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Victim Of Hit-And-Run 0n Biithday One man was charged with careleSS driving in Richmond Hill last week after a $950 crash with a house on Lawrence Avenue. Another was a hit-and-run victim on his birthday and York Region Police are look- lng for the driver of a car that left the scene. Hitting House Is Careless Driving DECEMBER 31. FRIDAY â€"i Richvale Lions Club New Years‘ Eve Dance, 31 Spruce Avenue, Lions Hall. $20 a couple in- cludes everything. For tickets call 889-4145. Limited number of tickets: c2w25 OMINII -VENT3 The latest gift of many made by. the Richmond Hill Rotary Club to ARC Industries came recently when Rotary Pres- ident Emerson Smith presented a cheque for $900 to York Central Association for fine Mentally Retarded President Doug Hinchcliffe. The cheque will pay for the adult retarded training centre’s new electric Gestetner duplicating machine. In the above picture, taken during the brief ceremony, are (left to right) Mr. Smith, Dr. Mark Kirby, chairman of Rotary’s committee for handicapped children and adults, YC AMR Treasurer Joseph Dwyer and Mr. Hinchcliffe. Richmond Hill Rotarians will be selling Christmas trees on a North Yonge Street lot between now and December 24. As in past years, these are quality trees, and th’eir purchase will assist the Rotarians in their work in the community. ONE - ONE"- ONE â€" ONE - ONE - ONE - ONE â€" ONE JACKPOT $500 - 58 No.'s ENE - ONT 76%: - ONE-Er: â€" ONE - ONE - ONE RICHMOND HILI. LIONS CLUB INA... MONDAY, DECEMBER 20 One hour Dry cleaning 9 AM. TO 4 PM. DAILY STARTING TIME â€" 8 RM. Early Birds 7:40 pm. 20 REGULAR GAMES â€" 3 SPECIAL GAMES YONGE AND LEVENDALE RICHMOND HEIGHTS CENTRE 0 884-4411 Open Mon. to Fri. 7 am. - 9 pm. <53 Sat. 8 am. - 6 pm. Coin Laundry Department Open Until 11:00 pm. â€" 7 Days a Week LIONS HALI. BINGO 106 Centre St. East Rotarians Continue T a Help ARC Industries There was about $450 damage ed with failing to yield the to the vehicle driven by Teuvo right-of-way after a $450 col- Kukkonen, 22, of 12 Diagonal lision December 8 at 7:50 am at Road, Willowdale at about 10:30 Bathurst Street and Elgin Mills But the house at 207 Law- renc‘e Avenue got the worst of it, with police estimating dam- age at $500. The car hit a basement window in the foun- dation of the house, police said. Vbecember 6 in the house crash There was about $600 dam-‘ Ch: age to a car parked opposite the x 55 Yonge Street North Decem- a pri‘ her 11 at about 11:05 pm. Own- mond er of the parked car was Rich- collis ard Waugh, 47, of 35 Rockport'7;45 Crescent, Richmond Hill. The Road other car fled. Th‘ An Aurora driver was charg‘ ' CLEANING S CENTRE 1 The other car was driven by [Marcel Sans-Cartier, 21, of 47 Gamble Road, Richmond Hill and it had about $250 damage Road Charged was Carol Carroll, 33 of 1 Knowles Crescent. Dam- age to this driver’s vehicle was estimated at $200, according to YRP. Charged with failing to yield‘ the right-ofâ€"way while leaving a private driveway was a Richâ€" mond Hill wolnan after a $275 collision December 10 at about The drivercharged was Le- ona Laramey, 32. of 402 Mark- ham Road. Richmond Hill. Damage to her vehicle was es- timated at $100, police said. WEE}; rwaé abbfit $175 to the other vehicle driven by Jack McLean. 24, of 496 Lynett Cres- cent, Richmond Hill In last week's report of town Many of the rebels protesting accidents two local women were the stranglehold the “Family iisted as passengers in the Compact" had on the govern- wrong car. . ment of Upper Canada in 1837 Mrs. Adelaide Cameron of were farmers and businessmen Tareyton Road, Richmond Hill from York County, as were says passengers in her car were many of the loyalists. Thelma Long of 40 Starlight QUAKER REBELS DIED Crescent and Clonie Jones of . On display in the new gallery women received minor injuries in a 9:15 am three-car collision December 2 at Yonge Street and Vaughan Road. 170 Sussex Avenue. All three opposite '75 Vaughan Ie. All three is an axe from the blacksmith ninor injuries shop of Samuel Lount, a Qua- e-car collision'ker from Pennsylvania who set- Yonge Streetflled in Holland Landing in a 11811. The 120-year-old 'house he- hind Willowdale Post Office on Yonge Street and the ad- joining gallery were