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Public Library, 56 Yonge N., Richmond H111; Ont. 1 Jan. 541-5â€"3â€" dlir Titlich “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" VOLUME LXXXII, NUMBER 47 RICHM County Dairy Princess Diane Fierheller And 0ND HILL, ONTARIO, T Her Court One of the most popular attractions at Rich- ,7 mondHill’s 1.1,3th annual Spring Fair last Satur- day was the crowning of the York County ' \iry Princess. The winner Miss Diane Fierheller will represent the County of York at the Canadian National Exhibition and compete with representâ€" atives from all over Ontario for the provincial - title and many handsome prizes. The newly crown- .ed York County Dairy Princess is Miss Diane competes for provincial dustry were, Robert Morr dale and Colin Brethour. 0! What a beautiful morning . . . . . last Saturday turned out to be for the 115th Spring Fair of the Richmond Hill Agricultural Association . . tum} fair . . , until a heavy thunderstorm broke up the crowds around six o’clock in the evening . . . and the anticipated ball game was ‘rained out'. But the main events which have been the “Why” and the “Wherefore” for this over-a-century fair day . . . the judging of the dairy stock; the jumpers and the trotters; and the crowning of York County’s Dairy Princess for 1962 . . . all took place long before the rain came. and were enjoyed by hundreds of fairgoers under a sunny blue sky, which caused Honourary Pres- ident Jack Smith, who officially opened the fair, to exclaim, “It’s hard to believe this fair was postponed a few years ago due toxa snowstorm. Everyone has been praying for a good day for the 1962 fair day â€" but I heard someone say today,‘We must have over» prayed a little' " ‘ lenjoyed to the full the funda- adults, horse show, four pretty dairymaids vied for County Dairy Princess." 3 Car Crash 8: Fire After a quiet week-end Vau- lghan Township Police and Fire Departments were plunged into a flurry of activity late Mon- day afternoon when a three-car crash and a three-alarm fire took place within little more than an hour and within a block of each other. The accident involving three cars took place on B'athurst St.. south of No. '7 Highway. be-‘ tween Arnold and Crestwood Avenues, at 4:50 pm. Seven adults and three children are hospitalized as a result. Injur- ed were Mr. Nathan Mirrett, age 71. of 1481 Gerrard St. E. Toronto. driver of one car. who sustained facial lacerations. knee and internal injuries; his wife, Lily Mirrett, 58. bruises and superficial lacerations: Sheila Feldman. 29. of Finch and Bathurst Sis. head and face injuries. all in the Bran- son Hospital. Brett Feldman. Despite the unscasonablelllaas of Woodbi‘idgc. Don llcad warmth of the dav . . . every-'Farms. and Vaughan Acres. one. young and old. had a non Maple. were all represented. derful time attending once with a fine display of Jerseys. again one of Ontario‘s oldest which made hard work for the Fairs. held in May at Richmond judges. . n | in“; ‘ Inflation Hits Midway Presidents Welcome 0 t -d u , . ‘ Milt Savage Jr.. genial and flu Slle .19.“?“8 “hem t-he‘ well-liked president of the R.‘cat e 5w“ “as held the mld' I'I.A.S.. welcomed the many ex-lwa'V caught me attention 0f the liibitors and visitors to the Jer-lchildrenf. Vim Qand‘Wfl‘oss and sey Cattle Show: which was com dunks domg a rusmng - _ ;business. as usual. But several direct ' .b i r -. . cis Rigeirlirdieiapdr llmill °f “‘9 small “3’ “mess” (“5' Farms. appointment . . . and disillus- . _ ionment . .. to find that iri- shgxif. l‘aasmiljgtilhfxs 8; “ff: fiation had hit the magic of the year's fair; which caused Kirgquway! Even that good' old' Redelmeier to remark to ’l‘he‘mllable Stand - “1.9 fig“ pond Liberal. "Anyone thinking ‘7 had upped “5 “was from a York county is‘ losing its agri: dime.‘to a whole quarter of a cultural character. has been douar‘ proved to the contrary here to- Pocket money was soon spent. day.“ H with so many youngsters gel- age four months and Sherry Such familiar names as. the ting so little for so much. Fcldman. age four years are in Baggs of Edgeley. the (‘ccilmoneywise But that did not the Hospital for Sick Children Mortsons of Queensville, Karl deter the real enjoyment of the and Patricia Mirrett. six. is in ' ‘ "’ ” the Branson Hospital. all with undetermined injuries. The Mirrett car was proceeding north on Batliurst Street. In the second car. driver Glen Fraser. 20. of 25 Sealy Drive, Downsview. received head in- juries and his passenger. Mike Late Rev. A. G. Donald Former Ma Ple MlfllSter 13333:: head injuries. Sault Ste Marie. St. John's in The driver of the third ca Stratford. and came to MaplelGary Winston Watson. 