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The Liberal, 6 Nov 1974, p. 7

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Then on Tuesday I went into Gallacher's Super- market with my two-year- old monster. Scott. I took my eyes off him for just a moment to speak to Rita I’ve had various flu bugs before but I don’t remember any coming on so quickly. However, it doesn't seem to last long either. as by Monday night I felt like a human being again. cashier, when CRASH. the whole store echoed. I thought it was the Last Trump sounding. My dear son had taken the shopping cart and rammed it into the display of mugs, toppling at least half a dozen to the floor. where they settled in a million pieces. 1 took my miscreant to Alex Gallacher Sr.. who smilingly dismissed the whole thing as an accident and wouldn‘t take payment for the damage. Seeing the gleam in Scott's eyes I’m not at all sure it wasn‘t premeditated. My bouquet of the week to Gallachers! I had my innings Sunday. After lunch I started to make crabapple jelly, a chore I've been putting off for weeks. I got one batch done and then felt as if I'd been hit by a bunch of stampeding kangaroos. I just made it to the couch and began weakly calling for an undertaker. Wow! McColl Anyone know where I can get a straight jacket â€" size 2X? I don't think I‘ve talked to a person in town who hasn’t had at least one case in the family. A week to forget By Janet Russell What a time we had last week‘. All of us having just recovered from a two-week long cold we were knocked out over the weekend by this Australian flu which is going around. For almost three days, as one after another succumbed, our bathroom was the busiest room in the house! The area along Elmgrove Avenue, near Yonge Street, was the scene of an accident in September. A student at the school was hurt when he stepped out from behind a parked car on the south side York County Board of Education last week ap- proved four recomâ€" mendations designed to bring about some traffic safety in an area adjacent to Oak Ridges Public School. A King Township resident is very unhappy because he claims to have discovered he is living beside an airport that started out to be a private landing field. Charles Walker, a resident on Concession 7, made his complaints before GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES HIGHEST EVER . FOR 3 YEARS 101/2% â€" 1-2 years 101/2% â€" 4-5 years King resident complains landing field new airport Open Saturday 9-12 for your convenience Inquire about our monthly interest plan. 884-1107 WCYURM and GREY V1 L11 Ufllfl and U111)! TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 CORRESPONDENT: MRS. W. SANDLE, ER. 2. Gormley - Phone 887-5421 Victoria Square News the cheerful when CRASH. the store echoed. I it was the Last 10355 Yonge St. Richmond Hill 17 tables of euchre players Boy hanged on holiday The youth was one of 12,000 students in the nor- thern part of York Region who were off from school because of a teachers‘ professional development day. York Regional Police said the body was found with a rope tied to a two~by-four rafter and looped around the left side of his neck and under his right arm. Campaigns on Cable 10 The body ivas found by a 10-year-old youth. who cut it down and called police. Edward Smith, 15, of Cedar Valley, five miles east of Newmarket, ac- cidentally hanged himself while swinging from a rafter in a boy‘s club house‘ October 28. Beginning Monday, Cable 10‘s television coverage of campaigns for the December 2 municipal elections will be carried each evening to the Friday before election day. The station‘s “Municipal Mandate '74" coverage will take in the municipalities of Richmond Hill. Markham, Vaughan and Whitchurch~ Stouffville. including the York County Board of Education candidates. Night per Town One evening a week will be allotted to each: Monday will be designated as Markham night. Tuesday for Richmond Hill, Wed- nesday for Whitchurch- Stouffville and Friday for Board of Education. Candidates for councils. regional posts. and the of- fice of mayor will be invited into the studios to be inâ€" terviewed and questioned by Cable 10 program staff, the local press and area ratepayers. LJ. Ruby, Manager V Reiocate the Vexisting visitors' parking lot by enlarging the present Create a bus loading area along the south side of Elmgrove by filling in the existing drainage swale and installing a paved road located partly on Town and partly on Board propertyi of the street to approach his mother’s car on the north side. Sactions In an effort to see that it doesn’t happen again, the board approved a motion of Richmond Hill Trustee Robert Houghton calling for the following recom- mendations: He told council the private landing field has recently expanded its activities to the point where aircraft hangars have been installed and runway facilities ex~ tended by an additional 1,000 township council Monday night of last wqelg. Pérsons wishing to direct parking area; request the town to install a sidewalk on the south side of Elmgrove from the bus loading area to the west boundary of the schonL New signs The board agreed to a fourth recommendation by Trustee Craig Cribar of Newmarket to ask the town to install no stopping and no parking signs on the north side of Elmgrove. questions to 'the candidates should contact the station‘s program department. Write or phone Classic Com- munications Limited, 244 Newkirk Road, Richmond Hill. 884â€"1101, 889-9874, or 887-5075. The board also agreed to a suggestion by Trustee Douglas Allen of Richmond Hill that the area named in the third recommendation be posted as a pick-up area for the children. “The site is also being used by commercial air- craft with students landing and taking off. There is even a flight office in operation he said. feet Bylaw question Mr. Walker said the SUPER SAVINGS FABRIC & DRAPERY MILL OUTLET OPEN DAILY 10 AM. - 9 P.M. OPEN SAT. 9 AM. - 6 P.M. