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; com 4] OPERATED Save with State Farm’s low in- ..urance rates for careful drivers. See me. AllENCOURT CENTRE Markham 8. Bayview COIN OPERATED LAUNDRY - E FAR MUTUAL ........................... R. R. 2 Maple or by writing to CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL GROWERS LIMITED 217 Bay Street, Toronto. Canada Any Government Deficiency Payment will apply only on properly graded wools. Secure the utmost by patronizing the organization that made this possible Our Registered Warehouse No. 1, Weston, Ontario Obtain sacks and twine without charge from Wash 25: Dry IO: James Grainger 130 Yonge St. S. Richmond Hill, Ont. TU. 4-1529 SHIP COLLECT T0 W. G. BOWES, AUYOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY STATE FARM David said: "When the car fin- ally stopped, coming to rest on its roof. I was hanging out the right window and Don was lying on the grass nearby trying to gather to- gether his wits. Had the car top- pled over on its side I probably would have had it.” The youths were returning from Cleveland, Ohio where they had motored to look over a college with a view to enrolling this fall. David hopes to take up Chiropody while Don is interested in the public-opinion sugey profession. The accident occurred at 2 am. Pattenden said a second ve- hicle passed his. cut in rather short and in order to avoid hit- ting it he pulled a little too hard on the wheel. His own vehicle was almost totally wrscked. Two Richmond Hill youths, both 22, David Pattenden of 49 Benson Avenue and Don Vallance of Richmond Street, miraculously escaped death a week ago today when their light sports car whip- ped off Queen Elizabeth Highway just east of Burlington, rolled ov- er six times. smashing its way past innumerable trees in the process, and landing on its roof. Prattenden sustained a wrenched back which resulted in him hav- ing to use crutches for several days, while Vallance. who was thrown 20 feet from the catapul- ting vehicle, sustained nothing more serious than temporary shockand stupified amazement. 2 Youths Escape Serious Injury It was under the British North America Act in 1867 that schools came under the control of the provinces. Less than 100 years Superintendent Gordon McIn- tyre, B.A., B. Paed., of Richmond Hill Public Schools, was the guest speaker of the evening and he discussed the “Provincial Grant Structure". Mr. McIntyre review- ed the history of the government grant and the struggle to obtain public support. He described how, after final recognition by the state and the community that the responsibility was there, that ev- entually a representative govern- ment body was set up and finally a centrl authority, the Depart- ment Education, which has central powers over all education. Raymond Karu presented Mrs. E. Robertson with a beautiful spray of spring flowers on behalf of the trophy winners in apprec- iation of the work and many extra hours spent with them putting the finishing touches and polish to their presentations and deliv- ery. In her acceptance Mrs. Rob- ertson gave credit to all the other teachers who helped prepare and encourage the participants. It was very appropriate timing, for the school just came into pos- session of a very beautiful trophy display case through the co-oper- ation of Mrs. F. A. Blackwell and Mr. J. Wheeler. Mrs. Blackwell, a member, supplied the glass re- quired and Mr. Wheeler, teacher of the Senior Opportunity Class, built the case. What nicer way could the students show their ap- preciation than by winning these coveted awards to fill it. WALTER SCOTT HOME 8: SCHOOL ASSOCIATION A. the Walter Scott Home and School Association meeting on Thursday evening, April 20, Prin- cipal N. Davison had the pleas- ant task of introducing the award winners of the public speaking contest. For the first time, all the awards were captured by one school â€" Walter Scott â€" and the following is a list of the students who won these honours: Harold Mills Trophy for Junior Improm- ptu - Nancy Bott, Home & School Trophy for Junior Prepared - Judith Ritchie. Richmond Hill Public & Separate School Board Plaque for Grade 7 Public & Separate Schools - Judith Archer, Langstaff Trophy for Senior Im- promptu - Geraldine Bruce, Per- kins Trophy for Senior Prepared - Raymond Karu