23. of in 1954. Following his retire- Brougham. Ontario. received ment in 1958. through the Home head injuries and body bruises Mission Council of the United while his passenger. Fired Mur- Church of Canada. Rev, Donaldyray. 22. of 337 Slicppard Avenue. was active in establishing thrcelreccived head and nose injuries. new congregations. Bendale in‘The cause of the accident has Scarboro. Parkwoods in Don not yet been determined. Mills and Regency Acres in Aur- three vehicles were. The funeral service is being held Thursday. May ‘14 at Kane Funeral Home. Willowdalc. for Rev. .1. G. Donald. T]. minâ€" lster of Maple L'nited Church until his retirement in 1958. Born and educated in Toronto, Rev. Donald was a former news- paper man and was with the London Free Press. the Lindsay Post and the Woodstoek Sen- tinel Review After service in World War 1 with the «1811i Highlanders. he attended Knox College. graduating: in 1927. lie was a chaplain with the Sudbury regiment during World War II and after the war was with the YMCA in Woodstock. He served the United Church git Siiclburnc. Kimhourne Park United Church Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Tor-‘age and contents in Toronto. St. Andrew's at onto. 1'. charter. Rey. Donald is survived by the accident. “A. mess - pretty his wife. the former Muriel Mill- wrecked”. ing of Toronto and two daught-l And no sooner had the cars ers. Marion. of Willowdale. and;been towed away from the Helen. Mrs. Garth Hunter. of'scene. than Chief Davidson was 368 Crosby Avenue. Richmond summoned. at 6-07 pm. to Hill. as well were com- ‘pletely destroyed by fire. Be- Fierheller of ‘Edgeley and she will carry with her the best wishes of all York County citizens as she , and afternoonlday; for lacking money theyP mentals of a bonafide agricul- their and later at the arena, interesting contest put on by type of rabbit, in a variety of who colours the title of “York Chocolates. to Purple (and they All in the era. which has just received its words of Chief James Davidson of Vaughan who is investigating HURSDAY. MAY 24, 1962 Town Restricts Water Faced with a water shortage Richmond Hill Town Council introduced watering restrictions ef- fective Thursday of last week. The new regulations will be in-force until further notice. Town Council clamped an immediate ban on all watering froml Thursday until Saturday evening at 8 pm. Officials blamed the current heat wave for an excessive use of water for such things as lawn watering. When the new regulations were introduced Thursday 1.671.000 gallons of water were used by town residents. com- pared with only 600,000 gallons on the same day in 1961. In just one evening alone 150,000 gallons of water was pumped out of the town wells. Between Thursday and Saturday town officials report 100,000 gallons were recovered. The average three day con- sumption during the last spell was 1,569,000 gallons. Tht new regulations are needed to ensure that sufficient water is available to backwash the treat- ment plantLBackwashing operations are carried out approximately once a week. Under the new regula- tions town residents can water any time except on Wednesdays when the hours for watering are res- tricted from 8 pm. to 8 a.m. When the ban was introduced Thursday there was only three inches of water left in the huge tank located on Newkirk Road. The tank usually holds 500.000 gallons of water. The town has four wells and one treatment plant. Reeve Floyd Perkins told “The Liberal” the cur- rent water shortage points out the real need for the town to acquire the McKay well located just outside the town limits in Markham Township. The final dis- position of this well has been the subject of many months of negotations between the McKay firm, the two municipalities and the Ontario Water Resources Commission. honors. The judges all from Toronto and associated with the milk inâ€" ison, William McCorqua- Shown above, (left to right) are: Margaret Cook, Miss Fierheller, Margaret Broadbelt (run- ner-up), and Mary Naylor. (photo by Huntley) eter Cottontail Was There â€" Hundreds of visitors found way to the Dominion ‘ _ and the_ child- Rabbit and Cavy Breeders As- ren wed in numbers with the sociation 1962 Spring Show, in in attendance at the the the where they saw every north-end wing of ranging from Dutch (Continued on Page 3) Vaughan Officials Busy Over Holiday Weekend fore it. was brought under con- trol. the fire had spread to the back of the house. The proper- ty next door at 122 Crestwood. the home of Mr. J. R. Dysart. had the rear windows broken by the heat of the blaze and some damage to the roof and over- hang. Firecrackers It is thought that the fire was caused by children playing with firecrackers behind the garage. Lost in the fire was Mr. Dur- ocher‘s 16 foot Beaver cedar strip boat. Fire detachments from Maple. Richvale and North York answered the call. Their (efforts were hampered initially by low water pressure due to the number of lawn sprinklers in use at the time. but the Vau- ghan Township Waterworks De- partment was called and the pressure boosted at the pump h%use which is on Crestwood .R . Start Additio Separate School . Work has begun on a $125.