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Akela Rolly Curtin The Going Up ceremony from Cubbing to Scouting is one of the most impressive ceremonies held, by the Brotherhood of Scouts. On Monday. March 10. the parents of seven Thornhill Cubs were thrilled to watch their sons take another step toward man- hood. A meeting of the Thornhill- Richmond Hill Ministerial was held Wednesday morning in the minister's Vestry of the United Church. Plans were completed for the community service to be held Good Friday evening at 8 pm. During the "Golng Up" cere- mony Cubs David Henderson. Jim Gibson, Steven Peck, Murray Hanna, Peter Large, Lone Wells and John Maver lined up in the 5“ Richvale Ornamental Iron Works For Stair & Porch Rails, Grilles & Gratings, Fire Escapes, Portable Welding 8: Repairs. Will Hold Community Service Good Friday At United‘ghurg‘h Phone AV. 5-4421 Evenings AV. 5-3678 Thornhill and District News Ial THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, March 13, 1958 Paease use your. OLD Toronto phone book until MARCH 161h jfiornAi// €144 77¢ THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA mnnom AV. s-uu in the United Church. The choir of Holy Trinity Anglican Church under the direction of Mr. Devey will be present. The guest spea- ker -wlll be Professor Ward of Wycliffe College. Coffee was served by Mrs. Eddy. Club Circle by their totem in the light of candles. After a short farewell speech by Akela Rolly Curtin, the Cubs gave the Grand Howl for the last time. Then came their big moment, each cub was led toward the Scoutmaster and passing between two lines of Scouts each holding a lighted candle, the cub heard the 10 Scout laws from individual scouts and the Rromise from a patrol leader. thus the cub reaches his final destination as a cub, the Scout Patrol. WILSON’S ESSO SERVICE STATION CHASSIS LUBRICATION & MINOR REPAIRS Yonge and Arnold AV. 5-1641 Thornhill David McLean LIMITED Need More Salesmen ewA no leenl u always pleased to publish Items of Intel-on contributed by m render: In the normal" no: . . . . Our representadn In Thornth lo Mn. Donald Smellle. who may be reached by phonlnl AV. 5-8555. Sociall Winners of the lat Thornhill Cubs' Bird House Making Con- test were: lst prize, Ian MacMill- an; 2nd prize. Terry Townsend: and 3rd prize, Bryan Smellie. The boys who entered bird houses and did not win were each pre- sented with a cub diary from their Akela Rolg Curtin at the Father & Son banquet. A Mr. and Mrs. Jén Kok have returned home after spending two months in Holland. Mr. Oswald James has return- ed from a two month vacation to St. Petersburg, Florida: _ Mr. Normafi'Fairhead ls visit- ing with his brother _l_n Jaxyaiga. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Donkerley and family have returned from a three week vacation to Florida. Library An executive meeting of the lst Thornhill Cub Mothers' As- sociation was held Tuesday af- ternoon. March 11, at the home of Mrs. Frank Tucker. The Thornhill Library reports that a good selection of child- en's books has been bought with the money given by the Lions. A few of the books are. Mr. Pop- per's Penguins, Petunia, Blue- berries for Sal, The Mousewife. The Story of the Great Lakes, Peter Pan, Rewards and Fairies. The 39 Steps, The Talisman, and The Boy’s Book of Camping. Home 8» School The Thornhill Public School Home & School Association will be holding its Spring Bonnet Des- sert Bridge on Saturday at 1:30. pm. in the public school. The bridge is being convened by Au- drey MacMillan, assisted by Mary Atkinson. Joyce Allan. Bea Tremaine, Betty Boyden, Lynn Law and Sheila Runthwaite. There will be a prize for each table and also a lucky draw. Horticultural Society The Thornhill and District Hor- Thornhill Notes 'OV ' ’ an“ The Couples Club held a square dance Saturday night at Drewry Ave. public school with 15 coup- les present. The evening was in charge of the presidents. Mr. and Mrs. A. McKechnie. Afterwards the group returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Puddy for refreshments. Presents Oil Painting To Session ticultural Society will hold its monthly meeting in the Thornhill public school at Arnold 'and Yonge Streets, March 18 at 8 p. m. The subject will be “A Work shop with Guides to Gardeners." Friends of members are welcome. Presbyterian Couples _Club Sunday morning Mr. Gordon Patterson, a member of the ses- sion presented to the church conâ€" gregation an oil painting of the proposed new church building. This painting was done by Mr. James Boyd, president of the Men's Club. Baptism The three children of Mrs. Allan Wooley were baptized on Sunday morning by Rev. C. Chambers. They were Diane Ber- tha, Allan Albert and ,Dorthea Rose. Fortnighten Club Mrs. Chambers and Mrs. Mac- Kay were requested to buy some new toys for the nursery. The meeting closed with refreshments served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. Arnott, Mrs. Kidd and Mrs. Anderson. 