and the School Board Plaque for best speech - Raymond Karu. ago it was generally thought fatal for government to support :schools. The argument was that it 'would not mean education bene- fits for children but a subsidy to adult indifference. In looking back on the progress of educa- tion and provincial grant Mr. McIntyre cited a modern example in the retarded childrens’ schools and its struggle for more govern- ment support and recognition. Provincial grants are paid on the basis of education costs, num- ber of pupils and debentures (ex- ceptional. but necessary, expen- ditures). Last Year Richmond Hill received 57¢ per child per day which means $115.00 per child for the whole school year. Absen- teeism of 7% reduced this amount causing a loss on the year of $20,000. revenue to the board. Unnecessary absenteeism not only makes it difficult for the child and the teacher trying to catch up. it also costs you, the tax- your home on school association “The ‘What”’, said Mr. Ellis, “must, of course, be ‘Grade IX,." Mr. Ellis sketched the expansion of the town’s secondary school education system from its begin- ning, around 1851, to the pres- ent day. In 1951, while still serv- ing the area and called “Rich- Council, conducted the impres- sive installation ceremony. She extended good wishes for the success of the work of the ex- ecutive committee during the coming year and briefly reviewed the responsibilities of each offi- cer in his challenging post. Vice-Principal, W. K. Ellis, B.A., M. Ed., head of the guid- anoe department, of Richmond Hill High School, was guest spea- ker. His subject, “After Grade VIII - What?” was of particular interest to those parents of child- ren graduating from Public School this June. President, Mrs. W. Kojola of 219 Yqyk Simgoe Home & School MacKILLOP HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION On April 26, the MacKillop Home and School Association held its annual meeting. The following were nominees to the 1961-62 executive committee and were elected unanimously: , W. , ‘--_, . President, Mr. Cameron An- drew; Viceâ€"Presidents: Mrs. B. Houle, Mrs. J. Jackson; Record- ing Secretary, Mrs. E. Markle; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. W. Acton; Treasurer, Mr. A. Ree- der; Executive Members: Mrs. G. Dewsbury, Mr. J. Ewing, Mrs. A. Haworth, Mrs. L. Queen, Mrs. F. Redelmeier. Music played by tape records throughout the evening was don- ated by Mrs. G. Wilson. President Mrs. B. Maundrell thanked the 150 people who attended and all those who had contributed to make the evening such a success- ful event. Refreshments were enjoyed by all at the end of this very pleasant evening. ..--.-.....u \hnAAuJI, 4.7113. D. Baker (refreshments); Mrs. D. Blakeman (card table); Mrs. B. Norton (ticket); Mrs. P. Frank (prize); Mrs. S. Buckingham (check rogm). Mr. Jack Gracie of C.J.R.H. kindly assisted in dis- tributing 53 prizes that were donated by local, out of town merchants _and cqmpanies. CROSBY HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION An attendance of 150 marked the last get-together of the sea- son, when the Crosby Heights Home & School Association held a card party and bake sale in the school auditorium, on Wed- nesday, April 26th. Mr. J. Wheelre‘lis claééww'és the winner of the Parent Attendance Cup. Corixéeno-rs for? Nthe occasion were: Mrs. P. Kerfoot (bake sale); Mrs. Mcélisger (candy); Mrs. Mr. Ken Turtin, newly appoint- ed business administrator to the school board was welcomed to his new post and Mr. Turtin ex- pressed his pleasure for this was the first home and school meet- ing he had been invited to at- tend since hisAappointment. Provincial grants are paid on the basis of education costs, num- ber of pupils and debentures (ex- ceptional. but necessary, expen- ditures). Last Year Richmond Hill received 57¢ per child per day which means $115.00 per child for the whole school year. Absen- teeism of 7% reduced this amount causing a loss on the year of $20,000. revenue to the board. Unnecessary absenteeism not only makes it difficult for the child and the teacher trying to catch up. it also costs you, the tax- payer, money. The results of sur- veys taken to determine future school requirements show a peak period in 1966 when there will be an average 1.1 child per house- hold in the Walter Scott area at- tending that school. After a lively question and an- swer period, Chairman, Mr. Cam- eron Andrew, expressed the grateful thanks of the association and of the assembled guests to Mr. Ellis for an exceptionally helpful and informative address. - --...