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Tfiornhill And District Ne S - - - 31 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Thurs., Mar. Social and qusonal Duulal nllu . ........ I Don Sinclair, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Sinclair, Yonge St., who is the golf “Pro” at River- side Golf Club, St. John, New Brunswick. was chOSen to rep- resent the Maritimes at the con- vention of the Canadian Profes- sional Golfers Association held last Thursday. Friday and Satur- day at the Royal York Hotel, To- ronto. He visited his parents while here. TELEPHONE AV. 5-1338 "nun, . . V . . . ' Mrs: Elizabeth Barker. her son Bruce and her daughter Susan are leaving Thornhill to live in Fort William. Mrs. Barker. a widow, came to this village five years ago from Fort William. During that time she has been a familiar figure behind the count- ér in Hal Harley's Drug Store. - She was an assistant Cub lead- er and is past President of the Scout‘s Mother's Auxiliary and has appeared annually as a mod- el in “Jenny's” Fashion Show. Bruce. who was one of Phyllis Bentham‘s star pupils will reâ€" main in Thornhill in order to iomplete his year at Richmond Iill District High School. He will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Whyard. Elgin Ave. Mrs. Barker's many friends re- gret her leaving this week and will miss her greatly. The next meeting of the Moth- er's Auxiliary, lst Thornhlll Cubs and Scouts will be on April 25, in the United Church Past President Civit’an Addresses Men’s Club The Men's Club of Thornhill United Church held its monthly dinner March 22 in the Church hail. Speaker was A. E. Moore. Past International President of the Civitan Club and a resident ‘of Thornhill. Lions Largest Civic Clubs Mr. Moore spoke on the Func- tion and outreach of the Service Clubs. The first Service Club was organized in the office of Paul Harris a Chicago business man in 1905. to introduce the Golden Rule into the business World. It met weekly and called itself Rotary. From- this begin- ning other groups were formed over the years such asdflwanis and the Lions. There are over One million members in the Civic Reserve Us Now To be sure of some good ' fruit next fall J. BENEDICTUS All Welcome Custom Spraying MAPLE R. R. ] Phone Maple 101R33 â€" Which One Is “the Light of the World?” Thomhill District Lions Club YES! SPRAY ORCHARDS Farmers’ Market Thornhill EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 8 RM. _ Every Wednesday njght, for all women attending Bingo. Lovely Colonlal pattern. 100 service charge. B-I-N-G-O Sunday, April 3, 7 pm. Legion Hall Carrville Road, Richvale, Ont. SPECIAL DRAWS JACKPOT LAST WEEK $300 Representative of Watch Tower Society DINN/E RWHRE CHRISTIANITY CHRISTENDOM You Are Invited to Attend PUBLIC ADDRESS BY G. W. CURTIS 01' Hall Ullnwu yup-.. _ . , 0n Palm Sunday, April 3 there will be two morning services. At 9:45 am. there will be Commun- ion followed by the Sermon. At 11:00 am. there will be a Com- munion and Confirmation Serv- ice and Reception of members. A service of Sacred Music will be held in the evening at 7:30. On Good Friday there will be a combined service in Trinity Anglican Church at 8:00 pm. The speaker will be the Very Rev. Dr. George C. Pidgeon. Dr. Pidgeon was the first Moderator of the United Church and is a former minister of Bloor St. United Church, Toronto. nun. Glen Rogers of Thornbank and Ian MacMillan of Paul St., were invested in A Pack Thornhill Cubs on Thursday March 24. by Akela Palmer. United Chur_ch Sewa . ____:u a 51......“ Wellâ€"known local resmem, Trustee Wilfred R. Dean. has re- sumed his business activities and his work on the local High School District Board after a reâ€" cent lengthy illness. , :u L- -4, cum. “luau”, ......... Mrs. Janet Clapham will be at home to her neighbours, friends and relatives on Sunday. April 3. from two to five o‘clock and seven to nine o'clock at the home of her son. ‘Mr. Arthur Clapham, Centre Street. Thorn- hill, the occasion being her 80th birthday. Clubs of North America and their interests are primarily humanitarian. They seek ways of bettering community life and lend a helping hand wherever and whenever it is needed. The largest of the Civic Clubs is the Lions with a membership of 600,000. Civitan has 500 clubs on this continent with 14 in the province of Ontario. Aid Returned Soldiers The Civitan Club was founded in 1917 in Alabama and the meetings took the form of a weekly luncheon. At that time the purpose of the Club was to help in the rehabilitation of re- turned. soldiers and to extend help to those overseas. In 1920, Civltan U. S. A. was formed and in 1932 the first club in Canada was started in Toronto: As the result of the formation of the Canadian branch Civitan U.S.A. and Civitan Canada be- came Civitan International. In 1954, Mr. Moore was Internation- al President and in one year he travelled 100,000 miles, covâ€" ered 41 states of the U. S. A. and flew over therther seven. Tom Jackson, of the Lions Club introduced Mr. Moore, who at the conclusion of his speech. was thanked by Dr. E. M. Meuser. 