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Ladies’ Auxiliary Thornhill And District News . . The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the lst Thornhill Group Cub and Scouts will hold the annual Faâ€" ther and Son banquet on Friday, November 19. at '1 pm. in the United Church Hall. Mr. Fred Buesnel of the Metropolitan Boy Scouts will be the Speaker. Another feature of the evening will be a sleight-ofâ€"hand artist, Ron Tuckley from Toronto. All In ers p.ea;;e come. The regular monthly meeting 4 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thurs., Nov. 18, 1954 The Petrolane Corporation Ltd. TELEPHONE AVENUE 5-1338 Name Ph‘ Thornhill A V. 5â€"1677 Address Please send me more information without obligation Thornhill, Ontario ‘Ph. Toronto BA. 1-7467 ‘5‘ Since this is true â€" you‘ simply can't afford not to have TEMCO Automatic Gas Heat in your llome. Get the full story - and our liberal terms on TEMCO Automatic Gas Floor Furnaces todayl Yes - less than a nickel a day over a 20 year period can buy and install the TEMCO Automatic Gas Floor Furnaces neceuary to provide completely worlc free automatic gas heat for the average six room house. TEMCO FABMERS’ MARKET =3 TH ORNHILL = *‘k‘k Wednesday, November 243 *** Thornhill District Lions Ciuh â€" Floor Furnaces â€" Gas Water Heaters Ranges Gnomes: Seconds. Cathy Higgins and Lynn Robertson. v Little People: Sixer, Linda Ka- 'joia; Second. Jackie Barbour. 2nd Thornhill Pack: Elves: Second, Alfreda Robert- son. Fairies: Sixer. Angela Mickleâ€" borough; Seconds, Lee Davidson and Gail Gibson. Gnomes: Seconds, Lorraine An- stey and Carol Sissons. Imps: Sixer, Carolyn Martin: Seconds. Judy Hallawell and Pat Harding. The Thornhill and District As- sociation for Retarded Children will hold a meeting Thursday, November 18, at 8 pm. at Char- les Howitt Public School. A rev- ue of the background of the As- sociation, past work, aims of the school, and hopes for the future will be given in an “Achieveâ€" ment Survey" by officers of the association. The group reports that the Thornhill Lions have taken over all transportation completely. thus relieving the school of one of its major prob- lems. However. there is one lit- tle girl from Whitevale whose father has to leave work twice a day to drive her to Milliken and call for her in the afternoon. It is costing the father $30 a month in lost time plus the $10 a month education fee. Help is urgently needed in this case. Will anyone who has a car and some time to spare lend their aid? The school has received a cheque for $100 from the Milli- ken School Board to cover a year’k tuition for its one pupil. lst Thornhill Brownie Pack: Elves: Sixer. Lynn Turner; Sec- ond. Diane MacPherson. Fairies: Sixer. Ellen Jackson: Seconds. Susan Ball and Shirley Ramster. Gnomes: Seconds. Cathy Higgins Pixies: Sixer. Beverley Byford School For Retarded Children On Sunday/afternoon. Novem- ber 28 ,there will be anevery- member-canvas for the church. Pledge cards will be mailed to all members and envelope sub- scribers. The Stewards, assist- ed by the Elders will try to call on each home on this day. The Men’s Club will hold its monthly dinner meeting on Tues- day, November 23, at 6.45 pm. in the church hall. An outstand- ing film entitled “The Man With a ,Thousand Hands” wil be shown. It is an evening that should not be missed. Sir Robert and Lady Watson- Watt. who are building a home in'Thornhill have leased the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. C. Hill, Deanbank Drive for the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. Hill leave this week- for Florida and will remain there until the end of march. Mr. Hill is taking his cocker spaniels with him and intends to show them on the Florida Circuit. Brownies Mrs. J. E. MacNeiI, District Commissioner. Thornhill Guides. announces the list of Brownie Sixers and Seconds invested for 1954-55. ' There is a shortage of writing paper. The need is for ruled paper on which the children are taught to write. Help in this matter would be most gratefully received. United Church News The Ladies Guild met Thurs- day, November 11, in the Church hall.’ The president. Mrs. L. Denby was in the chair. Mrs. Clayton Atkinson and Mrs. Nel- son Findlay took charge of the worship period. A donation of $100. was voted to the Hurricane Relief Fund. At this meeting the Guild agreed to continue their support of a French child which they adopted through the Save the Children Campaign. The cost of maintaining one child is $50. per year and this will be the fourth year that the Guild has contributed. The speaker of the afternoon was Miss Margaret Holliday. a missionary from the United Church Mission at Dondi in Africa. She lectured and show- ed pictures of her work there. 