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Thomhill And District News uv.uv.. .fifivv ers. ,Ian Ross Clive Simpson. Jimmy Angier, Sandy Kelson, David Iverson and Raymond Thirgood worked hard and well. The examiner was Dr. Steele. f‘Hun Rimnson. has received his TELEPHONE AV. 5-1338 Rev. E. E. Kent of Thornhill United Church has accepted a call from Chatsworth United Church, Grey Presbytery. His duties will commence the first of July. Seven boys from lst Thornhill Scouts successfully passed their First‘ Aid St. John's Ambulance test. Under the instruction of Gordon Crutcher, l€en "Chamb- Thirgood worked hard and well. The examiner was Dr. Steele. Clive Simpson, has received his lst class badge and also his Handyman’s badge. Carpenter’s and Musician’s Badge. Ian Ross also received his lst Class badge, the Rescuer’s Badge and the Canoeing and Marksman’s badae. Has the loom you are looking for Weaving taught) See our display of hand weaving, knitting. wool and Thornhill AV. 5-1633 BAKER ’ SI suns & snawcm I YONGE ST. 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LA GROVE HANDICRAFTS New Work Authorized Studebaker Dealer Piumbing & Heajing BKRRIE TENT & AWNING CD THE LIBERAL”, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Tfiursda‘y, May 12, 1955 ANDREWS 8 GRAY supplies Richmond Hill, Box 206 Phone TU. 4-1879 34 Hayfield St, Barrie TEL. 4314 Budget Terms Alterations weathers and all seasons ggiustable to all Elocution pupils of Marguer? ite Boyle, Thornhill. taking aw- ards at the recent York and Peel Music Festivals, include the following 1â€" Elocution Pupils Marguerite Boyle Win At Peel Festival Gladys Carter. who won the gold medal and senior scholar- ship at York. the Robert Simp- son scholarship and a gold and silver medal at Peel; Joyce Per- kins. a gold and silver medal in the senior classes at York; Gar- y Skippon. a gold and silver at Peel and three thirds at York; Susan Keachie. a gold at Peel and two thirds at York; Donna Graham. a gold and a silver at York; Robert Howard: a gold at A number of parents and friends gathered at the home of Mrs. Sylvia Kent, Boyle Drive. Langstaff, for a recital by her pupils, assisted by Mrs. Alice Crowhurst, Painswick, Ontario. guest pianist, and the Don Vall- ey Ramblers. Mrs. Crowhurst opened the program with one of the gayer preludes by Bach “Prelude in B Flat Major”. Grace LaRiche, a first year pupil. showed much promise as she presented two numbers, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and “Gossip Joan". Murray Hobbs selected “Three Blind Mice,’ and a Sonatina by Beethoven. Grace LaRiche and Sheila Craig joined in a duet. "Dutch Dolls Dance" by Helen Little Star" and “Gossip Joan". Murray Hobbs selected “Three Blind Mice,’ and a Sonatina by Beethoven. Grace LaRiche and Sheila Craig joined in a duet. "Dutch Dolls Dance" by Helen Crannin. “P elude in G Minor" by the Russ an composer Rachmaninoff, a number that is increasing in popularity, though not as well- known as his famous C Sharp Minor, was presented by Mrs. Sylvia Kent. Her second num- ber was "The March a La Tur- que' by Mozart. Sheila Craig played “Waves of the Danube” from which the popular “Anniv- Sylvia Kent Holds Recital Guests-Don Valley Ramblers Sylvia Kent. Her second num- ber was "The March a La Tur- que' by Mozart. Sheila Craig played “Waves of the Danube” from which the popular “Anniv- ersary Waltz" has been taken, and a Sonatina by Beethoven. Murray Hobbs then played a waltz by Strauss. Flexibility of control puts Canvas Awnings in a class by themselves. Cooling shade under the hot sun . . . un- obstructed light when skies are gray. Our service includes every type of awningâ€" widest variety of fabrics and colors. Our service assures your satisfaction. An extension, designed to' house equipment required for the widening of Thornhill’s local calling area and also equipment to serve more telephones here, will be added to the Bell Tele- phone exchange building on Yonge Street; Bell Telephone To Build ExtensionThornh’illOffice A. I. Macmillan, Bell company manager for this area announced this week that a contract for construction of the extension has been awarded to Evan S. Martin The Libenl is always pleased to publish items of interest contributed by its readers in the Thornhill are: . . . . Our representative in Thornhill is Mrs. Elizabeth Sumner. In order that your items may appear in The Liberal simâ€" ply phone AV. 5-1338. , Repairs Peel: Elizabeth Catherine Lees, a gold and a bronze at Peel; Eil- een Dykes. two silver at York; Lois Perkins, a silver and two thirds at York; Anna Killen, a third at York and at Peel in the senior classes; Jerry Buchanan, a bronze at Peel: Bobby Skippon a silver at Peel for creative dra- matics; Lois Weir, a bronze at Peel in the open class; John Graham. 