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Polio has apparently been all but stamped out as a major health hazard in York County. Figure released by the York County Health Unit show no re- ported cases during the first 10- months of 1963. There is no indication of a Iizeable outbreak in any of the other communicable diseases listed in the report. There is I decrease from 1.484 for the January-October period of 1961 to 940 cases for the same period out 1962. In 1962 (here was only one case reported, Dr. Robert King, medical officer of health said. ' (By Doris M. Fitzgerald) Back in the days when the York Farmers Market was lo- cated at the north Toronto city limits a few stall holders. who were business neighbours on Saturdays but lived in widely separated areas. decided to have a little social get-together. It was greatly enjoyed and was the beginning of what soon be- came an annual Christmas par- ty for all who sold produce at the market, and for their fam- ilies. This year the party was held on December 10 in the market building in Thornhill. About 175 sat down to dinner at long tables under a ceiling decked with gay red bells and colored streamers. It was a very pleasant and interesting exper- ience to be a guest at this gath- ering of market men. their good looking wives, attractive and well mannered childrenI and in some cases, grandchil- dren. cranberry sauce. scalloped po-' tatoes. salads, pies etc. They also brought sufficient cutlery and pretty chinaware for their own family groups. At the end of the meal these were quickly packed away in boxes and bags and everything was neat and ready for the entertainment in a few minutes. This began with some baff- ling sleight-of-hand by magi- cian Jack Weiler of Leaside. as- sisted by Bill Houting. Then Mr. Weiler called for a volun- teer to come up and watch him bake a cake. Little Peter Meij- ers, grandson of George Wain responded. and his ready and unaffected comments nearly stole the show on that trick. A highlight for the youngsters was the arrival of jovial St. Nick with a pack full of can- dies, noise makers and balloons,: and accompanied by an amus- ing clown (Stan Wain, it was whispered). Lively music was Largest increase is in chick- en pox. where an outbreak late this winter resulted in an in- crease from 161 cases in 1961 to 343 in 1962 over the 10-month period. Report No Polio Cases ‘ For First Ten Months ; ering of market men. their good looking wives. attractive and well mannered children, and in some cases, grandchil- dren. Edward Gladdinlg. Gormley president of the market board was the genial general convener of the affair. He was assisted by florists Charles Hansen, El- gin Mills, and Stan Wain. Wil- lowdale. who arranged for the entertainment; by florist-nurs- erymam Bill Houtinvg, Oak Rid-‘ ges, who proved an able and versatile master of ceremonies; and of course by all the wives. The women deserve full credit for the delicious dinner. They cooked the turkeys provided by the board. and contributed the rest of the delectable food, Nick with a pack full of can- dies, noise makers and balloons. and accompanied by an amus- ing clown (Stan Wain, it was whispered). Lively music was provided at intervals, and for the dancing that wound up the program, by a two man band composed of Mac Butler who can play all the percussion in- struments, and Wally Andrews whose specialties are the piano and accordian. These Royal Ca- nadian Legion members from Aurora have made a team for several years. The balloon blowing contest was won by Mr. Orville Fretz. and the mystery man dance by Mr. Travers and his partner. The cooked turkey which was rafl'led off went to Mr. Bill Haws. “The best party Grade 5 gave a very humorâ€" ous skit on a visit from Santa with Eve Rose as Santa, Tom- my Ablett as father. and Bar- bara Neale as mother. Laurie Dow excelled as Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer. During the skit they sang: “Tell us a Story”, “A night beâ€" fore Christmas", “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet", “Oh Dear EWhat Can The Matter Be". “Up .on the House Tops", and “Santa .is Coming to Town". i Another popular skit was 3“Wild Bill Hiccup" by tile 1Grade 7 pupils with Gerald ‘Crouse as Wild Bill, Valerie Humphrey as “The Girl" and Kenneth Payne as the Villain. The Finale was a skit porâ€" |traying a “typical” Langstai’f VANDORF â€" License fees have been increased from two to three dollars for a single male dog and from four to five dollars for a female dog in Whitchurch Township for 1963. :1 31 :2) f/ n. Ol’eJt o u age "' r. 0 am wwwmwwwwwwwwwmwwwmmmmwmmmmmmmwmwmé Annua| Christmas Party At York Farmers Market A mild outbreak of mumps in To all who supported my campaign to give Markham Township honest administration by experienced management â€" and in particular. to those who worked so hard for this cause - this announcement is published as an expression of my thanks and