11on Trinity Parish Guild On Tuesday, March 4, the reg- ular semi-monthly meeting of the Parish Guild was held in the church hall. The opening prayers were followed by a business ses- sion, when arrangements were completed for a visit to St. James’ Cathedral on Tuesday, March 18. This will take the place of a reg- ular meeting. Work was started on felt articles for the bazaar which will be held in the late fall. Refreshments were then served. Any members who would like transportation to St. James’ Cathedral please contact Betty Tyson, AV. 5-2140. United Church W.A. The Fortnighters met Monday evening, March 3, at the home of Mrs. John MacKay, John St. The meeting was in charge of Mrs. H. Anderson with devotions taken by Mrs. S. Hopper. The guest speaker, Mrs. Kerr of Oak- wood Presbyterian Church and President of Toronto and Kings- ton Synodical, was introduced by Mrs. N. Martin. Mrs. Kerr gave a very challenging message on “Stewardship” and was thanked by Mrs. J. Arnott. Mrs. Earl Patton gave a talk on the architecture of the new church and a short discussion followed. The general W.A. of Thornhill United Church held their March meeting Thursday afternoon of last week in the church. Mrs. L. May, the president was in charge of the meeting. Devotions were taken by Mrs. E. Meuser. A busi- ness period followed with plans being discussed for the “Spring Lfincheon" which‘ will be held the first Thursday in May. The guest speaker at the lun- cheon will be Mrs. Pruden of the T. Eaton C0,. who wll speak on interior decorating. Mrs. Wm. Stewart reported that the warming oven had been installed in the new kitchen. It was also stated that there will be a rummage sale on April 19 and anyone with useful articles could contact Mrs. GroceBradley. Following the business period, Group 5 of the W.A. presented a very brilliant and amusing “Fashion Show" using authentic clothes of the 1920's and making them look like today's fashions. The ladies taking part were Mrs. Empringham, Mrs. Chandler. Mrs. F. Clarke, Mrs. Muriel Clarke. Mrs. Everist, Mrs. Mary Lial Grant, Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Ma~ ry Lou Patterson, Mrs. Ethel Sinclairl Mrs. G. Rose and Mrs. Tea and refréshments were ser- ved. Several of the badge-winning stamp collections were on dis- play as were an apron. which had won a needleworker's badge for its creator, and a plant potted and cared for by a Brownie working for her Golden Hafid test. The mothers were given the opportunity to visit each Six to admire and ask questions after which the Brownies retired to their tents for a rest after first removing shoes, hats. ties and M. Whalen. The commentatbrixVa-s; Mrs. Helen Footit and the pianist wag Mrs._G1qdys Finlay. On Wednesday evening, March 5, the Women’s Mission Circle of Thornhill Baptist Church held its monthly meeting with Miss Glad- ys Stevens presiding. Following the opening hymn and prayer a business period was conducted. Mrs. William Cook led in devo- tions, continuing- the study of “Women of the Bible". This was followed by prayer by Mrs. H. Ellam and Mrs. M. Carlson, who prayed for the missionaries in the northland and also for medi- cal and leper work in the miss- ion field. The Rev. G. H. King from the Mission to Lepers was guest speaker and also showed interesting slides on the work being done for these unfortunate people. Following a closing pray- er by Rev. P. Buck. a social time was enjoyed by all. The mothers of the girls of the lst Thornhill Brownie Pack were guests at the regular Pack meet- ing on March 4. The meeting began with a sem- aphore word of welcome from the Golden Hand Brownies. Each six-table had been converted into a tent and the girls were busy about their campsites performing various tasks that they had learn- ed for Brownie tests or badges. Several of the badge-winning stamp collections were on dis- play as were an apron, which had won a needleworker's badge for ht jAornAi/f Z?! Spring is almost here and the troop is planning spring and sum- mer activities. After the band concert of March 17 and the con- cert of April 2. there are various other parades and concerts plan- ned. In preparation for March 17. the Ladies' Auxiliary is giv- ing every member of the band a pair of white