3 silver in the senior class at York. with two other sil- ver medals going to Ruth Hern and Judy Deltor: third awards went to John Perkins, Kenneth Payne. Anne Ward and Dawn- een Snider. Mrs. Alice Crowhurst returned to please the audience with Var- iations by Beethoven. This fea- tured a style of writing develop- ed in the 16th century. The theme is first! played in a straightforward style followed by nine variations of the theme. Beethoven used many devices to vary the theme, sometimes putting it in the left hand or changing to the minor key, or altering the time and accent. Her final selection was “The Juppa Dance” by the American Com- poser Nathaniel Dett, a number picturing Negro life. The Don Valley Ramblers un~ der the direction of Ernie Kent proved most popular and were called back for a number of en- cores. Their selections were varied -â€" religious, western and popular. This group is compos- ed of Ernie Kent, guitar, Archie Kent, mandolin, Arnold Balogh violin, Sylvia Kent, piano. Ernie and Archie are the vocalists. The evening was brought to a close with the serving » of re- freshments, during which Mrs. Sylvia Kent was presented a bouquet of roses by Grace Lab Riche and Sheila Craig in appre- ciation of her work. Rev. E. E. Kan was Master of Ceremonies. Construction Limited of Toronto The one-storey extension will measure 42 feet by 32 feet and will be added to the rear of the building. Construction will start in the near future and be com- pleted in the fall. 'Insfallation of additional dial equipment to provide for future requirements here will be made later. The switching equipment and associated apparatus required to widen the local calling area to include Toronto and several neighboring suburban communi- ties will then be installed. This equipment will go into use next spring. Thornhill Baptists Exceed Allocations Mrs. A. Kent, vice-president of the Thornhill Baptist Mission Circle. presided at the regular monthly meeting held in the Sunday School room last Wed- nesday. The treasurer was very pleased to report that the mis- sionary allottment had been ex- ceeded. Mrs. A. G. Barber gave an in- teresting talk on the Holy Grail, after which the following offic- ers were elected to serve on the executive for the following year: Honary president, Mrs. W. H. Moore; president Miss G. Stev- ens; vice-president. Mrs. A. Kent: secretary, Mrs. J. Martin: treasurer. Mrs. H. Ellam; Link and Visitor secretary, Miss H. Stringer; reading course secret- ary, Mrs. Twine; group leaders, Mrs. W. Raeburn, Mrs. W. Yeo, Mrs. C. Bowyer. Mrs. Kajola was welcomed back into the circle after an ab- sence of five months, and a word of farewell was said to Mrs. Hi1â€" lier who will be leaving soon to take up residence in England: Mrs. Ellam was also Wished a safe and pleasant trip for her holiday to England. The remainder of the evening was given over to preparing the White Cross box for India. and it was gratifying to note the am- oum‘of \vork’that had been com plated by the various groups. Indications are that ‘there will be a good turnout at the Tennis Meeting at Thorn- hill scheduled for Friday, May 13, 8 p.m., at Trinity Church Hall. Since 1952, two surveys have been made to determine if there was sufficient inter- est in forming a tennis club. Friday’s meeting will be the first concrete step taken to- wards the formation of a tennis club. Wide Interest In Tennis Ascension Day Service Tlinity Anglican Church What should prove to be a most interesting service is to take place in Trinity Church, Thornhill, on Ascension Day, May 19, at 8 pm., when the com- bined choirs of the Deanery of York North will sing Evensong. The choir,-consisting of 150 voices, will be made up of the choirs of the 11 parishes which cover the area from Woodbridge to Sutton. all of which are inâ€" cluded in the Deanery of York North in the Diocese of Toronto. Conductor will be John Cozens. well-known in the Canadian Col- lege of Organists, and Musical Editor of the Canadian Church- man. the