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4 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ont, Thursday, December 20, 1956 Mrs. F. Frater who had lived several years in Budapest told the ladies about this beautiful city and its people and made an 1appeal for help for the Hungar- ans. Mrs. G. Johnstone and Mrs. Roger Priestman expressed the thanks 01' the members to Mrs. Tablas and Mrs. Askew for their part in making this such a happy occasion. Refreshments were served to the 50 ladies present by the hos- tesses. Mrs. L. Redman. Mrs. D. Ross Myles and Mrs. F. Jennings. Mrs. Askew presided. Gally wrapped Christmas gifts Were brought by the members and will be delivered before Christmas to the two elderly la- dles in the room adopted by the WA. at Strachan Houses, the An- gll'gan heme for elderly people. ' The singing of VisBHelâ€"afrhtvhle old familiar carols was enjoyed to the piano accompaniment of Mrs. Wm. Howard. Thorglgil! Pharmacy The highlight of the afternoon was the showing by Mrs. W. As- kew of the pictures taken on a trip to the west this past sum- 1118):. C. E. Stoneburg Chemist & Druggist AV. 5-2503 Yongc St. Rev. Wm. Askew opened the meeting with prayer. The presi- dent welcomed all present. A let- ter of thanks was read from the rector's wife of Collnton, Alber- ta, where two bales of good used clothing and Christmas gifts ior gljildren had been sent by the .m‘l‘fifllflflflfifllllmi“KKKEKEEXKKKKKK‘EEXEKK 3‘35 The beautiful spacious home of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Tobias once again lent itself to the members and friends of the Woman's Aux- iliary of Holy Trinity Church, Thornhill, for the annual Christ- mas party. It is hereby proclaimed that Wed- nesday, December 26, 1956, will be observed as a Civic Holiday in the municipality of the Township of Markham. All residents of the township are requested to govern themselves z:ammmmzmmxaamzmamamzzmx accordingly. C. Hoover Alfred LeMasurier g Clerk Reeve “mailman”:anagram»:anammxmmamxmmzxma5 TrinityW.A. Holds Party , “â€" SNKK‘NKKKKK'KIKKKKIK“flklflfillfiRflfi’filflfl&fiflififiafilfll¢€fl£l€fi TOWING SERVICE GENERAL AUTO REPAIRS ELECTRIC & ACETYLENE WELDING STOP 24A YONGE ST. Tharnhill and Distrct News BA. 1-0457 Expert . Drug Service Max Factor Cosmetic. Prescription Service FRANK’S GARAGE View-Master Reel. Boxing Day Civic Holiday Thornhil! Vitamins TELEPHONE AV. 5-3558 The Thornhill ‘Horticultural‘ Society celebrated its 40th an- niversary Tuesday evening of last week in the United Church, Hall In the form of :1 Buffet sup- per with approximately 160 pres- ent. Following the supper, Mr. Tom Pherrill, the president introduc- ed the guests at the head table: Mr. and Mrs‘. John Clark. Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair Tennant, Dr. and Mrs. Lundy who are life members and four charter mem- bers, Mrs. Arthur Thompson, Mrs. J. Wells, Mr. Nelson Smellie and Mr. Ed. Francis. Beautiful bouqults of 40 red roses were later distributed to three other charter members who were unable to be present. Miss A. Cooper, Mr. E. Nicholson and Mr. and Mrs. Teason. Mr. Péfcy Bone named the winner of the Percy Bone Rose qu1 'Ijgophy. The president thanked the ex- ecutive members who were in charge of organizing the evening and the ladies of the United Church Guild for the delightful buffet supper. Mr. Heine}! then gave a most One of the highlights of the recent 40th anniversary of the Thornhill Hor- ticultural Society is seen above as Mrs. J. A. Thompson cuts the\anniversary cake. With her in the picture are: left, Mr. J. E. Francis, centre right Mr. N. TU. 4-1242 The Liberal ls elven pleased to publish Items of Interest contributed by Its readers In the Thornhill area . . . . Our representative in Thornblll ls Mrs. Donald Smellle, who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-3555. 