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THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, 'April 28, 1955 Thomhill An TELEPHONE AV. 5-133! The Liberal is always pleased to publish items of interest contributed by its readers in the Thomhill area . . . . Our representative in Thomhill is Mrs. Elizabeth Sumner. In order that your items may appear in The Liberal Slm- ply phone AV. 5-1338. Around The Village Mrs. J. T. E. Palmer of Van- couver, mother of Mrs. P. Mc- Taggart-Cowan of Colborne st., has moved to Thomhill and is living on Elgin St. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Poulter, who have been touring the Sou- thern States for the past few weeks have returned to town. In the United Church on Sun- day at 4 pm. the following child- ren were baptized by the Rev. E. E. Kent: Sandra Eileen, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lawyer of Woodward Ave; Judith Mau- reen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hutton of Crestwood Road; Donald Randolph, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Burgess of Highland Park Ave. Rev. Earl B. Eddy. B.A.. B;D., of Central United Church, Wes- ton, will be the guest preacher at Thornhlll United Charch this Sunday. ____________.__._.._. Teacher & Pupils Hold Spring Tea Teachers and pupils of Thorn- hill Public School held a Spring Tea and Fun Fair on Tuesday, April 19. The schoolrooms were turned into a'Games Room and Touch and Take, White Ele- phants, Used Books and Games tables were set up. The show- ing of movies and a Nursery were supervised by the senior girls. The auditorium was divid- ed‘ into a tea room, a bake sale and a hobby display. The senior girls presided in the kitchen. preparing tea, cakes and sandwiches and the boys of Grades 6, 7 and 8 acted as wait- ers. Throughout the tea hour .piano music was provided by 50 girls and boys each taking their ' turn, ‘The hobby display included shells, stamps. coins, leather- eraft, copper work, basketry and model boats and cars. .,Proceeds from the tea are for sport equipment for all grades and for the Red Cross. FORM designed to YOUR specifications $12.: and 5mm: to throw. requirements , ma ms to much roux . 5" business ‘ ‘ - cannons to mice Younfi copies perfect cost a 'uarc'voua budget “ r rounurur liY The Liberlw RICHMOND HILL TU. 4-1261 Mrs. A. W. Crowhurst President ThornhiII Women’s Institute The monthly meeting of the Thornhill Women‘s Institute was held in the Masonic Hall with an attendance of 30 members, and one new member. Reports of standing committees for the year were read and showed. a great variety of work and activ- ities covered. Installation of incoming offi- cers by Mrs. P. Bone were as follows: Past president Mrs. C. Sinclair; president Mrs. A. W. Crowhurst; lst vice Mrs. C. Clif- ford. 2nd vice Mrs. C. Thomp- son. rec. sec. Mrs. C. Russell. treas. Mrs. W. Thompson. corr. sec. Mrs. A. G. Seeley. district director '. C. Sinclair. ' Branch directors. Mrs. J. Fish- cr, Mrs. B. Hislop, Mrs. F. Cole; agr'culture and Canadian indus- tri 5, Mrs. H. Mizen; citizenship and education, Mrs. P. Bone; home economics and health Mrs. C. Brillinger; community activ- ities and public relations Mrs. R. Spanton; historical research and current events, Mrs. T. Empring- ham; pianists, Mrs. G. Brillinger, Mrs. W. Ball; auditors, Mrs. R. Holmes, Mrs. J. Cooke. A presentation by Mrs. Holmes of a life membership pin to Past President Mrs. C. Sinclair and afternoon tea served by the host- esses concluded the meeting. 52 Entries Exhibited At First Spring Showing One of the signs that spring is surely with us is Thornhill Hor- ticultural Society's first show of the year, which was held recent- ly at the United Church hall. The hall was filled with attrac- tive exhibits of potted plants. cut flowers and foliage, with a large number of entries totalling 52, in which African violets predomin- ated. The African violet, logically enough, originated in Africa. It was discovered in 1890 by Baron Walter von Saint. Paul, who found it growing on his planta- tions in East Africa. He sent both plants and seeds home to his father in Silesia. Plants rais- ed from seed were shown in Ghent, Belgium in 1893 at the International Horticultural Ex- hibit and‘in 1894 plants were raised in the Royal Gardens of England and two plants were taken from Germany to the Un- ited States by a retail florist. By 1936 a number of