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The Y.P.U. joined with other Young Peoples‘ groups on Sun- day evening at Richmond Hill United Church for the "Youth Week" church service and en- Joyed a very pleasant evening. We extend a most cordial im'i- tatlon to all young people and everyone in the congregation to come to the valentine dance be- ing held in the Thornhill United Church auditorium February 14. Come and help make this first dance a success. The Men's Club met Tuesday evening, January 2. [or their monthly dinner meeting in the auditorium. Robert Gibson. the president, was in charge. A dis- cussion was held on projects to be undertaken by the men in the coming year. The main project favored appeared to be a furni- ture auction. and this is to be in- vestigated. The guest speaker was Mr. W. L. Burke. his topic being Y.P.U. "Great Beginnings" which prov- ed to be a very thought-provok- ing message. More meetings of this calibre should make the Men‘s Club a flourishing organ- lzatlon. WINTER'S A LONG AND FRIGID ROAD. YOU NEED OUR COAL AND 01L â€" Mrs. Willard Simpgson, Yonge Street is visiting her sister in Bradenton. Florida. United Church News SEND FOR A LOAD. The economy-mind- ed man orders our fuel oil because from the finest oil you can expect the finest bdr- ner performance per gallon. Call us today. Socials - Mrs. J. C. Ihde of Killam. A1- berta, is spending a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Earl Pat- ton, 4; THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday. Fefiruary 5. 1959 Thornhill and istrict News SUNDAY at 10:30 “SAN FRANCISCO BEAT" TUESDAY at 7:00 “RIFLEMAN” MONDAY at 7 :30 “CASE Y JON ES Procter & Gamble Procter a: Gamble Presented by Adventure with Presented by Thornhill Notes TELEPHONE AV. 5-3555 1‘1 The assisting hostesses were Mrs. H. Anderson. Mrs. J. Boyd and Mrs. Bruce Henderson. The Fortnighters met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Gor- don Patterson, Kirk Drive. The meeting was in charge of the president. Mrs. Patterson. Devo- tions were conducted by Mrs. John MacKay. The guest speaker was Mrs. May Frost from the South African General Mission. who is home on furlough and who brought a very interesting mes- sage. Mrs. Frost will be return- ing shortly to do pioneer work in Northern Rhodesia. The Men's Club met Thursday evening of last week in the church auditorium. Mr. James Boyd led the meeting. The guest speaker was Dr. Stanley Glen of Knox College, who spoke on the "Work of the World Presbyter- ian Alliance." The Interdenominational Young Peoples Society of Thornhill and Richmond Hill held a service in Richmond Hill United Church Sunday evening .as a part of the church Youth Week sponsored by the Canadian Council of Church- es. The speaker was Rev. Logan Varey, whose subject was "Bear- ing Witness to the Truth.” The service was led by David Kerwin. Others taking part were Marilyn Armstrong, Shirley Lance, Nev- ille Twine, Gary Caldwell and Ken Mitchell. who__ offered the prayers. Sherwood Eddy read the scripture lesson. The ushers were George Mahon, Peter Willison, Al Smith and Clark Dedlow. Sympathy is extended to Mr. Gerald Culley on the passing of his mother, Mrs. E. Culley at Orton. Mrs. Culley was a miss- ionary with the English Methodist Church for 31 years in Jamaica. Presbyterian Men’s Club Following the service. a friend- ship Fireside was held in the church hall led by Rev. Calvin Chambers. The young peoples choir of Thornhill Presbyterian Church sang. The film, “Kezli of Zorzor" was shown and this was followed by discussion. “Why Missions?" led by Charles Led- Miss Ida Cooper. the oldest member of the Thornhill Presby- terian Church passed away Sun- day evening. February 1. Miss Cooper will be sadly missed. The next weekly meetlng ls February 8 at 7:30 pm. and it is hoped all young people in the church will come and join in the fellowship. ‘ Among those competing at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Tor- onto February 16 to 28 will be Jo Ann McLean and Patricia Fin- erty of Thornhill. for your place of business. truck lettering. sale signs. office door lettering. paper signs, any time, fast service. Sanitary Contractor Drains Cleaned & Repaired C. STUNDEN RICHMOND HILL TU. 4-1245 Thornhill Pharmacy C. E. STONEBURG Chemist 8; Druggist AV. 5-2503 Yonge St. Septic