appreciation. W. Watson of Lancer Drive, Maple, is seen receiving a wrist watch. one of the more than a. dozen prizes he won in the recent clairtone Marathon Contest at the Richmond Heights Music Centre, from store owner Vicki Page. Mr. Watson received $245 in prizes for submitting the closest estimate of the running time day and night of a Clairtone Italian Provincial Stereo. MARKHAM TOWNSHIP ELECTORS Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Maple Resident Wins Music Contest Newmarket right now has caus- ed an increase from 84 cases in 1961 to 151 in 1962. Most of the increase from on- ly 17 cases of whooping cough in 1961 to 125 cases in 1962 came in the Richmond Hill area, ac- cording to Dr. King. Considerable decreases were reported in scarlet fever and measles, Dr. King explains that most of these diseases are cycli- cal, and that an upsurge or de- cline was expected in most cases. Dr. King noted an increase in awareness of the danger of rabies. A total of 237 bitin-gs were hers. . investigated in 1961, compared They then sang Iand acted to 99 in 1962. Dr. King urged “There was a little Princess” all owners 0f PEbS to have their with Lynn Patti as princess and animals vaccinated against ra- Kare-n Welsh as fairy gold-mo- bies. ther. Their second number was, “If I could have a Windmill.” Cos- tumes must have been the work of some ambitious parent or teacher because they certainly lent character to their num- bers. The “Big Brown Bear" was chosen by Grade 3 with Carol Dunbar reading the story with Bill Moore as “Pa”. Lyn Walker as “Ma”, Judith Little as “Gran Ma", Brock Jollffe as “Gran Pa", and Larry Good as the “Big Brown Bear". Grade 4 made up a square dance set and displayed their skills at this very popular art. The pupils of Langsitaff Women’s Institute News ‘49”- School entertained parents and The December meeting of thel Council took the action as a friends at a Christmas concert Markwaun Women's Institute result of a recently approved December 12 at the parish hall was held at me home of Mm R. change in the salaries of mem- Of HOI‘V Trinitv ChuI‘C‘h. Thornâ€" Unmhlvn Pair-via“! Avnnnn r3- bers 0f the ontario PrOVinCial friends at a Christmas concert Ma}k;vaun women's Ifistitute result December 12 at the parish hall was held at me home of Mrs_ R. Chang: of Holy Trinity Church, Thornâ€" Hamblyn‘ Faiwiew Avenue, re- bers ( hin- cently. This was the annual Ponce MT- Ul'qu'hart‘ welcomed the Christmas meeting and the roll The gueStS and thanked We. Stafl call was “Bring a Christmas salary and parents Who Parnelpated Card for a shutâ€"in and the ex- bles Gmdefs 1_ 39d“? 09999‘1 We change of Christmas gifts. towns} Grades 1 and 2 opened the evening’s festivities with the singing and acting of “I had a little Pony". The ponies wore hats to resemble horse’s heads. Their final number was “If we could go to Bethlehem.” VGrades 2 and 3 contributed the next number with the ‘months of 'flhe 'year as their theme. They sanl , "School Days" and “Silent Night" with John Neale as their commentator. A choir made up of Grades 6 and 7 sang four Christmas carols - “0 Come All Ye Faith- ful”, “On Christmas Day in the Morning”, “Jesus our Bro- ther", and a Huron Indian Christmas carol which was, by the way, the first one written in North America. Mrs. Evans led her grade through the rendering of three Christmas songs: “Sleep gently little Jesus", “He is born a Holy Child”, and 1"Mary Ride Slowly.” The Finale was a skit porâ€" traying a “typical” Langstaff family on Christmas Eve, ren- dered by the Grade 8‘s. Santa for Grade 8 skit was Chris Somerton. mother was Gail Robinson and father Mike Turnpenny assisted by sound efâ€" fects man. Robert Wilson. Langstaff 8: Thornlea News CORRESPONDENT: MRS. B. LEPKE! Phone AV. 5-3489 SEES; On December 14 it was the} children's time to enjoy them- selves, when members, hus- bands and children of Mark- Vaun WI gathered at ohe Lanlg- staff Sch-001 to enjoy their an- nual family Christmas party. Mrs. Shearer kept the young- sters amused with games with ngs. Morrison assisting at the Cipiano, until the arrival of Sanâ€" r ta. The second general meeting of the Lamgstaff Ratepayers Asâ€" sociation was held at Thornlea school December 3. After the business portion of Uhe meeting had been com- pleted. members enjoyed a bufâ€" fet supper and a period of carol, singing and games. Then “Santa” made his ap- pearance to distribute the gifts. It seems one never gets too old for this jolly old fellow. ‘ Every boy and girl present received a gift from the till before wishing a “Merry Christmas to All" as Santa left on his next call. Refreshments were served to one and all by Mrs. Roy, Mrs. Havmrblyn, Mrs. Glassy and the members. Langstaff Ratepayers Assoc. Mr. Roberts. president, op- ened the meeting. After the re- ports were read Mr. Roberts reported on a phone call he had received from Mr. Ferguson stating that the B.P. Oil Com- pany will not press for the