401}: Anniversary Mr. Simpson was the first hon- ouary‘president, with Mr. Nes- bitt the first president. Miss Mary Simpson was secretary and later Mls Winnifred Simpson was the secretary-treasurer for some time. During her term of oflice, the Society was very active holding very good flower shows througr the summer months but the Soc- iety was kept well in hand through the winter months. The annual banquet was always a sell- out wlth full course meal. guest speakers and the prizes for the season’s work in the various classes. The junior work was then fostered by the three pub- lic schools including Newtonâ€" brook. The members had to work har- der for their awards then and with a lot less to work with. To- day with the use of machinery it has been asked what do we do with our spare time. The Society keeps about 200 acâ€" tive members on the register and has been very happily housed in the halls of the United Church. This church with the Anglican, Presbyterian and Roman Cath- olic churches are all over the century mark. To support four churches a century ago in a straggling community meant that there must have been industry and there certainly was. Ten mills were in operation in 1810 to 1850 chiefly centred round the. river Don, running back from the present Thornhill Golf Conrse and below the old Yonge St. trail and it was from these mills that the community was known first as Atkinson's Mills, then. Purdy's Mills and Lyons Mills. Then Benjamin Thorne arrived from Devon, England and was very successful in business or trading. He bought up mills and was heavily engaged in the ex- port of flour to England and the boats brought back mrchandise so badly needed in that period. He also with Wm. Parsons ran a large store, hotel and stables. He lived where the Thornhill Golf Club House is today. His home was burned and Dr. Wm. Langstaft built his famous Haw- thorn Mineral Springs on the same foundations. More Early History interesting and informative talk Address Mr. Healey, who is chairman of the show committee spoke on the‘ past 40 years of the Society and included some history of the village of Thornhill. The Horticultural Society reâ€" ceived its charter in 1916. the first meeting being held at the residence of the late Mr. Francis Simpson, which was formerly an important stop for the change of horses and passengers in the early years of the stage coach transportation system. It is hard to pick out the many members who worked so hard in the early years of the society but the Thompsons, Bones, Heslops, Teesons. Deans. Boyles, min- isters of the churches, Mrs. Jas. Pearson, the Howards, and Mrs. R. Simpson, who was very active right up to her late years, are among the many devoted work- ers. Mr. E. Kohler is known for his hard work and is often quot- ed as the Santa Claus of the Society. Mr. Thorne was responsible for the first post office in the com- munity and Mr. Parsons was the first Master of the post office. Mr. Thorne became president of the Bank of Montreal in 1843 and laid the cornerstone at Front and Yonge about that time. When he bought the rnills on the Don the name was first Thorne's Mills, and then the farmers jocularly called the community THORNE’S HILLS because of the very steep hill leading up to his flour mill and later it was shortened to its present THORNHILL. These were the busy eighties but the crash came when the repeal of the Corn La\vs took effect about 1848 and the dam went out in a bad storm which ruined the mill ponds and the first railway line was built ruining the community entirely. The Village never re- covered from the triple loss to its industry. Sm Ilie and right Mr. E. T. Pherrill. Mr. Phe rill is the 1956-57 president and the other members of the group are charter members, joining the organiz- ation at its inception in 1915. -â€" Photo by Lagerquist The first school was started in Balser Munshaw‘s old log house built in 1794 at Langstaff and the first teacher rode from AMBOY in New Jersey on horseback. 550 miles. His name was John Lang- staff. The present Langstaf’f school is built on land formerly owned by Nicholas Cober in 1794. He built his saw mill on the Don where now stands the New Up- lands Golf CIub. There is a lot of historical background in this vill- age unknown to‘many people who are now living here in very mod- ern homes. ‘ Links With Past In closing, the Findlay House, formerly called the Queen’s Ho- tel, was a well-known landmark but was burnt down in 1950 and the present modern shopping centre is on the old site. The shop of the_late Bart Edwards was the old shop of the late G. Mr. Bone then introduced the guest speaker, Mr. John Clark, who