varieties were available in the United States, but it wasn’t until 1946, six years after von Saint Paul's death. that his flower became generally popular. There was also a plant sale at the show and it was under the direction of Mrs. Percy Bone and her committee, Mrs. J. Dribble, lVIrs. Bert Heslop and Ernie Koh- er. _ The first speaker at the even- ing's meeting was Don Wain of Wain Florists, who covered the various types of insecticides now available, and those in process of being developed, for outdoor and indoor use. He particularly recommended for their lasting qualities aramite and parathon. The use of either of these cuts down‘ the number of times plants must be sprayed. He also spoke briefly concerning soluble fer- tilizers stressing their ease of application. The main speaker, introduced by Len Riley, was A. W. Aimers of F. Manley and Sons, distribu- tors. of lawn and golf course equipment and milorganite fer- tilizer. His subject was the building and maintenance of lawns. With the use of lantern slides he drew the attention of the audience to the careless me- thods of present day builders in subdivisions of wasting the top 5011 and leaving a poor founda- tion on which to establish a lawn. He told of different var- ieties of lawn seed and stressed the fact that it should be select- ed from the point of view of use, maintenance and care that the lawn will receive. He showed slides of several test plots on grass being grown at various centres. Owing to the absence of the president, E. T. Pherrill chairman of the meeting. Sec. 1 -- Specimen Flowers All Members Class 1. 1 blue African Violet, Miss Wakely, Mrs. Dolan, Mrs. Riley. Class 2. 1 pink African Violet, Mrs. Dolan, Mrs. B. Hes- lop, Mrs. C. H. Snider. Class 3, 1 double African Violet, any col- our, Mrs. Dolan, Mrs. B. Heslop, Miss H. Welsh. Class 4. 1 AD. V. African Violet, any colour. Mrs. Dolan, Mrs. B. Heslop, Miss H. Welsh. Class 5. 1 single or double African Violet. multiple crown, C. Snider, Mrs. Riley. Class 6. 1 potted Cactus or Suc- culent, Mrs. James, Miss C. Shaw, Harry Iddon. Class 7. 1 potted foliage plant or Coleus, Mrs. B. Heslop, Mrs. Mizen. Class 9, 1 potted Begonia, C. Snider, Mrs. B. Heslop, Mrs. Do- lan. Class 10, 1 any other house- plant, Mrs. B. Heslop, Miss C. Shaw, Harry Iddon. Class 11. 1 Geranium, any colour, Mrs. Ril- ey. Section 2 â€" Decorative Arrange- ments â€" All Members Class 12, A modernistic spring arrangement, Mrs. Dolan, Mrs. R. E. Dean, Mrs. James. Class 13. Spring arrangement of flowering branches, Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Mizen. Class 14. Dish garden. ornaments permissible, Mrs. Mizen, Mrs. Martindale. Section 3 â€" New Members 1955 Class 15, African Violet, any colour, any'variety, Mrs. C. H. Snider. Special for outstanding entry specimen, C. H. Snider. Decemâ€" ber arrangements, Mrs. Dolan. Junior 1955 1a Robin shelter, Nelson Ed- wards, Norma Fugler. 2, Any other bird house, Dorothy Fug- ler. 3, Plan for garden plot 18” x24", Dorothy Fugler, Norma Fugler. 4, 1 potted house plant, Dorothy Fugler. 5, 4 varieties of Native Evergreens. mounted 6" and under, S. Crutcher, Nel- son Edwards. W. A. Luncheon The W.A. of Trinity Angli- can Church, Thomhill, held its Spring Luncheon on Ap- ril 20 in the Church Hall; The luncheon was begun with the singing of “0 Can- ada" with Mrs. Martin Pow- ell at the piano. One hundred and forty- five guests were welcomed by the President, Mrs. S. S. Tobias, and the Rev. S. A. R. Wood asked the blessing. A very enjoyable one-act comedy, The Witching Hour was presented by the Foot- ‘ lights Club of Trinity was Church under the direction( of Mrs. Roger Priestman. I'armers’ Market Thomhill WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 IS THE LAST BINGO FOR THE SPRING SERIES A NEW SERIES WILL START EARLY IN OCTOBER d District ' 1often useful in another line. Guide Leaves Sick - Bed To Receive Gold Cord Certificate Convocation Hall. University of Toronto, was the scene of the Presentation of Gold Cord Cerâ€" tificates to outstanding Girl Guides in Ontario. on Friday evening, April 15. The program was sponsored by the Ontario Council of Girl Guides Association and 170 girls from all parts of Ontario were present to receive their certifiâ€" cafes. Mrs. Louis Breithaupt, Honorary President of the On- ario Council presented the aw- ards. Of particular interest was the Gold Cord presentation to Miss Margaret