- 1000. addition to Our Lady Help of Christians Separate School in Beverley Acres. Officials of the Richmond Hill Separate School Board report that the addition will provide two extra teaching classrooms. a general purpose room and service rooms. The ar- chitects are Gilleland and Jan- iss of Toronto and the contrac- tors are Aykroyd Construction Co.. also of Toronto. This latest addition will provide the school with a total of 15 permanent classrooms plus three portables. Completion date for the addi~ tion is August 20th in time for the re-opening of school in Sep-, tcmber. Present enrollment school is 800 in with this figure climbing to an estimated 1.000 by September. The school ser- ves not only Richmond Hill East ‘ as three grand- Crestwood Road. the home of but also an area of Markham‘ children. Interment is to be in Mrs. A. Duroehcr where a gar- Township. ‘Sister Imelda of St. Joseph's jOrder. Twp. Welfare Payments, 1 l The Vaughan Township wel- ' fare statement for the month of April shows that 111 persons received welfare payments during the month, for a total of $2,766.25. This is a considerable reduction from the April 1961 statement which showed a total of $4,507.07 distributed to 208 persons. Praise Kerwin lief recipients and the job op- portunities in the township. He has approached construction companies. lumber yards, local garages, the TransCanada Pipe Line operation, and many others and has been successful in plac- ing several men. He reports that he has had excellent eo- operat-ion from the local school boards who have called him Much of the credit for this sizeable reduction goes to the new welfare. office , er. Ross Kerwin of‘Elgin M‘ ls, who was appointed by township in Jan- uary of this year. Since that time. Mr. Kerwin has devoted his efforts to surveying the re- when they needed help; He has placed two men on school main- tenance staffs. At the ~‘Vaughan Township Council meeting. Councillor Mrs. Ruth MeConkey paid pub- lic tribute to Mr. Kerwin for the splendid work he has done. Decided Drop Vaughan T" IT'S ! BE OUR GUEST ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF YOUR HOME WITH ONE OF OUR GERMAN STEREO - HI-FI’S Try It In Your Own Home FREE HERRIDGE ELECTRIC 10 Levendale Rd.. Richmond Heights Centre - TU. 4-3211 HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Midway Big Attraction At Fair M) h, For the kiddies and some of the older folk the midway was a popular feature of Richmond Hill’s 113th annual Fair last Saturday. There were lots of rides and games and the refreshment stands did a thriving business. The over-ninety temper- ature was an impetus to pop sales didate John SINGLE COPY 10c and a record demand was evident. Shown above are little Toni Addison (right) the daughter of Liberal Can- Addison and Mrs. Addio son and her friend Philomena Gil- mour, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilmour of RR. 3, King. (photo by Lagerquist) IWMARKET: Metro Ohair- man William Allen was the guest of honour at the Keswiek Optimits Olulb. He stressed the important role that a service club could and .shOUJd .914an the activities and’life of a com- munity. Mr. Allen was invited to 'Keswick by Fred Hardmvan. Warden W. Sellers attended. [Cocktail Lou The recount of votes on the Wendy Tatem Wins Maiden l sews \\\\\\\\s\\\\s«\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\w.\ ' / ’/)//// , the" School Principal is 7 4a. / , / ’0 r I « ;//////// 77/ . 