in- stallation oft their oil tanks in this area. This was directly due to protests from residents of Langstaff, he said. Mr. Roberts had traced a portion of the official township map and had several copies printed for distribution at the meeting, to enable residents to see just what area was zoned as industrial. It was his intention to get suggestions from the floor. as to how they wanted this area zoned, so a recommendation could be made to have the by- law amended. Due to fact that only 24 resiâ€"f bring the family. dents attended i‘. was decidedlCubs and Scouts to delegate one person per The first Jefferson Cubs held street to visit ‘the homes and their Christmas meeting last find out the wishes of residents. Thursday night at St. John's Reports were to be made to Parish Hall. Eight parents and the executive as soon as pos- nine small brothers and sisters sible, the president said. were present. Apparently the biggest pro. blem at the moment is the un- certainty of the future posi. tion of its No. 7 Highway East Apparently the biggest pm- The meeting opened-with the blem at the moment is the un- usual Grand Howl. This was certainty of the future posi- followed byxthe enrollment of Ian tion of its No. 7 Highway East. Corkin to the pack. Presentation Membership fee for the Asâ€" of PI'OfiCiency stars was made sociation is $2 a year, Every to Lawrence Meikle, Bruce resident should endeavour to Greig, Scott Taylor, Lawrie become a member and attend Laughlin and Craig Andrews. as many of the meetings as| Bobby Woodward earned his possible. It is no use being apa- second year SEFVice Star and thetic now and complaining la- LaWI‘ie Laughlin 311d Ralldy ter. All residents will be notl- Corliss their first year service fied of future meetings. .5t3TS- The sympathy of the com- munity is extended to Mr. Car- roll and family of No. 7 High- way East on the paSSing of his wife Myrtle, December 10. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Pipher Funeral Home; Rich- mond Hill. Yonge Street South, Rich- mond Hill. at the newspaper office, 63 prints of stafi photos appearing in “The Liberal" REPRINTS AVAILABLE Readers may order re- (STAFF-I PHOTO) :om- After watching an interesting Cal; film on space travel, Santa ar- [igh_ rived to distribute the Chris- ; his-mas corsages each cub had made for his mother as well as gifts heldfior each cub. Balloo and Akela theiexpressed their thanks to the “ch_.parents for their interest in Ithe work they are doing with ithe boys. A special note of â€"5thanks of all those present was made to the mothers’ auxiliary and to those who have so faith- fully provided transportation each Thursday evening. SECampaign Goes Over Goal Name Four To Executive To Pay Members ‘For All Meetings ' Council Decides i Vaughan Township Council Monday night authorized pay- ment for members of the plan- ning board and of the commitâ€" tee of adjustment for their work during 1962. Each member of the two bodies is to be paid $15.00 per meeting. Four King Township resi- dents have been named to the executive of District 12 of the Canadian Cancer Society. They are Mrs. D. M. Finley, education chairman; Mrs. W. A. McWilIiam. assistant to the education chairman; Mrs Ian Gilchrist. assistant to the pub- licity chairman, and Dr. Q. Canadian Cancer Society The seven-man planning board‘ which imcludes Reeve A. H. Rutherford and Depu‘ty-reeve Jesse Bryson, meets twice a month. The three man commit- tee meets as often as necessary. Council authorized an addit< ional payment of $100 to each of the two chairmen of the groups. Later Monday evening, Coun- cil passed a bylaw authorizing raises of $200 to three members of the police force. The raises are retroactive to September 1, 1962. Later Monday evening, Coun- cil passed a bylaw authorizing raises of $200 to three members of the police force. The raises are retroactive to September 1, 1962. Council took the action as a result of a recently approved change in the salaries of mem- bers of the Ontario Provincial Police. The change in the township’s salary schedule means consta- bles who have been with the township force for five years and have passed an examination will receive $4,800 a year. râ€"â€""â€"â€"-â€"1 i, Vausuull auvvllo‘ul‘y. uvuc uuu two brothers, Neil and John MacGillivray and a sister, Jes- sie, Mrs. G. S‘quirrell. All three have passed away within the last three years. A you-nuger sis- ter, Mrs. Roberts (Maude) who lives in Toronto celebrated her 85th birthday this year. Mrs. Peter-man was married in 1885 to Wesley Peterman, who passed away in 1935 at the age of 80. She has lived in the community all her life and; has two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Avery (Maude), Mrs. Wilfred Mragin‘n (Gladys), and two sons, Will and Roy. Will was- killed in a car accident four and a half years ago. Roy's Her hobbies are rugginvg. quilting and knitting but her failing eyesight has prevented ‘her rf-rom