Tanks Pumped Max Factor Cosmetics Prescription Service View-Master Expert Drug Service TU. 4-2213 SIGNS Vitamins Thornhill Reels The Liberal I! always pleased to publish Items of Intern! contributed by m readers in the Thornhlll area . . . . Our representative in Thornhm Is Mrs. Donald Smelfle. who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-3555. The minister. Rev. Dr. E. B. Eddy is grateful to all those faithful supporters who have helped the church to grow and do its duty. Especially are we mindful of the great devotion of the Chairman of the Sector Plan. Durlng the year the minister made 44 calls, interviewed 718 in the Vestry and attended or conducted 544 meetings. There were 11 weddings, 16 funerals and 44 baptisms. Attendance at church increased from an aver- a: great pleasure to come into the new church. of the members and officers of the Woman's Association and Men‘s Club, of the Sunday School teachers and leaders of Young Peoples Groups. This has been a year of light and shadow. there was a nostal- gia in the hearts of the people at leaving the beloved church wherein their fathers» had wor- shipped for 120 years. Yet it was Following a delicious pot luck supper Wednesday evening. Jan- uary 28, in the auditorium. the first annual meeting was held in the new Thornhill United Church. Scouts met in the Thornhill United Church on Monday even- ing. After opening ceremony, the Scoutmaster explained the dif- ferent fire c-;tinguishers and how to use them. The Scouts then went into their different groups to learn about fracture breaks'in first aid and signalling. Church Attendance Has Doubled In Five Years At Thornhill United Michaél Herrington and Jim McTaggartâ€"Cowan took the tend- eriegt through their tests. The Quee'n Scouts also help the Scoutmaster when the leaders are absent. Remember. boys, the hobby show is February 23m. All ent- ries must be in. The following are a few. which may be entered: Thornhill Presbyterian Celebrates "0th Year in the church were read, and it was extremely encouraging to hear of the fine progress which has been made throughout the year. The treasurer, Mr. John MacKay reported that a total of $25,508.55 had been raised through congregational giving. The breakdown of giving was as follows: . Current expenses .... $9,958.72 General Assembly ... $1,499.49 Extension Fund $12,823.71 Furnishings . . . . . . . . . . $2,226.63 The membership of the church stands at 215 with 160 friends and adherents. Fortyâ€"two joined the church in 1958, 30 by transfer of membership and 12 by profes- sion of faith. Seven new men were elected to the Board of Managers: Messrs. D. Puddy, John Arnott. H. Brunner, R. Moore, G. Mowat, R. Camsell, J. Boyd. Messrs G. Culley and H. Newtson were re-appointed as au- ditors. The congregation accept- ed a proposed budget for 1959 of $27,169. The Women's Assoc- iation presented the Board of Managers with a check for $289 for furnishings, and the Young Adults announced that they had The annual meeting of Thorn- hill Presbyterian Church was held on January 26 with a very fine attendance representing the total membership of the church. The worship was led by the minister. Reports for the 14 organizations Holy Trinity Church Thornhill Vestry Reports Steady Increase The annual congregational meeting of Holy Trinity Parish was held on Monday. January 26. Reports for 1958 indicated steady growth and development. All fin- ancial obligations were met and over $6,000 was contributed to missions and other extra paroch- ial purposes. The following officers for 1959 were elected or appointed: Vestry clerk, Mrs. H. T. Girard; wardens. R. C. Napier. M. A. Hun- ter; head sidesman, Charles Tom- lin; envelope secretary, Douglas szmbleton; assitant. R. H. Cox; lay delegates to Synod, R. V. Ty- son. R. C. Napier, Col. A. J. Ev- erett; alternates, Mrs. R. B. Last Thursday's Scout meeting was another departure from the normal. A large part of the meet- ing was spent in playing one game. The boys were required to build a bridge or otherwise trans- port their patrols over a barrier in the middle of the room with- out touching it or jumping over. Durin: the meeting Roddy Leon- ard received his iLaundryman's badge and green and 31110“ 1. 