56 NUMBERS CALLED The Liberal is always pleased to publish items of interest contributed by Its readers in the Thornhill area . . . . Our representative in Thomhill is Mrs. Elizabeth Sumner. In order that your items may appear in The Liberal sim- ply phone AV. 5-1338. No Collection local resident 31, 1955 Thornhill Baptist Church was privileged to have S. E. Clark, Deacon of Park Road Church. Toronto. and chairman of the Home Mission Board to speak at the morning service last Sun- day. His theme was Home Missions and he gave impressive facts and figures concerning the num- ber of churches and missionaries that come under this Board. The aims of the Mission Board are many and Mr. Clark appealed to the congregation for help in ex- tending the workl On behalf of the Deacons of Park Road Church. Mr. Clark presented the Thornhill Church with a Communion Table and a set of Ofl'ering Plates. These will be dedicated on Easter Sunday. The Women’s Auxiliary of Trinity Anglican Church, Thorn- hill, held its Lenten Devotional Service in the church Thursday afternoon, March 24. Baptists Hear Deacon, Pk. Rd. Trinity W. A. Lenten Service Rev. S. A. R service and Mrs the organist. The regular meeting took place in the church hall after the service and final arrange- ments were made for the Spring Luncheon, sponsored by the W. A., and which will take place the latter part of April. The Foot‘ugms Club of Thom- hill will present a one-act com- edy. “The Witching Hour." Hostesses for afternoon tea were Mrs. S. Kertland and Mrs. Johnstone. The next W.A. meeting will be held Thursday, April 14 at 10 am. in the church hall. Mem- bers 'are requested to make a re- port regading the sale of tickets for the luncheon. Fourteen Baptisms Thornhill United Baptisms last Sunday after- noon at Thornhill United Church with Dr .E. E. Kent offic- iating, included Marjorie Ellen, Stephen David, Donald Leslie, children of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Jackson of Bayview; Karen Lin- da, Shirley Anne Barbara, George Henry, Allen Richard and David Robert Murray, child- ren of Mr. and Ms. S. G. Perrin ren of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Perrin of Clarke Ave. Mrs. Perin was Robert Dwight, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Jackson, Law- rence Ave., Toronto: Dorothy Grace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Fugler, Colbone St., Thorn- hill; Elaine Marilyn. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Elvidge, Ar- nold Ave.; Robert James and William John, sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Carson, Thornheights Road, were also baptized. For your fuel needs Call JONES COAL CO. TU. 4-1851 We also carry me brick, lime, cement LOTS OF FUN AN THRACITE Richmond Hill BITUMINOUS Wood took the W. Howard was The Liberal's correspondent for Thornhill, Mrs. Eliâ€" zabeth Sumner is shown “pulling the picks" last week at the Thornhill office of the Bell Telephone, that threw 350 new phones into circuit. This brings the total number of phones in the area to 1900 with provision for an extra 650. By Elizabeth Sumner It‘s a far cry from the day in 1898 when Ed. Francis climbed a telephone pole in Newton- brook and repaired the single line to Toronto, to last Wednes- day when I pulled the picks at the Thornhill office that threw 350 new phones into circuit. The only thing Ed. Francis and I have in common is that we are both now in the .archives of the Bell Telephone Company of Can- ada. end of the Long Distance toll charge and for this operation the present premises will have to be enlarged. The number of daily local calls on the Avenue ex- change is 3,900. Daily long dis- tance calls average 1.100: It is interesting to note here that in the Telephone History of Thorn- hill there were seven subscrib- ers in 1907 and in 1911 