national paper of the Church of England in Canada. Two anthems will be sung, one a unison anthem, the other in Distriét Congregations I nvitecg The annual report and demonstration of ballet shared the interest of members and guests at the annual meeting of Thornhill Nursery School held on Wednesday evening, April 27, in Thornhill Public School. The annual reports were given by the retiring executive with many recom- mendations for the improvement of the school program accompanied by appreciation of the efforts of the super- visor, Mrs. Nels Gage and her assistants. Mrs. R. C. Fairfield announced that Mr. and Mrs. William Kajola have kindly consented to the use of their ground floor by the Nur- sery School for the third con- secutive year, ' A display of work of the Nur- sery and Kindergarten children along with ‘photographs of the children both at work and at play was a feature of the even- mg. Nursery School Holds Ballet Demonstration Mrs. Ralph Robinson announ- ced the results of the voting which had taken place earlier in the evening. The 1955-56 ex- ecutive is as follows: President Mrs. James Kearns; vice-presi- By Elizabeth Sumner I The slick woman's magazine lay open at a double page spread illustrating the newest of kitchâ€" ens. Cupboard doors open by magic. Press a lever and crushed ice spews forth. Press another and orange juice flows. The ad- vertisement assures you that you can play bridge while your dinner cooks and sleep while your clothes are laundered. It says, “This stream-lined kitchen, functional and fabulous has been created to remove all effort from living.” Is- it such an effort to live, I wonder. I myself find it sing- ularly simple and exciting. I have achieved a hard-won phil- osophy which tells me that this modern kitchen, “created to re- move all effort from living”, succeeds in removing all living from living. The gadget has taken over leaving the hand and the mind to dwell in a sort of limbo for the unused. In this age we are urged, exhorted, nay dri- ven to strive for simplicity but in the case of this kitchen the end result is ,not simplicity but complication. It involves count- less experts to keep this “Sim- plification” functioning proper- ly. And is it not a strange para- dox indeed. that once possessed of these “dream” kitchens, we immediately build an outdoor fireplace or a barbecue pit in or- der to enjoy the “thrill of a sim- ple meal simply cooked” and eaten out of doors? I thought of my own small kitchen with stove, refrigerator, cupboards and running water} and of the countless number of, meals made tor the countless number of people who seemed to enjoy them and the getting of which hadn’t weakened me not- iceably. I thought further and called to mind the picture of the pioneer woman in “The Back- 'woods-woman' by Isabel Skelton. This book is dedicated in part, to “Canadian women pioneers who not only met the needs of their own day, but laid lasting foundations for ours.” Those wo- men had no kitchens. There was no cupboard. no stove, no kitchen cabinet, let alone a sink, running water or refrigerator. The fireplace was her sphere of action. The cook of 125 years ago had few implements but what she had were all in evidence. Her'iron bake kettles. pots and pot-hooks, her long-handled fry- ing pans, her ladies, tongs and shovels. her candlesticks, snuff- ers and moulds, all sought re- fuge with her earthen and pew- ter-ware dishes beside the fire. “The Lord did anoint thee with his odorous oil to wresile. not to reign." This was he portion of the backwoods woman. As Mrs. Skelton describes her â€". “She gardened, milked cows. cared for poultfy. bees, managed calves, lambs and pigs. She was Richmond Hill Commercial and Domestic 51 Highland Park 0n the installation of INCREASED REFRIGERATION FACILITIES The Knowing Heart CONNOR’S REFRIGERATION SERVICE HILLCREST RED & WHITE BEST WISHES TO Refrigeration by Willowdale harmony. Apart from these the service will be the normal Even- song, with special Psalms and Hymns for Ascension Day. The preacher for the occasion will be the Rt. Rev. F. H. Wil- kinson. M.A.. D.D. Bishop Coad- jutor of the Diocese of Toronto. In this way the Deanery plans to mark the commemoration of the Ascension of our Lord, and His coronation as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. ~A cordial invitation has been extended to the people of Wood- bridge, Thornhill, Richmond Hill, Aurora, Newmarket, Roche’s Pt., Sutton. Markham. Unionville, Schomberg, and King to accom- pany their choir members on this occasion. dent, Mrs. R. F. T. Rounthwaite; secretary. Mrs. Julianna Mac- kenzie; treasurer, Mrs. Harold Linklater; volunteer convenor.