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE AT BARRY-1? Hayfield St 8401WOODBINE No. 26 8: 27 Hwy. Just south of Hwy 7 (Don Valley PkWY-) 2160 No.7 Hwy. Just East of Keele The EMPLE FREE PARKING AT ALL LOCATIQN_S_ ORIGINAL and ONLY: QWAREHOUSE LQCATIONS We were sorry to hear of the sudden passing of Mrs. Jennie Blackburn Oliffe of Guest speaker at the anniversary Sunday for the 77th anniversary of the present building‘ and the 142nd birthday of there being a church at the Temperanceville Corner, was Rev. Fred Bayliss. administrative assistant in the Division of World Outreach, United Church of Canada. Mr. Bayliss has had a wide experience during his career, both at the local level and abroad, and spoke on “Mission in the Seventies". Musical guests were the “Realife Trio“ of Uxbridge under the leadership of William Wagg. A social hour at the close of the service was prepared by the social committee of the UCW with Mrs. Gordon Hampton and Mrs. Norman Hearsome in charge. Neighborhood notes airport was violating township bylaws and “is a non-conforming use in a rural area." He added that the facility is “operating without an airport license from the Department of Transport and therefore has no in- surance. If something should happen, the residents in the area are out of luck." Church news TEMPERANCEVILLE NEWS Mr. Walker also cited Correspondent: Mrs. W. G. Jennings Phone 773-5892 Uxbridge last weekend. Mrs. Blackburn, as we knew her. was a primary teacher in the Temperanceville school for several years. We extend our sympathy to the family in their loss. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard White of Oak Ridges on the birth of a daughter. The new baby is a sister for Michael and Michelle, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Jenâ€" nings. and great- granddaughter for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jennings. in the persons of Janet Orser. Laurie Orser and Shelly Winter. Well done girls! Sympathy is extended to former reeve of King Township, Kenneth Mac- taggart and family of Nobleton in their loss of a loving wife and mother. Three of our young ladies haVe been honored with awards in the Oak Ridges Minor Baseball Association. other bylaw violations by the operation, including a "noise" one. Building permit Councillor Bill Long said the municipality issued a building permit’ to the operator in April valued at $5,000 for a storage building. “However, he didn‘t say what he was going to store in it.“ said Councillor Long. Council decided to refer the matter to its bylaw control officer and consider :what procedures to follow at a future meeting. Rabies clinic In other business, council decided to request the provincial Department of Agriculture to sqt up a rabies clinic in the municipality. Councillor Stan Kuniski said, “This is a particularly critical time of the year. Animals such as skunks and racoons go into hibernation and they are the germ carriers." King City bus Councillor Long also as Maple Community Centre could carry on up Keele Street and Loop at King City; wondered out loud if the TTC bus line that goes as far He pointed out the bus stops for “at least 15 minutes at the Maple loop in order to align its time with the run back to Toronto. I wonder if this time could be used to travel as far as King CitV?“ He agreed the municipality would have to subsidize the run and asked the municipal clerk to contact the TTC for further information. THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill. Ontario. Wednesday. Nov. 6. 1974 Richmond Hill Ward 3 Ratepayers’ Group has arranged for an open house in the Town Hall Council Chambers Tuesday. This is for purposes of viewing the routing of that part of the Central York-Pickering Area Water and Sewage System which extends from the Pugsley Avenue Sewage Treatment Plant at Markham Road south along the German Mills Creek to the connection with the main trunk system just south of Highway 7. All residents of the town, in particular those whose properties border on the proposed routing, are en- couraged to drop in between "The Big Pipe" November 12 Directly affected property owners may discuss how their properties will be affected, for what periOd of time and the type of remedial measures that may occur following con~ struction. Comments are invited from the public on any particular design concept and how it may affect individual properties. For further information, please contact John Birchall at 884-9086, co-chairman or Mrs. Susanne Stoner at 884- 2769. 4 and 8 pm and meet in formally with the consulting engineers, Giffels, Davis and Jorgenson.

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