gloves. There are to be some hikes and camps in the near future ‘whlch have yet to be decided. The wea- ther will greatly influence the The Annual Father and Son banquet of lst Thornhill Cubs and Scouts was held last Friday night in the banquet hall of the Thornhill United Church. Visiting guests of honour were District Commissioner Leonard, May. and District Cubmaster, Mrs. Leon- ard May. who sat at the head table with District Cubmaster, T. Barrington, Dr. E. B. Eddy. min- ister of the Thornhill United Church. Mrs. J. W. Lambert, President of Mothers' Auxiliary, H. Rogers, Scoutinaster. R. Cur- tin. Cubmaster, members of the group committee, A. Mollard and W. Lips, and their chairman F. Kellam. Ist Thornhill Scouters Father & Son Banquet The Oratorical Contest of the School Area No. 1 of Markham and Vaughan was held in Charles Howitt School on February 24. between winners of individual school contests which had been held previously. Judges were John D .Hilton, Queen's Coun- sel. Mr. E. Goodlng. principal of MacKillop Public School, Rich- mond Hill, and Mr. F. K. Richan, former chairman of the school area board of trustees. Mr. Rogers. the Scoutmaster, entertained the fathers and their sons by showing slides of scout- Anne Ward Winner Mr. E. J. Sand, supervising principal acted as chairman for the evening. The committee of principals who arranged the pro- gram was Mr. Peter Kurlta, prin- cipal pf Richvale school. Taking part were Jean Baylor of Ross Doan school, who spoke on "Problems of a Teenager," Frances Paul of Richvale school, speaking on “The Circus”; Bryan “Smith of Charles Howitt school, “The first man to fly in the" Brit- ish Empire," Carol Hunt, Lang- staff school. "The Treasure of Oak Island": John Lennox, from Thornhill school. “An Era Just Passed"; James Hutchinson. from Powell Road school, “Milk”; Jas. Binch of Henderson school, “Ed- ucation Week.’: and Anne Ward of Thornlea school, who was the winning contestant, spoke on “The Conservation of Our For,- ests." yang. Each pupil was required as well to deliver an impromptu speech, and given the choice of drawing one of three subjects which were written on slips of Pager- _ . . ,1; _ A _ _ _ .I ‘L- -...l School News In observance of Education Week Thornlea school held “Open House” on Thursday, March 6. Many parents accepted an invi- tation to attend some of the class- es during the daytime, and also to be present during the evening from 7 to 9 pm. when work done by the pupils was on display. The boys’ hockey team played their final game against Ross Doan Public School. losing by quite a margin. Better luck next year boys. .n ‘ Congratulations to Ann Ward on winning finals of the School Area Oratorical Contest held at Charles Howitt School. Repres- enting Thornlea School, Ann’s speech was entitled “Canada's Natural Resources.” Each candi- date gave a prepared speech and then an impromptu address. Pu- pils from several schools in the district took part in the competi- tion. and Thornlea is very proud at Arm for bringing honor to her school. Local News Mr. and Mrs. Tor’n Gibson, Whytebridge Farm. returned home on Friday after a flying holiday tr_ip to Mexico City. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Churchill and daughter Donna. accompanâ€" ied by Bruce Greenhill, Briggs Ave.. motored to Florida for a vacation, returning last Satur- day. belts. When the rising whistle blew, the girls_ tumplgd gut of u“... the tents and into their clothes. A surprise inspection followed â€" the Fairies being once more the winners of the pennant. The Brownie opening ceremony took place and the following badges were awarded: Collector's to Susan Austen, Susan Byford and Lucinda Perry; house orderly to Lauraine Davis, Patsy Fitchitt, Heather Forbes, Marilyn Smith and Lynn Tanquiy: needlework- ers to Patsy Fitchitt; skater’s to Donna Bradley, Jane Brown, Su- san Byford, Janice Crowter. Lau- raine Davis and Donna Sproule. This meeting, while planned. was completely unrehearsed and the leaders were extremely proud of the way the Brownies worked together and how well the Sixers Jud their Sixes organized. ‘_ Richan addressed the aud- 'rowm e THORNLEA 2n Correspondent: Mrs. J. C. Donnelly Phone AV. 5-1777 J jéornéif/ .5: CORRESPONDENT: MRS. M. E. TAYLOR m 161 Spruce Avenue , '3- Phono AV. 5-4293 .