‘ Mrs. G. A. Chandler; parent ed- ucation, Mrs._C. W. Blackall. Following the business mee- ting Miss Janet Baldwin and her assistant Miss Barbara Cook with the help of four pupils, gave a demonstration of the learning process in the art of ballet Refreshments were served un- der the convenorship of Mrs. Norman Bradley and her assist- ants, Mrs. J. D. Grant, Mrs R. T. Tamblyn and Mrs. S, K. Richan. a skilled horsewoman and could paddle a canoe. She baked bread, dressed butter, pressed cheese, cured meat, boiled pot- ash, made maple, sugar, manufac- tured soap and candles and even clothed her family â€"- all with- out the shopkeepers help. Add- ed to this she was wife. mother, nurse and midwife. Her work was exacting but not monoton-‘ ous and dull. The hardships of her life and the long hours she often spent alone brought ser- enity, poise and harmony." Mrs. Skelton neglected to mention that she also died young. In this day of time-saving devices you live longer but get neurotic faster. To strike a balance between modern functionalism and pion- eer drudgery is the secret of living. Our livesxare cluttered with functional kitchens, super- markets, mechanical gadgets, material possessions, hordes of friends, countless arrangements. numerous distractions and all enforce a pressure that is fre- quently unbearable. How then to strike the balance? You cannot rejec't your life as you have chosen to live it but you can reject" some of the things that clutter and dissipate it. Anne Morrow Lindbergh in her “Gift from the Sea” calls it the art of shedding. This book moved me profoundly for here, confirmed by a woman, brilliant, wise and experienced is my own philosophy, come so lately and so hardly won. I learned the “art of shedding” through econ- omic necessity and now pursue it from choice. I am the most fortunate of women in that I live on this land above the river in gentle seclusion and sweet privacy. Five acres of beauty â€"â€" with the world out of sight and sound but around the corn- er when I need it. My house is small and uncluttered. I have' no need of rugs for with child- ren and dogs entering and de- parting at will it is easier to sweep the floor than to vacuum a vast expanse of broadloom. There are few curtains. Why shoul I curtain off an orchard in bloom, two sentinel pear trees frothed with white, hawthorn and labufnum in bud and a li- lac hedge of exquisite beauty. And when the wing of night en- folds the sky I lie in bed he- neath the window and watch the delicate lace-work of leaf and bloom hushed and still against the moon. My house is filled with love. It is warmed and nourished with love. This way of life I have taken unto me and made it mine. It has given me time to read and write and contemplate, three things that I must have to keep me whole. I am enriched a thousand fold and filled with peace. I am myself. TU. 4-1531 A‘U 5-1458 CIean-UpWeek May 14 To 29 The period May 14 to 29 is Forest Conservation and Spring Clean-up Week, sponsored by the Dominion Fire Prevention Association ,Ottawa. This is the month when many summer resort operltors. cot- tage owners and other land own- ers will be visiting their proper- ty and getting ready for another season. Make “clean-up" week a time to ensure that all dry leaves. dead grass and other deb- ris are removed around the buildings and 'dispose of any ha- zards which exist and may cause trouble later. Stove pipes. chimneys and incinerator screens etc., should also have a careful check up and any other precau- tions taken to eliminate fire dan- ger during the months ahead. The best time to dispose of debris by burning is late in the day or evening when the wind is down and when there is no danger of the fire getting out of hand. - SUTTON : Miss Mary Jane Haw- ker who taught at Sutton Public School for the past 25 years, passed away recently. At one time .the late Miss Hawker taught at Markham Public School. N. GWILLIMBURY 2 Council has adopted a new mill rate of 25 3/10 mills, an increase over last year’s figure of 21% mills. WOOL SHIP COLLECT To Our Registered Warehouse No. 1 Weston. 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