there we're 57. Machine _Brain Here'is what happens in the ,p AL, ‘1," mJ Do you know what‘pulling a pick means? Do you know what a relay is? Do you know enough about electronics to explain to your children, or your neighbour or yourself for that matter, just what happens from the time you. lift your telephone receiver till you have completed your call? This writer was a babe in the woods. a backward child until “Operation Wednesday” and even now I’m still baffled. After the delicate operation of “pulling” was completed I was handed over to Bob Allen, Su- pervisor in charge of the dial equipment at Willowdale and Thornhill who with infinite pa- tience and gentle persistence exâ€" plained the facts of electric im- pulses to me. Confronted with bewildering array of electrical equipment, I was struck dumb and as it is my business to ask presumably intelligent questions and receive intelligent answers I felt like a clod â€" a “Stupide” as the French say. I kept thinking idiotically that I was glad I had worn my new spring hat -â€" a delectable creation of pale blue straw -â€"â€" and that if the worst came to the worst I could at least look fashionable and act as though I were Royalty laying a cornerstone. At this point the photographer; arrived. He smiled gently and said, “Your hat is very pretty Mrs. Sumner but would you mind lifting your veil. We don't want your face to have a check-j ered effect." “Certainly not”, I replied hastily and raised the wisp of veiling graciously. However. there are some facts that penetrated my feminine in, comprehension of anything meé ch'anical, and here they are. for your edification. The AVENUE exchange district comprises the area from Leslie St. on the east, Concord on the west, Steeles on the south and the Carrville side- road on the north. Up until last Wednesday there were 1550 phones in this area. I pulled the switch for 350 more and there is still provision for 650. Part of Maple will be ‘on the Avenue exchange next May. Judging from the number of people re- quiring service it is expected that the present equipment will be used up next Spring and an- other cut-in allowed. Some Of the subscribers have been wait- ing as long as 18 months for a telephone. The Jersey cow “Standard Bright May -158500-" has been awarded a 4,000 lb. certificate. In 8 lactations she produced 7.- 593 lbs. of milk and 4,220 lbs. of fat. “May” is a Silver and Gold Medal cow and a Ton of Gold winner. She is owned by Don Head Farmers Ltd., Richmond Hill. Also next Spring will see the See Us For â€"â€" Body Work - Spray Painting - Welding Simonizing orrespondcnt Pulls Switch Thornhill, Ont. GIVE YOUR CAR A NEW LOOK FOR ’55 4,000 LB: COW FISHER AUTO BODY Here is what happens in the Thornhill office of the Bell Tel- ephone when you make a local call. The first step is to lift the receiver. In the office a piece of electrical equipment which is operated by relays searches for your line in order to give you the dial tone, just as an operator would on a manual switchboard. A machine brain can only re- member one thing at a time. so when you start to dial there is a machine for every segment of the whole number. Using AV5- 1338 as a test number, one ma- chine does the AV. another ma- chine does the 5 and the 1, which in turn sends you to the 3 and from there to the 38. The last two digits are completed by one machine. Supply Emergency Power As soon as‘the 'Bell Telephone and asks how lt I must have looked confused for Mr. Allen said gently. "Arc- welding machines, Mrs. Sumner, "diesel or gasoline driven gen- erators." Every large central office is equipped with a stand- by diesel generator, the smaller offices are served by a pool of gasoline or diesel generators lo- cated at Toronto. This pool is augmented by renting genera- tors on a permanent arrange- ment basis from various arc- welding companies." “You know" he continued. “I think I’ve given you enough infomation for an article. don't you?” “Plenty,” I replied. and we shook hands and grinned at one another. “Thank you'Madame. We are most happy to serve you. And may I say Madame . . . . "Yes?" N. “Your hat." “My hat?" “Your hat Madame. It is en- chanting.” How wise I was to wear it I thought exultantly. What confidence 3 new hat gives to a woman. And how wonder- ful to be a woman. What does it matter if I know nothing about electronics. After all what does the Bell Telephone know about hats? 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