21w! j/IOI'll/li 15! jéornéi// Scout age five years ago of 120 to 260 last year. The church school at- tendance has increased from 160 to 259. The total church givings jumped from $16,000.00 to over $80,000.00 in 1958. The membership roll at De- cember 31. 1957, showed 638 members including 100 non-res- ident. During 1958 this increased to 716 by the addition of 25 new members on profession of faith and 53 by letter. Lost to the congregation during the year were 25 members by transfer, six by death. and 18 removed from the roll by act of Session. Many were the outstanding re- ports presented. The report of the finance chairman of the Sector Plan & Every Member Visitation deserves special mention. Pled- ges included General Fund, $23,- 840.00; Missionary 8.: Mainten- ance Fund $4,220.00; and Build- ing Fund $34,715.00, making a total of $62,775. The following beloved members passed away during the past year: Mrs. G. Balfour, Mr. W. L. Mc- Mullan, Mrs. J. G. Savage. Mrs. W Dean, Mrs. W. H. McGill and Miss E. Clubine. leather craft, insects, cooking. metal work, art, coin and stamp or match box collections, etc. The Lord’s ing to Cubs Practicing knots and playing a game for points for each six was also accomplished. Steven Cruise received his second star. Cubs met in Thornhill United Church on Tuesday evening. Af‘ ter the opening service the Cubs carried on with their leather craft. A number of boys passed their signalling badge. The meeting closed with the Grand Howl. H Happy scouting boys. raised $275 toward the new comâ€" munion table. The Session report was read by Mr. Robert Watt who congratul- ated the congregation and its of- fice bearers on the spirit of loyal co-operation and faithfulness during the past year. He reported that the minister had been spea- ker at the Young People‘s Con- ference of the Synod of Hamil- ton and London, the Skiâ€"Week End of the Kingston Christian Youth Centre. Missioner during Holy Week in Uxbridge under the auspices of the Ministerial Association and speaker at an Evangelistic Mission in Angus, Ontario. He was also guest prea- cher at three anniversary services throughout the year. Special fea- tures of the year’s work were the Month of Missionary Emphasis held in February when the work of the Presbyterian Church am- ong the non-Anglo Saxon peoples was presented, and the Adult Christian Education Programs which were held for six weeks in Fall and Spring. This year marks the 110th an- niversary' of the Presbyterian Church in Thornhill and fitting services for the occasion are ,beâ€" ing planned. The new church will be opened and dedicated in early March by the Presbytery of East Toronto with Dr. William Fitch of Knox Church, Toronto, as guest preacher. F. Day, F. H. Baxter, Harold Clapp, C. F. T: Rountrhwaite: Chairman of Parish board of Christian education, H. H. Iddon; parochial tribunal. Mrs. Roland Healey. Mr. R. B. Priestman. Building committee â€" R. E. Priestman (chairman); Col, A. J. Everett, R. V. Tyson, R. C. By- ford. F. D. Jennings.. J. H. Kearns. Jim Barr. The congregation was informed that plans “ere proceeding for the erection of a parish hall. A special vestry meeting will e called soon to present final plans. Lenten Services at Holy Trinity During the Lenten season spec- ial series of sermons will be giv- en at 11 am. ‘nd 7 pm. on Sun- days. There will be services of Holy Communion on Wednesday at 10 am. and Thursday at 7 am. A devotional service will be held on Wednesdays at 7.30 pm. cords. The upcoming hobby show for the area was discussed at the end of the meeting and the boys were asked how they were mak- ing out. The'band held its regular prac- tice on Wednesday. This week’s practTce will be the last. at least for the present and all boys are asked to turn in their instruments and gloves lowering of the flag and Prayer brought the meet- a close. coulé 'ew5 by Doris M. FitzGerald The beautiful and universally familiar “Our Father, Who Art in Heaven” will be spoken in many tongues and in many climes, on Friday, February 13, when millions of earnest Christian women and young girls. in 145 countries, united in sisterhood to pray for mankind, and for their in- dividual needs. The Women‘s World Day of Prayer has been held annually on the first Friday in Lent for 32 years. Nationality, color. and politics are of no significance at this service, and it is one occasion when “. . . the whole round earth is in every way bound by gold chains