6f the Auxiliary which was to be held on November 22 has been postponed to the 29th. At that meeting, Dr. Kent will speak and will install the new executive. To Spend Winter In Florida The Liberal is always pleased to publish items of interest contributed by its readers in the Thomhill area . . . Our representative in Thomhill is Mrs. Alan Sumner, John St, Thornhill. TELEPHONE AV. 5-1338. Gibson. Seconds Carol S , Sissons. Carolyn Martin; Hallawell and Pat PAINTS UNDER HANDICAP Earl Bailly is a 49-year-old Canadian painter who has triumâ€" phed over seemingly insurmount- able handicap, losing the full use of arms and legs at the age of two. Gripping the brush in his teeth, he paints the picturesque scenes of Lunenburg. Nova Sco- tia, with sure strokes and inspir- ing results. Reproductions by Earl Bailly. Currier and Ives Prints, Franz Johnston, Norman Rockwell, Manly Macdonald. Grandma Mosâ€" es and many other leading artists may be purchased in Christmas :ard form at The Liberal. Cards are available, with or without name, in orders from 25 up, the personalized cards starting in price from 25 for $2.50. Christ- mas card books are now available for inspection at the office, 63 Yonge Street South. ’ Baptist Church The organization meeting of the W. A. held Wednesday. Nov. 10. in the Sunday School hall was very encouraging Mrs. W. Raeburn presided and explained the reasons which led to the de- cision ot form this group. The following officers were el~ ected: Mrs. P. H. Willcocks, president; Mrs. W. Smock. vice- president; Mrs. C. Wilson, sec- Raeburn and Mrs. A. Lennie so- cial conveners. Mrs. C. Wilson had already lined up a work plan for the ladies and many more ideas for raising funds were sug- gested. The group feels sure that the enthusiasm shown at this first meeting augurs well for the future and will do much to pro- mote an active' association. At the close of the meeting tea was served. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday after- noon at 2 p.m., Dcember 6. 100th Anniversary Of Thornhill Lodge Nov. 27 One hundred years ago on the 27th of November 1854 a war- rant was granted by the Grand Lodge of British America to one. Robert Wiles, whereby L.O.L. No. 91. Thornhill was establish- ed. On November 27. 1954 the centenary of the Lodge will be observed. To celebrate this event a special Lodge meeting will be held in the United Church at which Mayor Leslie Saunders. who is Deputy Grand Master of British America will be the speaker. The Orange Degree will be exemplified by the County of East York Lecture School Degree team. On Sunday November 28. there will be a special service of Divine Worship in the United Church at 3:30 pm. with Rev. E. E. Kent in charge. Taking part in the service will be Right Worshipful G. Keyes. Grand Master of Ontario West and Wor- shipful Brother H. Beckin. rep- resenting. the County Lodge of East York. The preacher for the occasion will be the Rev. John Mills D.D., editor of “Argus” and a member 0 f the Toronto Board of Education. A choir of children from the Loyal True Blue and Orange Home will pro- vide the music. Early History 100th Anniversary One hundred years covers a good deal of history. Previous to 1854, Lodge members met more or less inform‘ally in vari- Formerly of Gerrard Heintzman Work guaranteed, Free estimates Phone Liberal Office TUrner 4-1261 III-IIIIIIIIIIIID PIANO TUNING and Repairing S. Hoffman Miss Halliday told chiefly of her work among the teen~age girls on the Dondi Mission Field. These girls have now nine schools organized. in which they learn singing. reading, cooking. sewing. basketry. pottery and knitting â€" which, incidentally. they do beautifully. The talk was illustrated with beautiful colored slides. It was an interest- ing evening and made all pres- ent realize how much we can do to help the natives of Africa. and what a driving force Christianity can be against the “Isms” of the world. I - The Ladies' Guild of the Unit- ed Church held its monthly meet- ing on November 11. The worship period following the Remem- brance Day theme, was conduct- ed by Mrs. Neil Findlay and Mrs. C. B. Atkinson. The president thanked the members for their co-operation in the planning and work of the annual bazaar which was a most successful affair a week ago. After a brief business period. the speaker, Miss Marg- aret Halliday of Angola, West Africa, was introduced. Ladies' Guild Hears Missionary Speaker ous homes but when the warrant was granted suitable permanent premises were sought and there are reasonable grounds for con- jecture that the meeting place was at the hotel operated by J. C. Steele at Steele‘s Corners‘ Mr. Steele himself was subsequently a Master of the Lodge. John Shiels was the first secretary.