~â€" ..vau uuxc' dam and resentment. You must make sacrifice for the student." He recommended from 1 to 1% hours of homework each week- day for Grade IX. He urged par- ents to keep in contact with high school affairs through the home and school association and by coming to see the teachers who are always thrilled at par- ent interest. Refreshments were served after adjournment of the meeting, which was held. for the first time. in MacKillop’s splendid new auditorium. To illustrate the bewildering unfamiliarity of life at Rich- mond Hill High School to the student fresh from public school, Mr. Ellis drew a picture which included the 37 teachers, all spec- ialists, who teach 720 students du- ring 8 periods a day. There are 30 instructional areas, 28 home for- ums, 2 gym-nasiums, 4 science laboratories, 2 Home Economics rooms for teaching of sewing and cooking, a library of 3,000 books, special rooms for geography and for commercial classes, a cafe- teria that seats 260 during a 45-minute lunch period. playing fields, parking lots, and adminis- trative offices with public ad- dress systems. There is a whirl- wind of extra-curricular activity every day after 3.15 pm. There are many clubs (library, drama, science, photography, etc.) which meet after school hours. There are junior and senior hands, a choir which is rated among the pro» Vince‘s top ten, and a newspaper published by the students. “Finally,” Mr. Ellis told parv ents “encourage right attitudes at the. Failure comes from bore- 11-.“ X 'with' the regulai‘ifiéiu‘aéfifs'. “They take three years to do two grades,” Mr. Ellis explained, “but it is better than letting them repeat." Mr. Ellis named the certificates awarded successful students at the completion of grades X to XIII, inclusive, and mentioned some of the doors (Industries, In- stitutes, Colleges, Universities) to which some of these certificates might lye keys. Pupils who have had difficulty in public school sometimes come to Grade IX recommended by their principal. They take a mod- ified course, with business prac- tices and typing, but without French. Three-fifths of the year's work is taken by these students and in Grade X they take an- other three-fifths. If they do not leave school at 16 years of age, they m_ay return and enter Grade Mr. Ellis graphically outlined the courses of study in the five high school grades, listing those compulsory and optional subjects and the relative number of week- ly periods devoted to each. He warned parents to watch care- fully the student’s selection of subjects, to talk this selection over as a'family, and help en- sure that the choice 15 valid. As guidance department head. Mr. Ellis has a keen interest in the correct courses for students with rgard to their aptitude and ab- ilities. Futhermore, the several avenues of endeavour that stu- dents may follow through the high school years make it neces- sary for parents and teachers to help the student make a wise choice of a course of study, with reference to his future, out-of- high-school years. 1c" High School, _with a commer- cial course in Grade XII, and has a pgpacity of 830 students. mond Hill District High School "‘ the school had approximately 300 pupils. The west and the east wings were built in 1951 and in 1958, respectively, but several times during the years between 1954 and 1960. shift systems were employed to accommodate the ev- er-growing number of students. The opening of Thornhill, Wood- bridge and Bayview High Schools in 1956, 1958 and 1959, respec- tively. each relieved the over- crowding. In 1961, the approx- imate populations of these four schools stand: Richmond Hill, 720; Thornhill, 760; Woodrbridge, 320; Barview. 