â€" RICHVALE NEWS [horn/1i”, QVcoul by Ron Stan. Jr. A. S. M. date on which these will be held. Plans will be made for the sum. mer camp which should prove to be a big event. It will likely be held during the latter part of June. plete except for the sound track, which will be made during sub- sequent scout meetings. There is now very little doubt that lt will be ready for parents' night, Ap- ril 2. ing activities during visits to Calm) Ox__'_I_‘rail pea} Oranggville. Bruce Whyard, Queen’s Scout, on behalf of the fathers and sons, thanked Mrs. Lambert and her auxiliary for their very excellent dinner. Mrs. Lambert and the auxiliary members would like to give special thanks to Mrs. Doro- thy McDonough who convened the banquet. Due to the wonderful response for funds during 1956 the group committee feels that funds on hand are sufficient to carry through until 1959 when they will join in with a Dominion wide campaign. The funds on hand are for the joint benefit of the cubs and scouts sponsored by the Unit- ed church and the cubs sponsored by the Anglican church. lence briefly. explaining the plan of marking. He commended the pupils for entering the contest and stressed the advantage of be- ing able to think when one got to his feet, which practice in such oratorical contests developed. On behalf of his father, Trus- tee Nathan chks, Ronald Hicks presented the winning contestant, Anne Ward of Thornlea school, with the school area trophy. In complimenting the contestants, Ronald advised them to take ev- ery opportunity to get up in pub- lic and say a few words, no mat- ter how brief they might be. While the judging was in prog- ress musical selections on the pi- ano were provided by Lona Mar- tin, and Wayne Langman, and Marian Martin, in Highland cos- tume. performed two Scottish dances. Chairman Roy Bic]: presented each of the contestants with a dictionary and an atlas. the gift of the Board of Trustees. School News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross Dean School Open House was very well attended by many who came to admire the new school. Pupils in Grades 5 to 8 have set up a school bank to save for a trip in June. Richvale school open house was held in the afternoon and the senior room pupils took their visitors on an imaginary tour of Canada showing by charts, pic- tures and 'projects something of the life and geography of each province. Reverend Newton-Smith in- augurated adult services last Sun- day morning at 9.30 at the Chas. Hewitt school. Neighbourhood Bowlers, 200 and over flat: Allie Rhodes 212. Fran Clark 229, Florence Baird 244, Irene Edwards 245, Lillian McCallum 200, Muriel Merkle 222, Marge Barker 209, W. Weir 219, Eleanor Edwards 313. High 3 with handicap. Frank Clarlg 723. Mrs. Frank Gardiner will en- tertain the lst Langstafi Scout and Cub Mothers' Auxiliary with pictures of the Scout Jamboree in England last year, at their monthly meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. Kojola, Up- lands Ave.. on March 19. GEORGE HENRY MIDGLEY» Mr. Henry George Mldgley, of 29 Edgar Avenue, passed away in Sunnybrook Hospital on Tues- day, March 4. 1958, after a leng- thy illness. Born in Hamilton. Ap- ril 2. 1894, re was educated there and later moved to Toronto where he joined his father, G. B. Midg- ley, in a printing business on Gerrard St. East. He served with the Mississauga Horse and overseas with the 58th Battalion in the First World War. He was wounded in the foot and gassed. On his return to Canada he re- joined his father in the printing business in 1919, and operated it after his father’s death in 1931. until ill health forced him to retire a few years later. He was a member of Knights of Pythias Toronto Lodge No. 30, and for many years was active in boys’ club work and summer camps. Seven years ago he moved his family to Richvale, and worked for various printing firms in Tor- onto until he was adr._itted to Sunnybrook hospital las§_year. The troop movle is finally com- He leaves his wife. Lillian, one son Ronald, 14, a sister, Eileen, of Hamilton and a brother, Will- iam. of North York. The funeral service was con- ducted from Wright and Taylor’s Funeral Home in Richmond Hill by Reverend J. F. O‘Neil. Inter- ment was by cremation. A varied sports program is part of the curriculum of cadets of the Regular Offic- er Training Plan. Among the cadets attending Royal Roads, one of the Canadian Services Colleges, is cadet George Daney of Richmond Hill. ,. @hituary Attending Royal Roads College 'eu/5 Happy birthday to Janet Cowley Henderson Ave.. who celebrated her fifth birthday on March 7; to Denice Adkins, Proctor Ave., who will be seven on March 13. Den- ice is celebrating with a party for her friends on Saturday, March 15. Friends and neighbours of Mrs. C. Morrison, Proctor Ave.. are sorry to hear her grandson, John- ny Morrison, was scalded in an accident. and is in the Hospital