decorated for the occasion by the members of the Toronto Garden Club. President of the club Mrs. Flavia Redelmeier of Richmond Hill and her husband. Ernest, were guests at the reception as representatives of the Region ‘ of York. The Gibson House Museum in Willowdale commemorated the 134th anniversary of the re- bellion of 1837 with the official opening of the new gallery wing on December 7. Story Of 1837 Rebellion Featured In New Gibson House Gallery Wing Decorations were in keeping with those used in pre-Confed- eration days â€" chains of pop- corn and cranberries, brightly colored wool and evergreens. The gallery wing will 'house displays of historic significance in the days of early Canada. For the opening there were maps and lithographs, reproductions and original documents, fire- arms and descriptions of events leading to and following the up- rising. Another Pennsylvania Quaker, Jesse Lloyd, founder of Lloyd- town near Schomberg. joined Lount in leading a march of about 50 men from Lloydtown to Montgomery‘s Tavern on Yonge Street. north of Eglinton -Avenue on the eve of the fate- ‘iful battle which officially be- Stouffville Area Man Killed In Car Crash, Maple Pedestrian Hit A 34-year-old Stouffville area man. George Martin. was killed early Saturday morning of last week when the car in which he was a passenger collided with another car. Three teenagers were injured in the same accident. including the driver of the car. Dale Ren- nie. 18 of Markham: Judy Tay- lor, 16. and Vladimir Smirnov, also of Markham. They were admitted to Scar- boro Centennial Hospital. ’ York Regional Police have not released the identity of the driver of the fatal vehicle. The accident occurred at 1:05} am Saturday morning on the‘ Stouffville Road about a half mile west of Highway 48. Estimated damage to the Rennie car was $1.000. Both vehicles were wrecked. Vaughan Division of York Re- gional Police also investigated an accident December 11 which caused undetermined injuries to a pedestrian at Major Mack- enzie Drive and Dufferin Street. Elgin Victor Gibson. 49, of Maple. was taken to hospital when he was struck by a car while crossing the road. Driver of tie car was William Henry Gibbons. of Doxvnsview. It occurred at 7:20 pm. gan and endede the rebellion. Lloyd fled to the United States where he died the following year. But Lount was captured and executed on April 12, 1838. Leader of the rebellion was William Lyon Mackenzie who later became mayor of Tor- onto. Other leaders of the reb- ellion were Silas Fletcher of Pickering and David Gibson of Willowdale. After the battle all five men were declared traitors to the Crown and a reward of 1,000 pounds was offered for informa- tion leading to the capture of any one of them. Prior to the rebellion Lount was Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Simcoe. Gibson was the Member for York. Gibson escaped to the United States, returned after being pardoned five years later. and became first postmaster‘ of Willowdale. The house now the Gibson House Museum and of: ficial museum for the Borough ‘of North York was built on his return. His former house on the same site was burned by the government troops the night of the battle of Montgom- Iery's Tavern. OPEN TO PUBLIC The house of David Gibson was gaily decorated for the op- ening and is open to the pub- lic every day to 5pm. In the kitchen the staff members are‘ serving mince pies. cranberry bread, homemade Christmas cake and mulled wine prepared ‘in the large open fireplace, On ‘weekdays the house and gallery are teaming with school child- ren on tours. On weekends staff -in pioneer dress conduct the public through the spacious rooms. Defenders at the battle of Montgomery‘s Tavern were the lQueen‘s York Rangers. the] oldest regiment in Ontario. A. company of the regiment is sta- tioned at Aurora and the Ran- gers took part in a re-enactment of the battle in North York on December 4. Fighting with rebel forces at the mock battle was Municipal Affairs Minister Dal- ton Bales. a former North York Controller whose forefathers pioneered at Yonge Street and . Highway 401 more than a cen- tury ago. Although the battle was a military disaster for the rebels it led to many reforms. mum\muumuun1mmmuummunumuuunnunlwuuuuuum mum1mln\mummmmmmummmmnuumnuummmumum