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Thomhill Baptist Chm-cl: v. u..--- _..r .7 , On Tuesday evening. October 7, the women of Thornhill Baptist Church ‘met to form a Women's Mission Circle and Church Aid Association. Mrs. P. G. Buck was in the chair. Mrs. W. H. Moore explained the plan and purpOSe of the proposed organization and the Constitution of Mission Circles as issued by the Women's Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Soc- ieties of Ontario (West) was then adopted. ,, TELEPHONE: AVENUE 5-1513 THORNHILL GARAGE uuuyuuu. Mrs. W. H Moore was unani- mously elected the first President with the following executive to as- sist her: -- . r1 n-.. gnaw .u. Vice-president, Mrs. A. G. Bar- ber; secretary, Mrs. P. H. W111- cocks; treasurer. Mrs. C. Pady; Link and Visitor rep.. Mrs. W. J. Raeburn; Reading Course secret- ary, Miss G. Stevens: Canadian Christian Fellowship rep.. Mrs. H. U. Trinier: special projects conven- er. Mrs. W. A. Smock; pianist. Mrs. P. G. Buck; social convener. Mrs. Yeo. .uv. Regular meetings will be held on the first Tuesday evening of each month commencing Tuesday. Nov- ember 4, at 8 o'clock, when Mrs. C. Jones of the Toronto Association will be present to welcome the group into Fellowship with the Women‘s Baptist Home and Forâ€" eign Missionary Societies of Onâ€" tario (West). Brownie ~ At the last meeting of the Thorn- hill Brownie Pack. Lynn Edwards and Margaret Lemon were present- ed with their Golden Bars. The Tweenies held their last Saturday morning meeting and they will not meet again until October 28 when they join the Brownies for Hallow- e'en. At this time the group will be split into two Brownie E‘acks. Showers Held For Miss Ruth Hunt Miss Ruth Hunt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hunt of Centre St., whose marriage to William Henry Lamb takes place October 25 at St. Mary's Anglican Church, Rich- mond Hill, was feted at a number of showers recently. On October 9, a miscellaneous shower was held at the home of the groom‘s sister, Mrs. A. Gould in Willowdale. Miss Joyce Allen and Mrs. Gladys Thompson were hostesses at a shower for Miss Hunt held October 16 at Miss Allen‘s home on John Street. This was a miscellaneous shower and was attended by for- mer Bell Telephone operators from the Richmond Hill exchange where Ruth also worked. A pantry shelf shower was held at the home of Mrs. C. Ball on Helen Avenue last Friday evening. Mrs. Little of Richmond Hill entertained Ruth with a linen shower at her home last Saturday evening. The bride- to~be received many lovely gifts at at a miscellaneous shower held on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Stewart Pattlson in Willow- dale. Mrs. T. W. Allison of Yonge We can service your car COMPLETELY. One day is all we require. Don‘t wait for the rush. Get prepared now for WINTER DRIVING. Telephone AV. 5-1535 BA. 1-1551 It pays to go to ONE PLACE. Now’s the time (0 WINTER- IZE your car. and have it checked for MECHANICAL DEFECTS. REMEMBER . . . lTelevision Ranges 1M ”W“ Hills Ice & Fuel For Dependable Fuels call ‘ “Looking for me? es Vacuums Small Appliances 6002 Yonge St. AV. 5-1745 O.M.L. Washers I)” Radios A mother and daughter banquet was held recently in the church hall when th egirls of hte CGIT planned the banquet and waited on their mothers. All the tables were tastefully decorated for the occas- ion. A. toast to the Queen was given by Sylvia Summerville, to the Church by Gloria Briggs, reply by Rev. E. E. Kent. A toast was given by Jo Anne Nuttall to the mothers and a reply made by Mrs. H. Fry. Rev. E. E. Kent who was Master of Ceremonies introduced the leaders; Mrs. A. Martindale, superintendent; Mrs. H. Hicks, Sr. leader; Miss Barber, intermediate leader; Miss M. Serrs, assistant; Miss Sylvia Summerville, Depart- mental president; Miss Carolyn Jennings, senior president; Patsy Reid. intermediate president; Miss Sandra Gibson, Junior president. Miss Hazel LeGault who was the winner of the Thornhill School Area Public Speaking Contest, gaveI her winning speech on Democracy. ‘After the girls and their mothers retired to the Guild Hall an initia- tion