9 , ' WWWWWWfl/MI“ Shown above taking one of the hurdles at Richmond Hill’s 113th annual Spring Fair last Saturday. Wendy Tatem on Hopeless Anne takes the last hurdle to win the Maiden Jumper class. She is a mem- ber of the Baythorn Riding and Country Club. The many saddle events were one of the main attrac- tions of the day and the more than sixteen events attracted a large 1 entry including some of Canada's finest horses and riders. There were plenty of thrills and keen competi- tion and the whole program from 1. by the man County Jers disappointin than eighty- l / i Mg“? WMWIM’ wwflfll/z start to finish was thoroughly enjoyed Jersey cattle sponsored by the York with the fair board attracted some of the foremost breeders and there were interesting contests in all clasâ€" ses. The attendance was somewhat well over 2000 paid admissions. More competed in the hurdle events and there were about fifty horses entered in the other classes. ‘issue of whether Richmond Hill would have Liquor Loun- ges or not, was held on Wed- nesday last in the municipal building, with County Court Judge F. J. MacRae presiding. The Vote Yes Committee. the appellants in the case, was re- presented by counsel in the person of Toronto Solicitor Douglas McNish and Messrs. Fred Gardiner and Frank Bar- rott. Rev. William Patterson re- presented the Vote-No Com mittee. The final count given by authority of the judge was revised to read 3063 for, and 2011 against. By provincial law a vote of 3/5 is necessary to carry the ballot. These revised figures give slightly more than the necessary number to give approval to the introduction of cocktail lounges in Richmond umper Class Hill. ‘ Errors Revealed Certain interesting factsL came out in the recount. Errors in the original count were res- ponsible for the close figures reported on the evening of the vote which was held in April. An error in reporting the votes recorded in one poll gave eight too many votes to the Yes side, and 10 too few to the no side. Other errors were responsible Heat Wave Set Record For May A thunderstorm and shower events at Richmond Hill‘s an nual spring fair. but it was wcl~’ comed as the end to a long spell‘ of heat and drought. A few ed later and over the week-end cooler weather. Richmond Hill and all York County has experienced the hot- test and driest spring ever, and‘ the oldest old-timers cannot re- call a month of May with such, of rainfall. ‘ Richmond Hill's 113th annual: spring fair. for more than a‘ scattered thunderstorms follow-t ' high temperatures and scarcity ' nges Carry Small MarginRecountT for a further discrepancy of six votes in favour of cocktail lounges. When these were cor- rected the original ballot should have shown the yes vote 29 short of the sixty percent required and not just two votes as reported on voting day. The reversal of the outcome' was accomplished when the judge ruled that ballots mark- ed, “with an imperfect cross or an indication by a clear tick which may not be in the form of a cross, or by the word yes or no" were a clear indication of the intent of the voter, and would therefore be counted. This gave a preponderance of 128 votes to 35 to the yes side of the issue. and carried the vote in favour of cocktail lounges for Richmond Hill. Voters had already approved dining lounges. “The Liberal this week has asked the spokesman for the Vote No Committee their plans in the matter, and has been as- sured that an appeal to the Appeal Court of Ontario is being considered. Addison Picnic Is A Great Success about six o’clock last Saturday ' ' caused postponement of some‘ the hot humid air gave way to‘ '1 May 24th. on one year in the_ early thirties was postponed due. to a snow storm. This year‘s. fair day last Saturday was the warmest on record with temperâ€" ature during the afternoon reaâ€" ching over 90 degrees. The scarcity of rainfall this spring has resulted in a water; shortage on many farms and: some areas have been particul-‘ arly hard-hit. Despite the long drought, crops in the area and through- out York County look surpris- ingly good. Some very fine wheat fields are seen and whilel spring grain is not doing as' well as it should. crops on low lying lands look very promising. The hay crop of course will suf- ifer. but alfalfa fields look very‘ good and some heavy yields are anticipated. ‘ Garden crops. flowers shrubs are suffering from t long. hot. dry spell. F l 7 a,” y visitors. The show of l ey Club in co-operation g although there were five hunters and jumpers and he (photo by Lagerquist) or century held either on or near .‘ HON. L. B. PEARSON National Liberal leader who Tuesday evening climaxed a busy day's campaigning in the Metro area with a visit to the monster picnic at the farm of Liberal candidate John Addis- on. in King Town-ship. He re- ceived a most enthusiastic re- ception in the historic riding of Yor' North and in a short ad- dress discussed election issues and urged support for the Lib- eral candidate. Mr. and Mrs. Addison welcomed the many visitors and extended generous hospitality in the form of re- freshments and entertainment. The event was favored with ideal spring weather and the large crowd estimated at more than 5.000 enjoyed meeting the candidate and leader. The Lib- eral leader made the trip to Work North in a helicopter. D