McArthur. daughter of Mr .and Mrs. R. McArthur of Thornhill. Margaret is the first Thornhill Guide ever to receive this honor. With her were her parents and Guide captains of the Thornhill First and Second Companies, Mrs. Duncombe Ball and Miss Evelyn Thorneycroft. Of even greater interest perhaps was the fact htat Margaret had her appendix removed on Mon- day but was able to appear at Convocation Hall on Friday and receive her award from the plat- form. Outlines Responsibilities Area Recreation Committee ' Robert Priestman. vice-chair- man of the Area Recreation Committee was guest speaker at the April meeting of Thornhill Home and School Association. Mr. Priestman gave a brief outline of the set-up of the Comâ€" mittee which is under the juris- diction of the Department of Education, Programme Branch. This Committee is in turn res- ponsible to Vaughan Township and particularly to the local com- munities. Its purpose is to fill the needs of the community in all aspects of recreation. The recreation program is divided in- to three main groups: 1. Physiâ€" cal (badminton, hockey, base- ball. ctc.i; 2. Social (dances, raâ€" dio broadcasts), 3. Hobby groups. The present Area Recreation Committee consists of R. C. Poulter, chairman, Robert Priest- man, vice-chairman, Walter Smook, William Balfour, Mrs. Margaret Grant, George Giles, Ty Sowden and Mrs. S. S. War- ren, Secretary. At present the committee is sponsoring the Daub and Sketch Club, the swim- ming pool and its activities, and the summer playground in the park. In the near future it is proposing to sponsor film nights for the family and singâ€"songs in the park during the summer months, as well as manual train- ing groups and junior art classes under the leadership of the Daub and Sketch Club. The commit- tee is also providing.free swim- ming instruction for the school pupils in the area schools. The â€"-_â€"â€"â€"~â€"r Dr. Raymond Parker The success of the Salk polio vaccine brings a special satisfac- tion to the volunteers of the Canadian Cancer Society because of the part played by the Soc- iety in the development of the vaccine, Society president, R. B. Buckerfield said in Vancouver recently. The vaccine is. devel- oped in a culture medium which was produced by a Toronto scientist with the assistance of the Society. For a number of years Dr. Raymond Parker has been work- ing with the‘asslstance of a Nat- ional Cancer Institute grant to develop a synthetic tissue cul- ture. This is a chemical mix- ture in which body cells can live and grow. Working in the Connaught Medical Research Laboratories at the University of Toronto, Dr. Parker developed in 1950 his 199th mixture. The mixture con- tains.60 ingredients and it kept cells alive for 40 days. Since then he has developed a solution No. 858 in which cells will live indefinitely. but No. 199 has proved to be more useful than any of these. In Toronto 3 group headed by Dr. Andrew J. Rhodes, Dr. A. E. Franklin and Dr. William Wood discovered that the polio viruses would thrive and multi- ply better in Dr. Parker's 199 than in any other solution. Dr. Jonas Salk of Pittsburgh grew monkey kidney tissue in No. 199 and injected it with polio virus. When the viruses were powerful enough ,he killed them. thereby producing the first safe and ef- fective polio vaccine. Cultures of polio viruses have been mass produced in the Con- naught Laboratories ever since. using Dr. Parker's No. 199, thus the Canadian scientists. support- cd by monies provided by the Canadian public through the Canadian Cancer Society. made the most important medical ad- vances of the century. ‘a great contribution to one of _ I So re- search in one line of medicine is Horticultural Society is also un- der the sponsorship of the Area Recreation Committee. An election of officers was held and Mr. Bailey of the York- Simcoe Home and School Coun- cil installed the Executive for 1955â€"1956. The new executive is as follows: Past president, Ted Fugler, president Ken Duncan, vice-president J. Maver, 2nd vice-president, Mrs. C. Atkinson, recording secretary Mrs, H. Spofiord. corresponding secret- ary, Mrs. G. Heatton, treasurer Jack Elliott. Executive committee: Mrs. Huckvale, Mrs. H. R. Burgess, Mrs. Ed. Percival, Mrs. W. L. Rick. Mother S Daughter Girl Guides Banquet Mothers and daughters, 127 in number, turned out for the Guide banquet on-Thursday at Trinity Anglican Church, Thorn- hill. Mrs. D. H. Gunn, Area