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is very down on door-to-door peddling. In his 22 years as bailifl' of Third Division Court in this area, he has seen the results of such come-0n selling . . . young people in debt, strife in the home {and in some cases, destitution and fam- lly court cases. Mr. Clement, who served his last summonses on August 15, has met and dealt with thousands of people in a Job Where people were not particularly pleased to see him._ E] 1.4 LA One of the worst ills, he said, in toâ€" day’s age of buying is the “fly by night" salesman who talks Mrs. Housewife into Signing on the line for an article and promises to return for a final decision after she has consulted her husband. The signature, according to Mr. Cle- “Pre - Warrant Training" elasaes for prospective Guiders will begin at Richmond Hill United Church on Saturday morning, September 28th, at 10 o’clock, is announced by Divis- ion Commissioner Mrs. Mc- Taggart-Cowan. York Central Division of Girl Guides. In former years. these class- es were conducted in individuâ€" nl groups but this year, classes will be combined. For further details please contact your 10- cal girl guide district commis- sioner. New Design Uniforms Somblned Training Classes 1pm. have lost the services . . . _ n____- finial: "Coulotte" (divided) skirts is the marked change in the de- sign of guide uniforms just an- nounced by the Guide Design Committee. Innovations and changes in‘ design were created by Jean‘ Miller of King City and Toron- to - noted designer of feminine Ipparel - and by Mrs. Hender- Ion. Toronto. Uniforms will now be in two “1” sections. and skirts so \vell cut me‘ that they may be worn at 0f_ church and company events. Bl“ Colors are in a new shade of!the blue and brown but will not‘ I claSh with present type of uni- the forms. no" ‘nv‘n' Lewis Clement, 75, of Richmon_deill Brownie skirts will be pleai-‘ ed. and their new tie is white on brown. with allover pattern' of gold maple leaves. Guide‘ ties will be white. edged with‘ blue, patterned with red maple; leaves. and will be worn knob; ted in similar fashion as scouti ties. The new belt will be nar- row, elasticized, with metal buckle on which is mounted the guide trefoil. The Gulders have not been forgotten - for them a new tie has been designed - grosgrain, in different colors. to be worn according to rank. 13th Brownie Pack "Help Wanted" ~ is the urg- ent need of the 13th Brownie Pack of Richmond Hill East. A With a full membership of 24. the leaders of the 13th now face a problem - the addition of 10 new Tweenies plus one transferee - also have a long waiting list to consider. This pack meets in St. Mat-i thew's every Tuesday afternoon under the leadership of Brown Owl Mrs. Josie Fleming and Tawny Owl Mrs. Vera Smart, Night Classes Offer Varied Fare By MARGARET I. McLEAN Interested in mllllnery. conversational French. auto mechanics. oil painting? Just name it and the night school classes provided by the York Central High School Board probably have it. And if they haven‘tâ€"they‘ll get it. provided you can round up 14 other interested people. In the advertisement in last week‘s "Liberal" were listed the various types of courses being offered. Courses in millinery. com- mercial work. English. con- versational French, oil paint- ing, physical education, sew- ing. auto mechanics. mech- anical drafting. machine shop. electricity, sheet metal. public speaking and various academic subjects were listâ€" ed for Bawiew Secondary School. At Thornhill Secondary School were listed such things as auto mechanics. drafting, machine shop work, electronics. woodworking. commercial work, sewing. oil painting and merchandising. These subjects were chosen. advised Superinhend- out of High Schools Sam Chapman, because it was felt (here was a demand for them. He emphasized very Court Bailiff Retires After 22 If you prefer Jl'Ull'l ' inine‘ Met- 1 two 1 cut n at rents. ie of ’ uni- pleat- white uttern Euide naple knot- scout ; nar- metal unted been th l not; with‘ With the retirement of Cap-i tain Mrs. J. Inglis. the 7th Girl Guide Company of Richmond October 3, Hill East has begun its fall Young Women’s Institute meetings under the leadership The Langstatf Young Wo- of acting-captain Mrs. C. F. men's Institute met at the Blissett. former lieutenant oil e 7th. Two Tenderfoots have joined, the ranks, and six girls have; now attained the rank of sec: land-class Guides: Patti Smart.