ceremony was held for the following new members: Hazel Le- gault, Patsy Harris, Lynda Bresna- han, Elsie Arnold, Sandra Gibson, Lynn Condon, Maude Parkes. Ruth Bateman Betty Lilliman. One of l the features of the evening was the making of paper hats by the girls for their mothers. The winner of the scrapbook contest was won by Anne Watts. ‘ ‘ ' ,Explorers and Mission Band Street, Richmond Hill. surprised Ruth with another miscellaneous shower on Tuesday evening. Friends of Kay and Harold Ross will be pleased to hear that they will again live on Arnold Avenue when their new house is completed sometime after Christmas. Little playmates of Rosemary and Lesley Grigsby who have left Elgin Avenue for their new home in Vancouver held a party at the home of Mrs. Percival last Tues- day afternoon, October 14. The girls all felt very sorry for Rose- mary and Lesley for having to go away out to Vancouver to live but they soon changed their minds. A number of colored slides were shown of many beautiful places across western Canada and the West Coast and after this showing, everyone agreed that the Grigsby girls were very lucky indeed. Master Brian Lennox celebrated his sixth birthday last Fridav with a party at his home on Colborne Street from 5 to 7 The following children enjoyed two hours of wonderful games and movies and of course the party refreshments: Helen and Marion Fraser. Gillian and Jimmie McTaggartâ€"Cowan, Scott MacDiarmid. Lynn and Nel- son Edwards, Peter and Carol Shi- ffif’f, Sandra Reid. Charles Crosby, Jack Tucker, Johnny MacNell, John and Brian Lennox. C.G.I.T. There were over 30 present for the first meeting of this new organ- ization and the meetings will be held regularly every Wednesday af- ternoon at 4 pm. The leaders Mrs. D. Davidson. Mrs. R. Whatley and Mrs. G. Craig explained the plans for the coming year. The regular meeting of the Thornhill W. I. was held Thurs- day afternoon in the United Church hall. The members were given an invitation to go to Buttonville on November 20 and as this invitation was accepted the regular November meeting will be held November 19 beginning at 2 pm. Mrs. Mizen gave an interesting programme on Home Economics and Health. Mrs. Cole spoke on a trip to the Agricultural College in Guelph. Mrs. Harris chose “Ev- eryone is a Consumer" as her top- ic for the afternoon and the guest Miss Ross gave two selections in elocution which were very much enjoyed by all. A reminder was given to the members of the area. Convention to be held on Novem- ber 5, 6 and 7 at the Royal York Hotel. The meeting was brought to a close with delicious refresh- ments. ° ' ' ‘ Evening Group (W.I.) Apple Day was quite successful financialb'. Thanks to the mothers who looked after the substations and to the Mothers Auxiliary for providing the refreshments. Cubs and Scouts Women‘s Institute Members of the Evening Group of the W.I. met last Tuesday even- ing at the home of Mrs. C. Bolton 0% Arnold Avenue. They had as their guest speaker. Mrs. Banks who demonstrated many floral ar- rangements that the average house- wife could make from flowers. Some,very well decorated bas- kets were on hand for the meeting last Thursday. and they were jud- ged by Mr Jackson Taylor chair- man of the York Central Distrfit and Mrs Jackson, assistant Dis- trict Commissioner for Cubs. Pri- zes went to Bruce Barker for the Scouts and to Steven Crutcher for the Cubs. on Tuesday evening, October 28. This will be a masquerade party and everyone is to bring a box lunch. ’ . ' ' Daub and Sketch Club A Daub and Sketch Club under the .sponsorship of the Thornhill Area Recreation Committee will be meeting every Wednesday ev- iing in th Library. Mr. Grunski ?rom Toronto will be the instruc- .or and anyone interested in join- ing for lessons in oil painting is asked to contact Mrs. J. D. Grant, 59 John Street, AV. 5-2208. Congratulations to Greg Harléy who was invested as a Scou_t last Thursday. Due to the excess of waste paper the boys are not accepting any for the present and as they have not storage space will be unable to take in any paper for some time. Trinity Church Hoe-Down Club A reminder to all