Com- missioner, presented the newly formed Second Thornhill Com- pany with its warrant. The Rev. S. A. R. Wood dedicated this new company’s flag which was pres- ented on behalf of the Local As- sociation by Mrs. R. McArthur. Two coloured films on Inter- national Guiding were shown and the two companies presented a short play on the meaning of Guiding. Change. In There has been a very notice- able change of attitude on the part of the public toward the mentally retarded, said Dr. Grif- fin, General Director, Canadian Mental Health Association. dur- ing a panel discussion at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Ontario Association for Retarded Child- ren on April 16. The meeting and banquet held at Manor Rd. United Church, North Toronto, was attended by 14 members of the Thornhill & District Assoc- iation for Retarded Children. No longer, said Dr. Griffin, are these children hidden away in homes or made fun of on account of their shortcomings. More and more people are becoming aware of this group, the majority of whom are trainable. It was es- timated, he said, that 30 out of 1,000 were retarded, but out of this group of 30 only one was considered completely untrain- able. Four out of 30 are train- able to a greater or lesser de- gree and the remaining 25 are considered trainable and cap- able of maintaining good social relations with their normal bro- thers. Dr. Griffin stressed the great need for research into the| causes of mental retardation. (some 70 have been listed), and for research into the emotional and psychological problems of these children. He also said that in his opinion, to recom- mend iiistitutional care for a re- tarded child in infancy, as 'some doctors still do, is a risky prac- tice. Dr. Norma Ford Walker, well- known Toronto geneticist, was the second speaker. on the panel. Her work on the hereditary asâ€" pects of mental retardation has aroused widespread interest, and at the same time dispelled many of the “old wives' tales" as to its causes. The magnitude of this research work and the difficulty of obtaining data were apprec- iated afterwards by everyone who heard Dr. Ford Walker. Others taking part in the panâ€" el discussion were Dr. W. E. Hen- ry, Medical Officer of Health for York Township. who reviewed the progress and activities of the school for retarded in York To: Miss Clara G. Binnie. Senior Teacher of Speech Correction and Lip Reading in Toronto Schools: Mrs. L'rsula Lemmon, Liaison Social Worker and Tea- cher. York Township Schools, and Mr. G. B. Gunn of Oakville. Chairman of the Sheltered Workshops sub-committee of the Ontario Association for Retardâ€" ed Children. )iiss Binnie urged more adequate distribution of findings by those working with I I al- Four glamorous blondcs ways make an intriguing photo. When the four blondes all wear their hair in pony tails, it’s even better. But these four blonde, glamorous pony tailers have an- other thing in common â€"â€" they are all CBC television stars. Here, from the top, are dancer Babs Christie, singer Marilyn Kent, dancer Glenna Jones, and actress-personality Hollyhock. Marilyn Kent is featured on nu- merous CBC shows, and the dan- cers in the weekly variety, “On Stage". Holly frequently ap- pears on "Living" and, while she is known to be somewhat naive, this hasn’t stood in the way of her career; with her friend Uncle Chichimus, she was one of the first two creatures ever to appear on Canadian television when it came on the air back in 1952. According to figures released by the Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society, cancer ranks fourth as a cause of death between the ages of 1 and 4 years. Between the ages of 5 and 14 years it ranks secondyfor both sexes and is surpassed only by accidental death. Attitude ‘ Mentally Retarded retarded children. Mrs. J. O. Arrowsmith, Chairman of the Scientific Research and Clinical Services Committee, 0.A.R.C. introduced each speaker. Schools for the retarded, she said, helped the child to organize the abilities that he has. The Thornhill Assobiation for Retarded Children is now con- ducting a financial drive. Dona- tions are urgently needed to sup- port the Thornlea school on Bayâ€" view Ave., to which the children will move in the Fall. Contribu- tions ,which are deductible from income tax, should be made pay- able to the Association and sent to the treasurer, Mrs. P. Bicker- staff. 