310. All four schools are under the administration of the York Central District High School Board. Thornhill, which next year wil be officially known as a “com- posite” high school with academ- ic, commercial. and technical courses, will eventually accom- modate 1200 students. Richmond Hill is called a_“general academ- It is 45 years since the sisters last saw each other, and there is a great deal to catch up on. For one thing, there are a host of new relatives for Mrs. Faux to get used to. That confusion of names for Don Mills Road kept the guest speaker at Brown’s Corners Unit- ed Church late for the 119th an- niversary service on Sunday morning. In Metro Toronto Don Mills Road becomes Woodbine Ave., which completely confuses anyone not familiar with the area. It’s time York County and Metro got together on this; Reunion After 45 Years At present Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Clarke, Sr., of No. 7 Highway. have as their house guest Mrs. Clarke’s sister, Mrs. Nellie Faux of Manchester, England. Mrs. James McQuay is on holi- day this week, visiting relatives at Petawawa, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Easton visited friends in the neighbourhood re- cently. The Eastons, who have been operating a farm in Pen- hsylvania, spent some time with members of their family here before being transferred to a new operation near Denver, Col- orado. Sylvia and her family are at Guild'wood Village, Scarboro, and Jocelyn is in Listowel now; Joe, with the RCMP, is in the Maritimes this summer, and Aileen and her husband are in Austin, Texas. Next week when W.I. members meet, the hostess will be Mrs. Milton Sherman and she will en- tertain at Leitchcroft Hall. 1,574 books were added to Rich- mond Hill Public Library’s shel- ves from January lst to the end of April, board members learn- at”. at their regular meeting this month at a cost of $3,960. Aver- age cost per book was $2.51. Nancy Brown graduated in Secretarial Science at the Ryer- son Institute of Technology ex- ercises held Friday evening of last week, and on Sunday morn- ing left Malton by air for a Ber- muda vacation. In June Nancy will begin her career with Im- perial Oil Ltd. 7 Last week farmers appeared here and there on the land and a few fields of spring grain were planted. The cold wet weather continues to hold up much of the work, however. What sur- prises everyone is the fine show- ing of fall wheat which appears to have survived the lack of snow and the extremely low tempera- tures last winter. In future applications for chan- ges to the zoning by-law will be heard in public, with notice be- ing given to those owners holding property in the same area. Pur- pose of that policy, it was indica- ted, was to save time for ev- erybody and, at the same time. make sure all those likely to be interested had an opportunity to express their opinions. New procedural methods. de- siged to speed up applications for changes in zoning made to it, were decided on by Richmond Hill Planning Board members at their last regular meeting. The changes were made on the re- commendation of the board's consultant, Milton Farrow. 303 of 'those books we're adult non-fiction, 328 were adult fiction ang“863_w_é;re fogboys and girls. Circulation of books' during the first four months of the year showed an upturn over last year, with the figure for 1961 being 69,937, nearly 6.000 increase over th_e_ same period in 1960. Turnove’r of books for adults dropped slightly but was more than compensated for by boys Procedural Stream-lining Planned To Speed Planning Board Requests Rental Policy Confirmed Library Circulation Up For I961 Boys, Girls, Schools, Responsible BUTTONVILLE NEWS CORRESPONDENT: MRS. F. a. LEAF R. R. 2 Gormle! Phone AXmlnster 3-6188 1009, Others noted were Mrs. Irene Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Dimma. Mr. Wm. Spears and Miss Nancy Spears, Miss Jean Mulrhead. and many others. Throughout the neighbourhood many former friends of the con- gregation were entertained on this special day. At the Walter Craig home Mr. and Mrs. Lauder Hamilton of Colgan were guests; Miss Lily Tate. Mrs. Mary Mac- Pherson and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stephenson were with Mrs. Wm. Rodick; Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and John of Maple were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rodick and at the family farm were Mrs, Sadie Brooke and Messrs. Henry. Jim and Miss May Harper of Bolton. The one regret, well expressed by Dr. Binnington, was that the choir leader, Mrs. S. J. English, was absent because of illness. Her devoted leadership has been of incalculable value. The choir, with Mrs. Don Rees- or at