‘ Move to Victoria Hall On May 3, 1908 the Lodge moved to Thornhill into its pres- ent location, Victoria Hall. Mem- bership was then. as of today, comprised of people from Oak Ridges, Richmond Hill, Richvale, Thornhill, Willowdale and To- ronto. From the Minutes On February 2 1876 there was a motion to the effect that 5 splttoons were to be purchased and one notation that members would meet at the “rising of the sun” to be in good heart for the 12th July parade. In 1895 rent for the hall was 75c a month. It W35 also noted from the minutes that during the period 1921-1927 the Lodge had its greatest numb- er of members. Dr. C. P. Johns was the Master at that time. Institute Scholarships Out of the Minute Books of the Lodge have come some very in- teresting items. On February 4 1888, Brother Caleb Saunders walked 12% miles to attend a meeting. In 1913, the Lodge held a ball at Hughes Hall and the expenses for the function were listed as follows: 12 loaves of bread, $1.20; 15 large cakes, $2.25; 3 lbs. butter, .90; 1 cans of coffee, .75; 2 hams, $4.59. In 1952 the present Lodge established an annual scholarship fund for proficiency in Scripture at the L.T.B. and Orange Home. It is awarded annually. The 1954 executive has for the first time in .the history of the lodge a member who is also a Grand Lodge Officer. Dr. E. E. Kent is Grand Chaplain Provincial On- tario West and County Master of East York. The four oldest living mem- bers of the Lodge from the standpoint of membership are Wilfred C. L. Ball who joined in May 1917; Arthur Spofford, Jan- uary 1918; S. S. Findlay, June 1918 and Ernest Nicholson, who is now 85 years old joined in July 1922. Elect Officers W.M., A. W. Curtis; I.P.M., Rev. E. E. Kent; D.M., T. J. Kel- ley; Chaplain, R. H. Kane; Sec., K. E, Richards; Fin. Sec., J. Webster; treas., W. Scrivener; Marshall, W. A. Curtis; lst Lec- turer, D. Barton; 2nd Lecturer. E. Willett; Committeemen. 1. R. Kane, 2. P. Pool, 3. W. Totton, 4. A. Duncan. 5. A. Spofford; Ty- ler. W. George; Auditor, R. Kane, J. Madill. Last Monday. November 8, the officers for 1955 were elected and installed. . Thomhill Pharmacy C. E. Stoneburg Chemist & Druggist AV. 5-2503 Yonge St. The date for the nomina- tion meeting for trustees for the police village of Thom- hill has been set for Friday, November 26. The meeting will commence at 7.30 p.m.. extending until 8.30, and will be held at Victoria Hall. Let Us Handle Your Drug Needs Max Factor Cosmetics Prescription Service View-Master Reels Nomination Date Set Thomhill Make Nation-Wide Effort To Aid ManyRetarded Children By Elizabeth Sumner This is National Week for Re- tarded Children. Two per cent of the population is made up of such children. They have minds which stopped growing before the age of 11. They constitute the helpless and submerged popula~ tion of the mentally retarded. Some have brains which were physically crippled by fever, dis~ ease or injury before or after birth, in others the cause is not known. Although three-quarters of the mentally retarded could be trained to take a small but re- warding place in society. most of them stay idly at home. some forâ€" tunate enough to mingle with neighborhood children. but many hidden away like a guilty secret by their families. Some spend their lives unproductively in im- personal institutions. Set Up Schools Now, however, a nationwide effort is being made to help them both in Canada and the United States. Banded tpgether in the National Association for Retarded Children, parents have set up "Clinics and organized workshops and schools where their children can learn simple skills to make them self-suffic- ient. With the setting-up of the Association. parents are losing their reluctance to speak frankly about the retarded child. Local School Started There are 29 of these schools in Ontario. one of which is in Thornhill. It meets in the Un- ited Church each Week day. By means of a Government Grant, which was established in 1953, and which provides $250 per year per child between the ages of 5 and 18, the Thornhill and Dis- National Week Dr. Robert M. King, M.O.H.. and Director of the York Coun- ty Health Unit, reporting to the Board of the Health Unit at the end of last month, gave a com- plete picture of the immediate health measures taken to protect the area from a serious outbreak of disease after the recent hur- ricane and flood. M.O.H Tells Of Health Unit Measures After Hurricane From the report. the directors learned that, all available health personnel was immediately rush- ed to scenes of devastation. As- sistance from further expert per- sonnel was promptly provided from East York-Leaside‘Health Unit. the City of Toronto. the Department of Health for the Province of Ontario, and the Feda eral Department of Health and Welfare. “Altogether 21 sanitary engineers and inspectors became immediately available in the flooded areas in York County north of Steeles Avenue,” said Dr. King. Water Contamination “General warnings were put out by handbills and other meth- ods regarding contamination of food supplies from private prem- ises where basement flooding ocâ€" curred. Commercial establish- ments which suffered damage to stocks of food were promptly in- spected by representatives of the Food and Drug Division of