for Sick Children. Friends and neighbours of Mr. and Mrs. E. Petrie are glad to welcome them back to their home on Clarke Ave. The next meeting of the Don- caster and Highland Park Teen- age Club will be 31: Henderson Ave. school on March 17 at 7 pm. All teenagers from the area are welcome. The meeting will be under the supervision of leaders from the YMCA. They plan to have movies at this meet- ing. Bring 10c for refreshments. The meeting of the Ratepayers scheduled day, March 11, was until Tuesday. May 13‘ Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. G. Clow, Clarke Ave.. who celebrated their 20th wedding an- niversary by taking the Thorn- hill hockey team to the Morin- Glo for dlnner. MondayI March 17, is Baby Clinic Day at Henderson Ave. school from 1.30 to 3.30. Community Club The new executive for 1957-58 was then installed by Mrs. Vax- vick,‘ who warmly thanked Mrs. H. Morrison, the retiring presi- dent. for her leadership the past four years. The Doncaster Community Ladies' Club met at the home of Mrs. H. Mizen. on March 4. An- nual reports were heard. They were most encouraging, showing the work done for the Cancer Society and for the Children’s Aid Society of York County. Don- ations were made to the Brown- ies and Guides in the area; the YMCA. through the Recrea- tional Association towards the operation of Camp Tom-Tom; and the recently-formed Teen-agar Club. A pleasant evening was spent playing court whist, followed by a delightful buffet luncheon, ar- ranged by the hostesses, Mrs. Haley. Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. Russell. This as climaxed by the lighting of a_ irthday cake, de- Mrs. Barbour reported on the successful euchre marathon re- cently completed. Henderson Home and School nétlngfithe» eleven yekrs of 'wel- fare and community work done by the club. The following department heads, Publicity. Mrs. Strickland; Health, Mrs. Boujard; Instruction, Mrs. Metcalf; Fire, Earl Smith; Police, Don Dukes; were intro- duced by Chief Warden Charlie Clifford who spoke briefly on the importance of a strong civil de- fense organization in the town- ship. The meeting of March 10 had I very good attendance with 12 civil defence members mesent in uniform and the last half of the meeting was given over to Markham Township Civil Defence Unit. A film was shbwn outlining ev- acuation methods concluding a very instructive and pleasant ev- ening. Advice to the lovelorn is the oldest syndicate feature in news- papers. Thomhill Pharmacy C. E. Stoneburg Chemist & Druggist AV. 5-2503 Yonge St. DONCASTER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL AREA NO. i Markham and Vaughan AREA INCLUDING THORNHILL DISTRICT TO RICHVALE (North Yonge St.) Expert Drug Service Max Factor Cosmetics Requires for September 1958 GRADE TEACHERS - Male & Female SALARY SCHEDULE: Category I â€" $3000 - $5000 (Int. or Perm. I) Category II â€"â€" 3300 - 5200 Category III â€" 3500 - 5600 Category IV â€" 3700 - 6000 Category V â€" 3900 - 6400 Allowance for experience 5200 per year up to 6 years Annual Increment â€" $200 Cumulative Sick Leave; Retirement Gratuity; Group Insurance; Blue Cross, P.S.I. and Life (Board contributes 40%) Descriptive brochure and application form may be obtained from Mr. E. J. Sand, Supervising Princi- pal, School Area Office, Langstaff P.O., or by phon. ing AV. 5-1195. Prescription Service Correspondent: David Barbour Henderson Ave. Phone AV. 5-2288 View-Master Reels Thomhill Vitamins Doncaster for Tues- postponed E. J. SAND, Supervising Principal STUART PAXTON, WIRING LINE WORK Phone TUrner 4-2881 Same Day T0 CREDITORS AND OTHERS IN THE MATTER oi the Estate of Christina Diceman. All persons having claims ag- ainst the Estate of Christina Diceman, deceased. late of the Township of Vaughan. in the County of York, who died on or about the 10th day of December. 1957. are hereby notified to send them to the undersigned, duly verified, on or before the 3lst day of March, 1958. After which date. the assets of the above mentioned estate will be distributed among the per- sons entitled ther‘eto having re- gard only to claims‘ of which the executrix shall then have notice. DATED this 6th day of March, AD. 1968. A garden party of New Chap- eaux in flattering silhouettes and sparkling colors are now prom- inently displayed in our shop. Chemise- cloches, off the face profiles, breton sailors, padres and jaunty pillboxes are the styles being shown in many gay shades for spring. The straws in- clude panamalac, perle-vlscas, n,,s_.~|. fine Milan braid. ' Voila! 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