has been with the Horticul- tural Society of Ontariofor 50 years. Mr. Clark recently return- 'ed from a conducted tour to the Near East of which he was the Horticultural Expert. A. West, a very wellâ€"known spot to buy about everything that was needed. Mr. West was the great- grandfather of Mrs. Gordon Davie. Eggs and butter were dear but meat was a good buy at from 3c a pound for park to Go for beef and lamb at 5c. Strong links still remain today with the past. Mr. P. Delf thanked Mr. Hea- Iey. The meeting was then fav- ored with some wellâ€"known num- bers by a “Barber Shop Quar- tette," the Tone Rangers from Willowdale. who are members of the S.P.E.B.S.S.A. Guest Speaker He spoke of the beauty and culture of such places as Japan. Hong Kong, Thailand, Siam and Hawaii. He also spoke of the poverty in Hong Kong and with his closing note asked that we who are blessed to be living in this beautiful province of Ontar- io, remember these people at the Yuletide season especially. Mr. R. Poulter thanked Mr. Clark and presented flowers to Mrs. Clark. A very wonderful evening was enjoyed by all. ' La'Grove Handicraft hand woven and knitted articles. Order now for Christmas. Weav- ing and spinning taught, classes or individual. Yonge & Centre St.. Thornhill AV. 5-1633 HUNT Hunt 8. Cook. Motors GENERAL REPAIRS 178 Yonge St. N. Richmond Hill TU. 4-3151 KNITTING WOOLS IUNT & COOK MOTORS Richmond Hill ARE THIS SUNDAY OPEN The Guild held its annual Christmas party Thursday even- ing of last week at the Summit View Restaurant, Richmond Hill, with 44 present. The tables were gaily decorated with candles and the ladies enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner with Mrs. E. B. Eddy as their guest. The pro- gram and evening was convened by the Christmas committee con- venors, Mary Atkinson, Helen Large, Marion Sharpless. Marion Craig, Gladys Robertson. Jean MacDuff and Lorraine Denby. Penny Reid and Clara Heron took part in the devotional period with Rev. Eddy playing the piano for the Christmas carols that were sung. United Church News Five new elders were ordained into the church Sunday morning. They were Mr. Norman Martin, a native of P.E.I., who also has been very active on the Board of Managers and keenly interest- ed in the young people. Mr. Gor- don Patterson, a former member of Glenview Church, .Toronto, and also Superintendent of the local Sunday School for the past two years; Mr. Murray Malloy of King City, who before com- ing to Thornhill, was an elder in the “People's Church", Tor- onto; Mr. Lloyd Magee who be-‘ fore coming to Thornhill was very active in boys’ work at Mrs. l. W. Ford Will Head United Church WMS In 1957 The Festive Season was very much in evidence, with lighted candles and a Creche, for the Christmas meeting of the After- noon Auxiliary of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Thorn- hill United Church. which was held on Tuesday afternoon. Dec. 10th, in the Church Hall. Due to the Christmas Examin- ations at school, the Hl-C met Sunday evening in the church hall with a very small attend- ance. However. those present en- joyed a very interesting meeting. The President, Mrs. I. W. Ford, cogtjucted the meeting. The Devotions were in the form of a Candle-Lighting serv- ice, which was related to the cur- rent -study on the Churches of South Asia. The following coun- tries were represented by: Mrs. R. Whatley was in charge of the Study Book which dealt with South East Asia, and she gave a very fine presentation on Burma. J. R. Herrington, TU. 4-1551 Savage I_n_s_qrat}gg _ Services, After dinner the group sang familiar Christmas Carols ac- companied on the piano by Clare Hodgens. Lillian Francis read a lovely Christmas story, written by Mrs. Peter Marshall. The re- mainder of the evening was spent playing court whist. the first two prizes going to Marian Sharpless and Lily Jamieson. The consola- tion winners were Joyce Davies and Elizabeth Ecclestone. Burma, Mrs. M. Honey; Korea, Mrs. W. Simpson; New Guinea, Mrs. D. Davidson; Canada, Miss A. Boyle; Malaya, Mrs. W. Sta- pells; Hong Kong, Mrs. T. Bar- row. Mrs. I. W. Ford and Mrs. E. B. Eddy also took part in the serv- 1ce. TU; 4-1219 MAPLE â€" Ernie Brock & Son, Ring 11 KING -â€" Mr. W. O. Hallawell, who was