the organ. sang two anthems in the morning, 0. God Our Help In Ages Past, and Holy City, with Mrs. Clayton Jones as the soloist; the evening anthem sung by the choir was Sun of My Soul, with Mrs. George Hooper taking the soprano 5019. and a duet, My Task, was sung by Mrs. Ray Grant and Mr. Ted Gough. Dr, Bruce Gray of Kew Beach United Church was the guest speaker at the morning service and Rev. W. G. Sellars spoke in the evening. The day marked a memorable occasion in the history of the church, with two inspiring serv- ices attende-d by congregations from Headford and Victoria Square, as well as friends and former members from surround- ing points. "It is not often that a congre- gation celebrates the opening of a new sanctuary in February, and its 119th birthday the following May," commented Dr. A. F. Bin- nington, pastor of the Victoria Square charge at Brown's Cor- ners United Church on Sunday morning of this week. It was Mr. Clarke’s contention that when complaints were reg‘ls- tered last autumn and early win~ ter police were instructed to ob- tain evidence of removal of top soil, and were ready to move by the year’s end when the new council took over. A police official has refuted this statement, remarking that the bylaw prohibiting the remov- al of top soil was taken out of their hands last August. Police were not present at the May 1 Council meeting. but were to meet council on May 8, when the point would be discussed further. On Monday evening of last week a delegation from the You Mills-No. 7 Hwy. area met with the Markham Township Council to protest the dumping of gar- bage and other refuse from a Metro municipality on land own- ed by Tompsetts at lot 9 con- cession 4. The deputation, whose spokesman was Mr. Wm. Clark, also objected to the piling and removal of top soil in the same general area. Campaign is over the top. In Richvale where the objective was $1,500 the total funds were well over $3,000. and on Friday of last week CJRH held a fan- fare in Mrs. Purves' honour. Garbage Dump Protested On her arrival at Malton Air- port Mrs. Faux was met by many immediate family members, in- cluding Mr. and Mrs. John Tas- saker, Buffalo, N.Y., Mrs. Ger- trude Binns, Cheektowago, N.Y., Mr. and Mrs. Percy Woodhead, Agincourt, Mrs. Emily Todd, To- ronto, Mr. and Mrs. George Clarke. Sr.. and Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnston of Markham. In one family there were 18 grand-nieces and nephews for Mrs. Fau_x to get acquainted with. With more than 600 books still to be returned Mrs. Gordon Purves reports that in almost every area/the Canger Society She plans 'to stray inwéanadé until autumn. Campgign Over Top Considering their policy with regard to the use of the library for meetings of outside groups, board members decided that space would be provided. on payment of the established fee. for non- profit adult education groups on- ly. It was left to the judgment of Chief Librarian Fred Israel to interpret the standing of appli- cants. with the understanding that in case of doubt he could contact board members. After hearing those concerned. the planning board will then make its recommendations. ei- ther for or against. to the town council. enabling that body to make a speedy decision. Applicants, it was pointed out, would have to make their re- quests for zoning by-law changes to the town clerk. This planners said, would stop people “wan- dering in at the last minute." Those who were not satisfied with decisions made by either of the considering bodies could apply to the Ontario Municipal Board for a hearing thirty days after their application had been lodged with the town clerk, it was point- ed out and girls and school figures. which ran to slightly over 44.000 in the first four months of this year as opposed to approximately 376%00 in the same months in 19 . THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, May 11, 1961 REFRIGERATORS - STOVES ~ WASHING MACHINES - FRENCH PROVINCIAL 8: MODERN AIRFOAM CHESTER- FIELD SUITES - BEDROOM. DINING ROOM 8.: KITCHEN SUITES â€" FINE OCCASIONAL CHAIRS & TABLES EVERYTHNG FOR THE HOME ALL NAME BRANDS â€" FULLY GUARANTEED .u. PRICED BELOW COST Your opportunity to buy Name Brand Goods while they last. 2 Years to Pay - Only a small denosit necessary. 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