members of the Trinlty Church Hoe-Down Club and their guests for the Hallowe’en party to be held in the church hall Thornhill aréa â€"cont;'ibu-ted by itsrreuders. Ou: representative in Thornhill is Mrs. Betty Ball, 14 Helen Street, Thomhlll. “me Lloeral is always pleaseu go puonsn items 01! Interest. m mo leaves and vegetables from her own garden, plus a little imagina- tion. The audience was thorough- ly delighted with the demonstra- tion and ' ith the helpful hints of- fered by .Iiss Banks. The next meeting is to be held on Wednes- day evening. November 12. Five Generations Witness Baptismal On Thanksgiving Sunday even- ing. little Gloria Christine, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Bowes was baptised by Rev. P. J. Lam- bert in Maple United Church. Five generations of .the family witnessed the ceremony: Mrs. Christina Bowes and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Puterbaugh, grandparents; Mr. Edgar Puterbaugh. great- grandfather; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Bryson and Miss Ruby Puterbaugh, aunts and uncle; Mr. and Mrs. Benson Myqs and Miss Flossie Puterbaugh, greatâ€"aunts and uncle, and Miss Alma Puterbaugh, great- great-aunt were among those who attended. “After the church service the family and friends gathered at the Bowes’ home for music and re- freshments. Visitors to Mr. and Mrs. J. Steele of Morgan Ave. last week were Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Locke from New Liskeard. The Doncaster ladies euchre will be held a week earlier this month onihe 24th owing to the last Fri- day being Hallowe’en. Doncaster Park is very short of water at present. Some families have been buying water from Unâ€" ionvllle. * * * ‘ Mr. Mottershall with some friends of Clarke Ave., had a very successful shooting party last week in the Burks' Falls district. Correspondent: MRS. H. MIZEN Phone: AVenue 5-1570 27 Seccomoe-Ave. Mrs. Covis and daughter, Kath- leen. Schumacher, Northern Ont, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Watterson of Clarke Ave., for Thanksgiving week. Mrs. Covis is sister to Mr. Watterson. A welcome is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lemon and their three daughters, Joy. Phyllis and Sylvia, who have moved into 63 Clarke Ave. Mrs. Lemon hopes to open a gift shop in the future. Visitors to Dr. and Mrs. Steeles of Morgan Ave., last week were Mrs. Steeles’ parents from Oshawa Mr. and Mrs. Payne, also her sis- ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kopps and from Bermuda, Pastor and Mrs. Morgan. We are sorry that Mrs. Debiney of Henderson has had to go to the hospital again. Dave Mizen. Seccomoe St., and Mr. Ellacott of Yonge St., went to Pigeon Lake near Peterborough on a shooting trip and got quite a number of ducks. Mr. and Mrs. Havenlack, Morgan Ave., have had relatives and friends from the States staying with them for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hobbs from Napanee spent the week-end with their daughter and family, Mrs. F. Westacott. Visitors on Sunday at the home of Mrs. O'Brien of Glen Cameron Avenue. were Mr. and Mrs. Selby with their son and daughter-in- law. also her sister-in-law and niece Gail. The Doncaster Mission is hold- ing services every Sunday night at 7 o‘clock until Christmas. Mrs. Carter of Morgan Ave., not VIrs. thnson, won the Thanksgiv- ng turkey. At the regular meeting of the Lions last Monday, they had as their guest speaker. Dr. Kerber, principal of the Jarvis Street School for Boys. who gave an interesting address on the education of retarded children and gave many sug- gestions as to how parents can help their ehildren become better students and citizens. It was decided that the Club undertake a Safety Program for the school children in the School Area by placing Safe- ty Scotch Tape on the bicy- cles. Final arrangements are being made for the Hallowe’erf party and complete details will be printed in the next issue of the Liberal. Most of the rooms in the home were damaged as well as the children's clothing. The family. who moved to the dis- trict this summer are at pres- ent staying with a neighbor, Mrs. D. Baker. Fire