the Federal Department of Health and Welfare, and appropriate ac- tion taken to safeguard the pub- lic. In the Marsh area close co- operation between the Depart- ment of Agriculture for Ontario with the assistance of the On- tario Provincial Police has pro- duced a working policy with re- gard to contaminated crops." Waste Disposal “Municipal water supplies in Aurora, Newmarket and Wood- bridge suffered knock-out dam- age immediately. Prompt atten- tion to disruption and possible contamination of these water supplies resulted in restoration of municipal water supplies in safe measure in these three mun- icipalities within the matter of 24 to 48 hours, although boiling of drinking water was recom- mended as a necessary precau- tion for several days." "In Woodbrldge, Schomberg and the Holland Marsh area, a safe water supply became prom- ptly available by tank truck by the courtesy of the Department of Works of the City of Toronto and the Fruehauf Trailer Com- pany of Weston.’ “Private wells throughout the entire area were for the most part flooded and in many cases contaminated. Artesian wells, where they occurred, were ex- amined, and for the most part, found to be satisfactory. Dug wells, however. which suffered surface contamination. can not be considered safe until the sat- uration of the ground in the area has been cleared and a satisfact- ory water test has been receiv- ed.” Food Supplies "Toilet facilities in areas not supplied with municipal sewers became an immediate emergency. With the assistance of the Cana- dian Army, Oakville Command, temporary measures were institu- ted in the emergency area where needed. Premises provided with septic tank waste disposal sys- tems were warned of difficulties that may arise in the operation of flooded tile beds.” Damaged Premises “Every premises, which on in- Specion, was unfit for immediate occupancy was placarded as un- inhabitable as an initial step in the sanitary cleanâ€"up campaign. Work crews. for the most part voluntary labour, proceeded in a cleaning out of mud and debris from the flooded premises. When cleaning up of the premises was trict Association is struggling to its feet and beginning to grow. Instead of institutional life, which at best provides physical care and refuge from the outside world, this parent-run school of- fers what the child's spirit needs most â€" love, incentive to better himself and a chance to lead a rewarding life. The establishment of the school means the accept- ance of the mentally handicap- ped in the community. Prayer For Children th has given the deaf vison to behold the colours and shape; and glogy of Aearth's rapture WHO has given the Hfifé the language of pndersfianding Who has given the lame free movement in spirit amidst the world of men What hast Thou given the least of these, the re- tarded, who rare sightless and deaf and mute and lame, in their lostness? Retarded children need love and protection and here is a prayer for them: How shall you shield these broken little creatures who are also the children of God? Oh Lord! Put love in the hearts of men as a shield for them. Stay the hand that would strike them Strengthen the hand that would feed them Bless the hand that would lovingly guide them and give wisdom and power to those that would comfort them. O Lord who has protected 31. ways His faltering children, Who has given the sightless hands that feel the contours of life’s beauty. For if a God in HE High heaven can weep - it is for these He weeps - For the retarded children. completed, disinfection crews entered and sprayed disinfec- tans throughout the building. Then a final inspection was done by the health . inspector, and where the situation was satisfac- tory, the home or premises 'was released for occupancy." Nurses’ Visits Public health nurses tempor- arily dropped their routine ac- tivities and made special visits to homes which have been re- occupied following clearance by the health inspectors. The pub- lic health nurses have given val- uable assistance and advice to the families who are attempting under many difficulties to re-es- tablish their homes again in somewhat devastated situations. General Remarks "The spontaneous and enthus- iastic co-operation between neighbouring health departments has been greatly appreciated," said Dr. King. “In the Holland Marsh area, the Simcoe County Health Unit has worked hand in hand with the York County Health Unit with the fortunate supervision by representatives of the engineering division of the Department of Health. Prob- lems of a sanitary nature in the Holland Marsh area have for the most part still to be met, but a program has been worked out and is in practice and a satis- factory eonclusion is anticipat- ed," he concluded. THORNHILI. 085 W. R. DEAN YOUR lOCAL MAsTER DEALER ME. CHRISTMAS SEALS! Ph. AV. 5- 1344 STANDARD SIZE UNITS build your home quickly! 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