unable to be present, had two men from the T. Eaton’s Public Relations Department show a very colorful and extremely in- teresting film on a trip to the Eastern. Provinces which they took last summer. Light refreshments were served and the meeting adjourned. Presbyterian Church News York Chapter of the ONTARIO INSURANCE AGENTS’ ASSOCIATION RICHMOND HILL â€" Victor A. Hall & Son, Ring 32 Marvin Hunter, Ring 137r11 AURORA â€" A. K. Bennett, PA. 7-5505 MARKHAM â€" Alex D. MacLeod Agency, Ring 39 . §RADFORD â€" Fred Cook, Ring Aubrey Stewart, Rf UNIONVILLE Harvey Coat WOODBRIDGE â€" Stanley McNeill I Ring 220W WILLOWDALE E. F. Horton, BA. Lou H. Warnica & iates BA. 1-3502 NE WMARKET â€" Wm. O. McIntyre, Ring 470 QUEENSVILLE â€" Happy New Year Merry Christmas Neil Sinclair Rex Smith, 18W BA‘ from the Thorn/2 ill Notes anda ‘oathup McDonald 1-1611 Cockburn 1-8180 [1, BA. 5 lg 139W Ring 147W Limited Ring 7 Assoc 3701 Glenview Church. Toronto. and was an elder at Armour Heights Church; and Mr. Jan. Kok, a native of the Netherlands. In Holland he was deacon in a church with a membership of 10.000 people. He also served as chairman of the Board of Man- agers in the Christian Reform Church. Toronto. Sunday School Party The annual Christmas party of the Sunday school was held Fri- day evening at Thornhill Public school with over 100 present. Each class had-a part in the program. Some of the highlights of the evening were a piano duet by Vicky and Linda Watt. a re- citation by Virginia Wade and Linda Watt, 2 Christmas duet by Lynn and Jack Tanquay, Fran- cis Barrett, Lynn and Jack Tan- quay sang “We Three Kings of Orient" dressed in costume. The program was convened by Mr. Alex Brown. The Fortnighters served refreshments and oranges and candy were distributed to the children by Mr. Ross Brown and Mr. Richard Penrose. The Young Life group met on Sunday evening in the Sunday School hall. Dr. Max Hopwood of India spoke of his mission work among the lepers and show- ed coloured slides. Cokes and cookies were served as refresh- ments to the 30 present. iiifitfilfilfiifiifififimfilfiflfibfifllfifl KEKIKKKKKIKKKKKIKflfifitfiflfiflfififillmflflflmm“ The W.A. held its Christmas meeting Thursday of last week at the home of Miss Elizabeth Francis with 15 present. The de- votional period was taken by Mrs. Mizen, with Rev. Chambers reading from the Gospel of St. Luke. Christmas pictures were shown on the theme, “The Bles- sings of Bethlehem." Refresh- ments were served by the hos- tess, Miss Francis. Socials Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Thomp- son of Renfrew have returned to their home in Thornhill after having been away for 10 years. Mr. Thompson is now with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Mark- ham. Their son Bob, is living in Russell, Ont, and their daugh- ter Marilyn is married and liv- ing in Prescott, Ontario. Dennis Robinson. Arnold Ave., of the lst Thornhill Scout Troop was one of 12 boys picked to represent York Central district in, the Jubilee Jamboree t6 tié held in England next summer. President, Mrs. I. W. Ford; lst Viceâ€"President, Mrs. D. David- son; Recording Secretary, Mrs. T. Barrow; Corresponding Sec'y, Mrs. G. R. Stewart; Treasurer, Mrs. E. B. Eddy; Christian Stew- ardship, Mrs. E. B. Eddy; Chris- tian Citizenship, Mrs. . Russell; Community Friendship, Mrs. E. ,N. Meuser; Associate Members, Mrs. W. Stewart; Missionary Monthly, Miss A. Boyle; Litera- ture Sec‘y, Mrs. E. N. Mauser, Supply and Assistant, Mrs. G. Harper; Miss L. Kerfoot; Press, Mr. T. Barrow; Study Book, Mrs. R. Whatley; Pianist. Mrs. G. Rus- sell; Assistant Pianist, Mrs. G. Davidson. The slate of officers for the ensuing year was read by the Nominating Convener, Mrs. E. N. Meuser, and the following were elected: A Carol sing-song. led by Mrs. G. Russell, was much enjoyed. The meeting closed with the MI:- pah benediction and a social half- hour followed, with the hostesses being Mrs. 1. Ford, Mrs. E. N. Meuser, Mrs. E. B. Eddy. blessings of good health. happiness A, p _ 32'? 9 and warm friendships. 43, fl / ROSELAWN FARMS LTD. We extend to our many good friends a sincere wish for a Yuletlde laden with a wealth or the good things in life. 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