215 Oak Ave., Richvale. IAV 'TUmer 4-1124 We Sell The Best â€"- And Service The Rest Gifts For MOTHER’S DAY See what LaGrove Handicrafts has to offer. Thornhill AV. 5-1633 _â€"nâ€" . D. E. C O O K GENERAL CONTRACTOR Domestic & Industrial Alterations OAK RIDGES TU. 4-3075 Farm News And Commentary by Keith Russell CBC Farm Commentator So Now We Have Three provin- cial hog producer organizations; the Ontario Hog Producers As- sociation to frame general polic- ies regarding production and marketing. the Ontario Hog Mar- keting Board to direct the polic- ies for marketing, and the On- tario Hog Selling Co-operative to do the actual job of negotia- ting price and directing the hogs to market, The question in the minds of interested observers is whether the directors of the Co- operative, long on experience at producing hogs but short on the actual selling of them, can get as much for the producers as the directors of United Livestock Sales. some of whom have been in the hog selling business for over 30 years. Feed Experts Say if you only have $10 to spend on mill feed for a cow in a year, to give it to her when she’s dry. She will pay you better returns for it than if you feed it to her during her milking period. A LEVY of 1% on producers' gross milk sales to build up a fund to stabilize milk prices has been approved by Ontario‘s whole milk, concentrated milk. cream and cheese producers. Collections could start as early as June 1, but will probably not get underway till late summer or fall. Concentrated milk and cheese producers. who have been financing their own two-price system in the past, will benefit directly with the cream and fluid milk producers contribut- ing to ,their programs through the new fund. Forseeable im- mediate benefits to the cream and fluid milk men will be the indirect advantage of strength- ening the cheese and concentrat- ed milk sltuation. Provincial dairy groups hope to see the sta- bilization fund collections be- come national as soon as poss- ible, but are willing to make a start provincially to get the pro- gram going. Federal Fruit and Vegetable men recommend that tomato growers should be giving more attention to quantities and mix- tures of commercial fertilizers, if they want maximum yields. Egg Prices at Ontario markets pretty well follow the trend set at Toronto, but with at least 581.2% of the province‘s eggs marketed at Toronto, it is vir- tually impossible for any private operator to manipulate egg pric- es in Ontario by dumping or withholding on the Toronto mar- ket. American Studies show that hogs lose nearly half their shrinkage during the first ten miles to market. A Publicity and public rela- tions department, soon to be set up by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture with funds already promised by the co-operatives and the hog producers, may well prove to be one of the first steps toward closer co-ordination of Ontario's farm crnmdity groups. Ambitions, though, in the minds of some of our farm organizers to draw co~ops, hog, milk. fruit producers and so on under one board of directors and one treas- ury will be thwarted for at least several years by the reluctance of dairy groups to yield their autonomy and independence. Ladino Clover makes good poultry pasture; where it can be grown well it is more productive than other grasses or legumes, and the chickens prefer it. Reports from the recent Wash- ington meeting of the North Am- erican Committee of the Inter- national Federation of Agricul- tural Producers indicate that Canadian farm organization lead- ers in attendance have a much clearer concept of world farm condition, social, political, and economic, than have their United States contemporaries. When Eggs are 55c a dozen for Grade A Large, the customer can get more egg for her money by buying Mediums at 49c a dozen. A recent survey shows a sav- ing of 14% in chore time and 27% in steps for farmers who shift from stanchion stables to loose housing. Indications are that the new breed of pigs developed at the Experimental Farm at Lacombe, Alberta, will make faster gains than Yorkshlres and produce carcasses which will grade just as high. ______â€"____.____â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€" See Love For Lovely~ Lumber John C. Love Lumber Company, Ltd. Yonge Street At Woodward Avenue (Jolt North of Steele’s Calm) Thomhill. Ont. 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