Richmond Hill Public Library has announced the following hours for the main and two branch lib- raries during the holiday season. Richmond Hill main Lib- rary and the Richvale branch will be closed December 24 and will re- open December 28. They will close again December 31 and remain closed until January 4. The Wildwood branch at Lake Wilcox will be closed on December 25 and Janu- The board and staff of the town's libraries wish everyone a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Christmas Library Hours I’ve been told that I gave just a smart-aleck answer last week about reading. I must admit it wasn‘t too constructive but I’ll try to make amends. Besides taking your child to the library there are other things which might set a healthy climate for home reading. You might allow yourself to get “caught” reading a book yourself. Reading used to be a fun thing and people who read bdoks were not immediately dismissed as being browners, egg heads or social misfits. It was respectable to spend one’s time reading a book. It didn’t mean you were lazy and shiftless. It didn't mean that you were reading simply because you couldn’t think of anything better to do. Perhaps if YOU read something besides the sports pages and the comics you might revive reading as a participant sport. It is an admission of guilt but I fear the schools are often to blame. After all, teachers make kids spend hours in the elementary school years learning how to read. Libraries in the junior schools are beautiful and often well-used. But high school and university students are kept so busy doing home- work, researching essays and projects that they’re turned right off of books even if they had the time. Even after five years of high school they’ve gotten out of the habit and besides there are so many easier ways of amusing oneself today. Many of us wish, though, that we did read more. Perhaps all we need is a gentle push. Maybe mom and dad, son and daughter, if you set an ex- ample, your whole family might re-discover the pleasures of reading. It may not be as fashionable as it once was but have you considered giving a book for Christmas? It requires a little thought but if you choose wisely it may give a greater. longer lift than a. bottle of rye. Here are a few suggestions; ‘ . , ‘L AI_A 7.2 ELIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS-Get Results-8844105} av v.-v .. -v . _-.Qr_, Think of their interests and this may help. If he‘s politically oriented then he might enjoy Rene Levesque’s “An Option For Quebec”. If he’s socially conscious he might enjoy Cardinal's “Unjust Society” about the Canadian Indian. Pierre Berton’s book about the railroad would intrigue a history buff. The best of Max Ferguson’s satires on current affairs have been included in “Unmuzzled Max” â€" a delight fully funny book. If he’s a real thinker try “Future Shock” or “Pentagon To Povyer”. “A. . ‘ an n u --..--v -__ , Teenagers and young adults enjoy “Catch 22,” “The Andromeda Strain”, “The Godfather” or any of Arthur Hailey’s best sellers. A word about these to parents â€" they do contain four letter words and they tell graphically of sexual encounters. Try to remember what you used to say and do behind the barn or someplace far away from home. Young people are still saying it and doing it but they no longer feel obliged to do it all in secrecy. These books present a true picture of the society they por- tray. You and I may deplore these segments of our society but they’re there and just the way the author describes them. If you’d rather your child not know about that part of the world in which he lives then pass these titles by. Try instead “Dr. Zhivago”, “Gone With The Wind”, “Exodus” or “Farenheit 451”. If your teen- ager is serious minded. try “Black Like Me”, “To Kill A Mockingbird”, or Hemmingway’s “Old Man And The Sea”. Buying a book is a risky venture â€" they may not like it. I gave a book to my Dad once which was never opened beyond the second dirty word. He threw it down in disgust and used it to take the teeter out of his desk. Just remember that horrible housecoat or that ridiculous tie you got last year. Could you do worse? ‘ n 1 ,AL- 1! . u . . A . . a a Néxt week children. 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