‘ Lori Sim, Sandra Smith, Kath- ryn Smith, Margaret Inglis; Lynn Aiken. I On September let, the pat-t rol leaders met at the home of the acting-captain. and discuss- ed various projects, including a weekend campout at Richil- daca. paper drive and Hall- owe‘en party. held at the home of Mrs. w. ot Mrs. Peggy iViorris anu nus. Thompson. Saigeon Avenue. on Betty Pattison. Birthday greetings are ex- tended to Bonnie Jean Curtis who celebrated her fifth birth- day on September 21. Markham Twp. Briefs Markham Township Councilllem in the township. The poll- accepted a committee recomm- ution has been caused by a re- endation to hold over until 1964 cent re-location of a water- a request by the Board of main in the Yonge Street- Transportation Commissioners Clark Avenue areas. I to widen 14th Avenue at the * r'w * * C.P.R. crossing in connection Council agreed to recomm- with installation of automatic end that the engineer and. signals. ‘chairman of the water and sa- 'lllllll“lllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllil Council d2fgrrzc; for a week 31:3“?afgfiénifigecffadfizghfg: > aw tie and n. Advance action on a committee sugges- stitute on Pollution Control on i firm to acouire land at a price October 27-30. GUIDE AND BROWNIE NOTES but. have lost the services of faithful Packie Donna Bridges. However. a Brownie‘s moth-l er, Mrs. B. Sambrook has vol- unteered and Mrs. C. Cutler is a valued teacher of knitting and the sewing on of buttons. More volunteers are required ing on this; vital work Diane Bull and Joan Carvin were presented w‘i_th _their immediately to assist in carry- “Golden- Bands" by the Brown Owl. Joan Cal-Vin also received her 3rd Service Star. At the invitation of the; Gormley Brownie Pack. a hay‘ ride and corn roast is planned for September 30th. A fly-up “over the bridge Into guide- land" is scheduled for mid- October. 7th Guide Company \\l\\\\l\l\“lll“ml11\lllll\\ll\\\llm“\\l!llllllllllIlllllllll\ll\1\\ll\ll\\l\ll In Richmond Hill 123 persons voted at the ad- vance poll {or the election to the Legislative Assembly. Forty-five persons voted at the advance poll in Maple. Any voter who expected to be absent from his nor- mal voting place on elec- tion day had the privilege of casting a ballot at ad- vance polls set up at cer- tain designated places. strongly, however. that the board would be glad to hear from anyone interested in studying any other subject and provided 15 people will sign up for It 1 class could be formed. Conversational French. for instance, is listed only at Bayview Secondary School, but if sufficient people in Thornhlll are interested in forming a class. it could be taught there. too. Present plans are for Joseph Turko of Thornhlll Secondary School to teach this at Bay- vlew. but if a class were to be formed at Thornhill he would teach there and an- other teacher obtained for the Bay'view night classes. Oil painting instruction is being offered at both Bay= view and Thomhill and ma structor will be Lloyd Kin- nee who taught this at Richâ€" mond Hill High School last year. This was a popular course and attendance held up well throughout the year. The sewing classes at Bayâ€" view will be under the direc- tion of Mrs. J. H. Malboef who taught this last year at Richmond Hill and whose classes did outstanding work. At Thornhill. sewing classes will be conducted by home ment, is as binding as glue as she later discovers and the family is stuck with payments and carrying charges on the item .uv.