enjoying these acti- vities for the last three years, but was able to get a thrill out of ‘her party and meeting all her friends and relatives. Mrs. Ma-ginn was unable to join the family at the party as she has been in the Peel Memorial Hos- pital in Brampton during the past three weeks. We all hope she will soon be home and be able to enjoy Christmas festi- vities. Mrs. Peterman is living at the Pine Grove Nursing Home and enjoys visiting for a day or a weekend. Lunch was served to about 50 guests from a beautifully decor- ated table after which lucky tickets were drawn for door prizes. These went to Elsie Morris, Marg Browne, Erma Leno, Helen Laughlin. Chris. Ratchford and Mr. Bridges. Euchre prizes went to Mrs. Ker- win and Mrs. Laughlin and Mr. Brodie and Mrs. Stan. Leno. playing as a man. Don’t forget the “Carols by Candlelight." service at St. John‘s Church next Sun- day evening. The service starts at 7.45, so come and bring the family. Social Notes Miss Mary Clarke was the lucky ‘winner‘ of three records last week from a CKEY quiz program. Mrs. Ross Browne was hos- tess last Monday evening to the Monday Nighters euchre club. Winners were Mrs. Ivan Peter- sen, Mrs. Stan. Leno, Mrs. Jack Hall and Mrs. Ron Browne. Mr. and Mrs. J. Maddison of Cheltenham had tea on Sunday with the Gam'ble family Miss May Adlam of Islington was a weekend visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waters. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Boyle en- tertained their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Art Mudge of Mrather, Manitoba, this past weekâ€"end. Community Club The Jefferson School Commu- nity Club held their annual Christmas party last Friday ev- ening at the school. Wlhile square dancers “swung their partners" in the downstairs room, a euchre game was play- ed upstairs. The group committee of the First Jefferson Scouts reports a good response to their sale of Christmas trees. Don‘t forget, if you haven’t got your tree there are still a few for sale at Mr. Costofi's home, Yonge St. Jeflerson. ELGIN MILLS JEFFERSON NEWS Evening Branch St. John’s Anglican Church TU. 4-27'08 5 held 1 last John's Hardy, medical advisor. Election of officers came at the annual district meeting held in BramptOn last month. District 12 includes Halton. Peel, Dufferin and York coun- ties, embracing 10 units and 31 branches. branches. ' Committee chairmen nam- Mrs. L. G. Henderson, Wood- ed were: Mrs. E. C. Shunk bridge. was elected president of Cooksville, publicity; Mrs. W the district and delegate to the Griffith, Kleinburg. campaign executive committee. A. R. H. Butler, Oakvillel assist Three new branches were ant; Mrs. V. Minns, Wood- formed in York County during bridge, extension and mainten. the past year, including Sutton, ance; D. Howard, Oakville Ravenshoe and Keswick. assistant: Mrs. F. Emmerton District Campaign Chairman Frank Deamude, Port Credit, paid tribute to the volunteers who had helped collect 114 per cent of the objective. Other members elected to the A very happy occasion was spent at Klein‘burg on Decem- ber 9th when Mrs. Wesley Pe- terman celebrated her 98th birthday at the home of her dau'ghter-in‘lavw. Mrs. William Peterm-an and Margot. Mrs. Wesley Peterman, Vaughan Celebrates Her 98th Birthday Mm. Peterman is the daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ma‘cGillivray, Concession 7, Vaughan Township. She had two brothers, Neil and John MacGillivray and a sister, Jes- sie, Mrs. G. S‘quirrell. All flhree have passed away within the last three years. A younger sis- ter, Mrs. Roberts (Maude) who lives in Toronto celebrated her 85th birthday this year. Company- Limited 7| CENTRE ST. E. R Sheppard & Gill Lumber wish to you and yours the shining star atop your Christmas tree Our happy for a Merry Christmas ‘vs big and bright as fedi/ngs 1 were ant; Mrs. V. Minns, Wood- during bridge. extension and mainten- Sutton, ance; D. Howard, Oakville, . assistant; Mrs. F. Emmerton, [airman Port Credit, women’s service; Credit, Mrs. G. Purvis, Union-ville, unteers nominating; Dr. G. L. McBroom, 114 per Erindale, assistant to medical advisory; and Mrs. C. Coles, l to the Erindale, secretary. «â€" executive were: Mrs. G. Purvis, Unionville, past president; Mrs. R. C. Soulthgate. Streetsville, and Mrs. F. Rostance. Lorne Park, vice-presidents; and Mrs. Mrs. Petenman is in fairly good health and still enjoys getting about. She attended both the afternoon and evening anniversary services of @he Tes- ton United Church where she used to be quite active and is still a member. V. Minns, Woodbridge. alternate delegate. home is in Alliston. She has seven grandchildren and thir- teen great grandchildren. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill", Ont, Thursday, December 20, 1962 18 {lIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS-Get Results-~TU.4-1105 _.h.QVG Ct MMSTMAS TAYLOR'S Jewellers 16A Yonge St. N. Richmond Hill RICHMOND HILL