exper- ience gain ’for such a small outlay ,of’ ime by the residents of /Ri’chmond Hill. in availing ~tf1/emselves of the 1961 First Aid 'Course offered them by the local St. John group, of which Mr. Jack Williams is Regional Inâ€" structor. This 1961 course â€" sponsored by the Canadian St. John Am- bulance Association - will com- mence on Thursday, February 2nd. at 8.0 pm. in the Municipal Hall, Richmond HilL with instruc- tion continuing for eight con- secutive Thursdays. This train- in; -â€" which includes instrucâ€" tion in artificial respiration. stop- ping of bleeding and general first aid â€" is available to both men and women, who, on satisfy~ ing completion of the course, receive their St. John Certifi- icate. They moved to Maple in 1958, taking great pride in their own- ership of Dr. Routley's old house on Maple Road in the middle of the village, and the challenge of restoring this lovely home to some of its former beauty. In the fall of that year. they also acâ€" quired their first standard-bred horses and started the fascin- ating, sometimes heart-breaking, but always rewarding business of the breeding, raising, training and racing of pacing horses, aided and abetted by Alex For- rest. a long-time Maple resident. Things she has done and things she must now do without - she occasionally helps to drive horses when they are being jogged, but has given up riding (side-saddle, at that.) She still gardens, but sel- dom drives the tractor-mower as “Every family should have someone in it â€"- trained In thg St. John Ambulance First Aid Course,” is one of the 1961 mot- tos of the Canadian St. .1th Ambulance Association. 1/" ' Student council awards for St. John's Course February 2, 8 pm. >ayuiew SCAOO/ general proficiency. service and leadership were announced this week. These consist of cash awards and suitable mementoes. The awards are of the following values: $15.00 in grade IX, $20 in grade X. $25.00 In grade XI. $30 in grade XII and $35.00 in grade XIII. The shop is now in partial op- eration and the gym opens on January 25th. This Friday, Janu- ary 27 will be the first of a series of Friday night basketball games in the new gym. These are open for competition this year and are an excellent addition to a growing list of awards. The Student Council recently approved the formation of a pu- pil organization. This will con- sist this year of about ten re- sponsible students who will be elected shortly to position of honour. authority and trust. an- other step toward good student government. The plans were presented to the student body at their first assembly in the new gym. Wednesday, January 25. Nominations and a general elec- tion followed. Dick Seed, another long-resident of the district, handles it for her. Things she still does - be- longs to the Catholic Women’s League of St. Mary's Church, Richmond Hill, but by remote control now as their meetings are on council night. Is still cam- paign chairman of the Maple Di- vision of the Maple-Wood Cancer Group, and the family chauffer. That green station wagon of hers, small and old, travels the roads of the township in all di- rections, driving her own child- ten and picking up any of the neighbourhood ‘gang’ who need a ride or missed the bus. One of the reporters in the re- cent election summed up Mrs. McConkey very aptly when he said “trim, pretty...and in full control of the meeting." Presum- ably her attractiveness came from her mother, but her Dad, who had always wanted a boy. taught her to be continually cur- ious about everything going on around her, to study. to pay at- tention to detail and to do ev- erything thoroughly. Whether it's learning the by-laws, inspecting pumping stations or enjoying her hobbies of dressmaking, baking or relaxing with her favorite books or records, she does so with an abundant enthusiasm. Perhaps that’s why she seems to make friends easily and' to be able to give people the feeling that she‘ll take their interests to heart. “I said during the elec- tion that I’d ask many questions, and I will," she told us, "if there was ever a time when council needed a housekeeper to do the work, this is it.” To which her family adds a fervent 'yes... mom can do it.’ They all seem pretty proud of her....as “the first lady of the house” as well as of the township. . “Only thing is . . .I have to take more baths! With electricity, hot water satisfaction costs only a few cents a day. Everyone in the family can take more baths and you’ll still have loads of hot water for every other household use,with the new two-element, fast- recovery, Hydro water heater. LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY And that’s not the only thing! 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