-.. According to Mr. Clement, this usually leaves the husband in a rage and might in some cases, result in a family court case: He also cited the case of merchants who willingly sell articles to couples and then “sell” their accounts to finance companies for collection without their knowledge. Mr. Clement recalls a personal adven- ture in door-to-door gimmick selling. “I was called on the phone and to win $225, I was asked to answer which city in Canada is the largest? “I took my time so he Would think he had another fool and finally came up Qu_a_ll;ty_2_ry CleanfiECALL Mark-Vaun WJ. Mark-Vaun Women‘s Insti- tute held its first meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. N. Hicks on September 5. Sev- enteen members and six guests answered roll call. which was an apron for the bazaar in No- vember. Guest speaker was Mrs. Webb, new principal of Thorn- haven School for Retarded Children, who spoke on the methods of teaching used. She also showed interesting slides of the children and the school. Further plans were made for the exhibit in Markham Fair, with Mrs. Hicks. Mrs. M. Holt and Mrs. W. Thompson as con- VBHOI‘S. plans for the bus trip to the Adelaide Hoodless home- stead were made for_S_epten}- ber 10. Members and friends left. Langstaff at 9 am. and re- turned very tired about 10.30 pm. They visited the Mohawk Chapel and Alexander Graham Bell homestead. The next meeting will be Refreshments will be in charge held at the home of Mrs. W. of Mrs. Peggy Morris and Mrs. Thompson. Saigeon Avenue. on Betty Pattison. ‘ October 3. Birthday greetings are ex- Young Women’s Institute tended to Bonnie Jean Curtis The Langstaff Young Wo- who celebrated her fifth birth- men's Institute met at the day on September 21. Council deferred for a week action on a committee sugges- tion to acquire land at a price of $4,000 from J. E. Willis to secure an outlet to John Street for the proposed new road east from Paul Street. The commit- tee report also noted that ap- ‘pllcation to the OMB for ap-‘ proval of a road less than 66 feet must be in the form of a by-law designating such land as a highway. An application will be made to the Ontario Water Resourc- es Commission for installation of chlorinating equipment at the Don Mills pumphouse to handle a water pollution prob- Langstaff 8: Thornlea News economics specialists from within the York Central system. The course entitled “auto mechanics for owners", of- fered at Bayview and Thorn- hill. is open to both men and women and is intended to instruct car owners in main~ tenance and minor repairs. A course in merchandising offered at Thornhill will in- clude such things as the principles of merchandising, budgeting. and etc. This course would be of interest to anyone exploring the pos- sibllity of going into busi- ness on their own. One course being offered at Bayview which needs a little explanation is the one called "modern mathematics for parents“. This will be a short course of probably only five or six lectures designed to inform parents of the new methods of teaching mathe- matics in grades 7, 8 and 9. It is expected that this course will he held in October or November. Other short lecture courses are being planned for the new year. Two topics already suggested are "Canada‘s po« litical and economical prob- lems" and "principles of in- vestment". The board is wide CORRESPONDENT: MRS. B. LEPKEY Phone AV. 5-3489 home of Mrs. Joan Suter on September 11. Nine members brought an early superstition to answer the roll call. Two former members, Mrs. Gladys Smith and Mrs. Carol Suter were welcomed by Presi- dent Mrs. Ruby Manol. Sevé}; isympithy and get-well cards were sent out during the summer. The date of the rummage‘ sale has been changed to Octo- ber 26, at Emmanuel Church, MacKay Drive. Richvale. A draw for several prizes will be held Local children made postersi for this sale, which were judged at this meeting by Mrs. Joani Suter. Winners were: Evelyn Amadeo. Carol Suter. Judy Curtis. Sheely Blow. Brian Ab- lett. Don Willett and Kathy Willett. Roll call for October will be “Something I wish I hadn't bought and why!" Programme will be on public relations and convenor is Mrs. Verna Ablett. Refreshments will be in charge of Mrs. Peggy Morris and Mrs. Betty Pattison. ‘ Markham Township Council agreed to a recommendation from committee that proceed- ings be taken to construct a proposed sidewalk along Hend- erson Street to the public school from Steeles Avenue to‘ Doncaster Avenue on the west