broke out in a clothes cupboard at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fry. 44 Mor- gan Avenue. Doncaster, Mon- day morning around 7 a.m. with the Richmond Hill and North York Brigades answer- ing the call. Lions Start Safety Program Fire At Fry’s Doncaster Home & School Hears Representative From George Locke Library The regular meeting of Thorn- hill Home and School was held on Thursday evening, October 16, with a large number of parents present. The guest speaker for the evening was Miss Helen Armstrong from the Children’s Section of the Geo. Locke Memorial Library. Miss Armstrong's topic was very interesting and informative entit- led “Books for Boys and Girls" and she read excerpts from a num- ber of books that were favourites of the children of her library. A spot survey was given to the par- ents present of their children's reading following the talk by Miss Armstrong. The evening was brought to a close with refreshments served by the Grade three mothers. Every month a picture is awarded to the room receiving the greatest nu - ber of points obtained through t e parents' attendance at the Home and School meetings. Miss Wes- ley’s room won the award for the month of October. Among the many visitors to the church on Sunday were several former members of the congrega- tion including Mrs. Carry Scott, who is 89 years old and whose fa- ther Joshiah Purkiss was Sunday School superintendent from 1848 to 1881. Also present was Miss Sarah Pierson who is in her 90th year and who has attended the church since she was two years old. Miss Pierson and Ed. Francis are the oldest present members of the congregation. Dr. F. J. Gallon- ough of Toronto was also a.visitor. Dr. Gallanough practised as a vet- erinary in Thornhill in the early 1900’s. Another visitor was Rev. Jeffery retired United Church preacher who preached his first sermon in the church. Miss Sarah Pierson, Ed. Francis Senior Members United Church Large congregations were pres- ent for the Centennial Anniversary services of Thornhill United Church held last Sunday. At the morning service the mem- bers of the Junior and Intermed- iate choirs combined and render- ed “We Come Unto Our Fathers God” with members taking special parts. The senior choir also sang the anthem “Hymn to the Trinity." Mrs. L. Burke. contralto,, sang the beautiful “How Loirely are Thy D‘wellings". Dr. Kent chose as his sermon "Land Marks" based on a text Proverbs 22 verse 28. In it he reviewed the background and tradition of the church congrega- tion and th epart the church played in the community. For the evening service the mem bers of the churches in the com- munity joi ed in the evning ser- vices and he ministers took part in the service. Rev. S. A. R. Wood, Rector of the Trinity Anglican Church read the Scripture lessons. Rev S. W. Hirtle, Presbyterian Church conducted the prayer time and Rev. Percy Buck, minister of the Thornhill Baptist Church. preached the sermon entitled “In This week one of Thornlea‘s well-known residents, C. L. Burton of “Thornlea”, John St., will have the honor of having his book “Memoirsr of a Canadian Mer- chant" published by Clarke-Irwin Publishers. This book is an auto- biography and the story of the growth of a Canadian firm. the Robert Simpson Co. Mr .and Mrs. M. Ward and fam- ily visited with friends at Flesher- ton over the week-end. They also saw the beautiful Eugenia Falls. Mr .and Mrs. Robert Cameron, Bayview Ave.. are the proud par- ents of a little son who arrived Friday, October 10, at the Toronto General Hospital. A welcome goes to Mr. and Mrs. W. Shropshall and daughter Linda. "who have moved into their new home on John Street. Mr. and Mrs. Shropshall came from Richmond Hill. A very successful euchre was held at the school Friday night. Eight tables were played and the winners were: ladies. Mrs. Walker. Mrs. D. Morrison, Mrs. A. Hunt; men's Jim Curtis. Walter Robin- son. Bud Ford. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Rodgers and her committee. The euchre was in charge of Guy Frazerand his com- mittee. Correspondent : Mrs. J. Gribble Telephone AV. 5-1468 Mr, and Mrs. H. Lak of 57 John Street will celebrate their silver wedding anniversary on November 3. The congratulations of the com- munity are extended to them on this day. Mrs. J. Curtis. Green Lane, was hostess to Thornlea Home and School executive Wednesday night. Mrs .N. Gage presided over the meeting. Final plans were made for the coming Hallowe'en campfire party. All in the district are welcome. There will be prizes for the best costumes for pre-school and school children and adults, If anyone who has a musical ‘instrument could bring it along, it will help out the program immensely. To advise people of '. special ev- ent at your church or school or club use a “Coming Events” notice Hallowe’en Party THORNLEA NEWS Presented Silver Tray Members and their families. numbering about 130. sat down to a delicious turkey supper on Fri- day evening at the annual congre- gational fowl supper held in Zion Lutheran Church, Sherwood. After supper, Mrs. Percy Ash. on behalf of the gathering. presented Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kefier with a silver tray as a wedding gift while Rev. E. J. Fischer expressed the pleasure of their many friends in giving them the gift. Mr, and Mrs. Kefier thanked them all for the tray and for their many kind- nesses. The movie “45 Tioga Street." was another interesting feature of the evening. Sherwood Luther League Debate The Luther League debate “Re- solved that the printed word is more powerful than radio or tele- vision” was held in Bethesda Lu- theran Church, Unionville, on Sun- day evening, October 19. with Miss Grace Fischer and Neil Stiver tak- heritors of a Great Name." The music included Junior and Inter- mediate choirs singing the anthem “In Our Hearts Celestial Voices't. and the Senior choir “The Radiant Morn." J. Oliver, tenor, sang the solo. "’1‘ e Gentle Shepherd.” Next Sunday the Centennial Services continue with Rev. Geo. E. Trimble the minister of Fair- lawn United Church, Toronto. preaching the sermon. In thé ev- ening the guest minister will be Rev. D. P. Rowland of York Presâ€" byterian Church, Toronto. 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Grand Opening OF THE MODERN SELF-SERVE CONCORD NEWS â€" Premier Electric Floor Polish'er â€" Electric Radiant Tea Kettle Telephone Maple 110R3 Our othlr store to serve you PHONE BALDWIN 1-1344 THORNHILL PHARMACY Arnold Peter of King demonâ€" strated the advantages of cooking meals with very little water and thus preventing dilution of miner- als and vitamins in the food we eat. Mr. Peter cooked and serv- ed a full course dinner to 14 people at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R01- and Keffer on Saturday night and showed that good meals should be fun as wéll as nourishing Some good points were present- ed by both sides but the negative side succeeded in convincing jud- ges Harold Stiver and Ross Perci- val that radio and television has a more powerful influence. Elia Ing ‘th eaflirmatlve stand and Miss Reta Keffer and John Ash, the neg- ative. Mrs. C. C. Thompson demonstra- ted the art of crocheting to the members of the Jolly 7 Club when they met at the home of Mrs. Jas. Spencer on Wednesday evening. October 15. Mrs. Thompson is an “accomplished needleworker, hav- ing received training at an early age by her two grandmothers, the late Mrs. Dan Stong and Mrs. Kers- well. in. With ease. Mrs. Thompson dem- onstrated the method of making the basic stitches and the different ways they could be used to create beautiful designs. The answers to the roll call “What I would like to do if I had more leisure time” were all differ- ent and very interesting and show- ed the ladies had a thirst for know- ledge when they chose such past- imes as “to learn to smock”, "to ;ake more violin lessons and to teach the children to play the vio- in", “to learn how to bowl”, and ‘to play the piano.” Mrs. Lloyd Thompson won the ‘Names” contest after which lunch was served by the hostess. ' The next meeting will take the Sorm of a masquerade party to be ‘leld at the home of Mrs. Howard pund on October 29. MORRIS MILLER th. B. Willowdale HAROLD P. 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