side of Henderson. The side- wall: will be classed as a local improvement on an area basis to be paid by property owners in the Henderson School Area. An application will also be made for a winter works sub- sidy open to suggestion for such lecture and discussion cours. es. Would you like to hear a series on law for the layman? Such topics as succession duties, the legal transfer of properties and the like are subjects which lay people might like to know more about. Let the board hear from you. Although night classes will be in operation two nights at each school, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Bayview and Mondays and Wednesdays at Thornhill and Woodbridge. each course will be offered only one night per week. It has been found that it is often difficult for people to keep up in twice weekly schedule. Some courses. however, where there ls a good deal of ground to cover, will run for three hours. from 7 to 10 p.111; All right, mother and dad, get your pencils sharpened up and let‘s get going. You're going to need more than one night school course to keep ahead of the kids these days. And you’re pay- lng for those high schools anywayâ€"you might as well get some use out of them yourself! with the answer of Montreal. “The party at the other end arranged to meet me at home on Centre Street East. When he arrived. a Young fellow with a big briefcase, I asked him where my $25 was. I said I was in a hurry and couldn’t stop to chat. He stammered and stuttered and said I was to look at some papers. As it turned out. Of course, it was merely $25 off something or other. v: \lvlly: . “I pulled out my identification and he went chalk white. I said if he could make it up to Yonge Street in a minute flat. I wouldn‘t call the police.” "If I had that boy, I could have made a fortune at the racetrack. He practi- cally flew,” Mr. Clement recollected. Never Threatened r touch with what might be called “des- perate” people, Mr. Clement said he has never been threatened or bullied in all his 22 years. alga” worked hard trying to get; peoples’ debts straightened out before it goes to a ggur‘t ca‘seflhe said. ... avvâ€" ., , Born in Maple, he lived there on a farm until he took on his bailiff’s job under the late J. R. Herrington, clerk of the court, when the town had a popu- lation of about 1,600. He said he could accomplish all he hagl to in two even- uwvv ings a week. In the meantime, he worked on brick laying, cement and chimney contracts. Largest in County Ifisverea, the lérgest in York County, extended south to Sheppard Avenue, north to Oak Ridges, Kennedy Road to Yea rs Servicex'slin’ciay“l't"?i§‘6 THE LBER'AII. Richmma Hill. 'Om‘L. Imam, 8613th was. 1963 H the east and Jane Street in the west. The territory has been cut down slightly in latter years to Steeles Avenue. Outside interests included soccer and he played for seven years with the Tes- ton Soccer Club and maintains an inter- est in hockey among other sports. Now he is retired, he expects to be helping familiarize John Farrow, the new bailifi and former Toronto Telegram circula- tion representative here, with the ins and out of the job. He also expects to do some travelling. “It has been an interesting career to meet the public in a business-like way but it still hurts me to see innocent people caught by fly-by-nights. I guess I can say I’ve collected thousands of dollars that might otherwise not have been collected over the years.” innocent MARKHAM : Elsie, the world's I guess most_ famous cow. will be ap- sandq of pearlng at the Markham Fair ‘ in aid of the local Kiwanis lot have Club’s contribution to the Ar- ena Fund on October 4 and 5. iF i rst Rehearsal Richmond Hill Symphony Orchestra began its third year of activities recently. A rehearsal was held in the Gordon Maclaren Audit-‘ orium of Richmond Hill Pub- lic Library at 7:30 13.11]. All members were cordially invited to attend the opening rehearsal. New members} were wel-‘ come. Anyone interested is asked to call the conductor. Arthur Burgin at TU. 4-4596. the membership secretary. G. Longworth, TU. 4-2130. or the orchestra’s secretary. Mrs. S. Harwood, TU. 4-1435.