about the feet of God". The World Day' of Prayer was not always inter-denominational, nor even international in scope. but began in a small way in 1887 when Presbyterian women in the United States initiated a day of united prayer for Home Missions. A few years later two outstanding Baptist women issued a call to prayer for foreign missions. and in 1919 the two groups came to- gether. That same year in Tor- onto. Canada. Miss Bessie Mac- Murchy was appointed convenor of an interim committee whose project was an inter-denomina- tional day of prayer for women. The first of these services was held in 1920, and in 1922 they joined with the women of the Un- ited States of America who had been similarly planning. and the first International Day of Prayer was held. At the request of in- terested women in other lands it became a World Day of Prayer in 1927. The order of service for the World Day of Prayer is initiated by the Women's World Day of Prayer Committee of the Nation- al Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. This com- mittee decides upon the theme and chooses, from one of the six continents of the world, a leading Christian women, or group of women, to draft the service. The service this year has been draft- ed by the women of Egypt and adapted to Canadian conditions by the Women's, Inter-Church Council. Copies of the service are printed and distributed in Cana- Now that we have started a new month, it is to be hoped we have done with all the petty l?) ail- ments that have been plaguing our Headford folk almost ever since New Year's. Hardly a fam- ily with children in school but has had to keep them home a day or two or maybe more. Disturbanc- es have run the» gamut from coughs and colds and sick stom- ach to flu and earache. Almost everyone blames the weather man. so the promise of milder weather is very welcome. 7 One evening recently the Bro- die family and others were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Boynton for' dinner at their home in \ oodbridge. The party was giv- e for all the Boynton-Clark. wed- ding attendants of last June. Road Work It really looks as if road straightening and other improve- ments could be on the way. when we see road surveyors at work near our corner. Board of Stewards Almost all of the folk in Head- ford turned out for the Board of Stewards meeting in Victoria Square last Wednesday evening. Th: usual business was conduct- ed, and a committee of three. one from each church was appointed to explore the possibility of a morning service for Victoria Sqtlare. This committee'will re- port to the April meeting of the official board. Headford will be represented by Mr. Melvin Well- Mr. Stewart Rumble has accept- ed the responsibility of becoming superintendent of Headford Sun- day School, following the resigna- tion of Mr. Freeman Barker after five years of faithful service. He took over his duties on Sunday last. Headford W.A, will meet on Tuesday evening, February 10, at the home of Mrs. Melvin Well- man. The word for roll call is “Love.” Victoria Square W.M.S. will meet on Wednesday afternoon next. February 11. at the home of Mrs. J. McKendry. This had been erroneously reported as tak- ing place at Mrs. McRoberts’ home. World Day of Prayer service will take place on Friday, Feb- ruary 13. at 2.30 o'clock in Head- Eord Church. All the ladies of man Thornhill Baptist Annual Meeting The congregation of the Thorn- hill Baptist Church held its an- nual dinner and business meeting on Thursday night. After a boun- tiful dinner, prepared by the lad- ies. the group viéwed coloured slides of various members' vaca- tions. capably shown by Mr, J. Martin. Pastor Buck conducted a short devotional and presented each family with a well prepared booklet containing the annual reâ€" ports of the various branches of the work. An active business meeting ensued under the guid- ance of Mr. R. Jardine, retiring chairman of the Deacons‘ Board. full slate of officers was pro~ posed and elected for the follow- ing year. ~; -â€"-a . This slate reads as follows: Deacons. retiring 1961 â€" Messrs. W. McGowan. H. Hewlett. A. Len~ nie and T. Twine: Church Clerk, Mr. R. Jardine; Treasurer, Mrs. H. Barrow; Envelope Secretary, Mrs. J. S. Calvert; Chairman Property Committee, Mr. H. Wil- son: Music’Committee, Mrs. A. Kent: Mrs. A. Lennie. Messrs. G. Anderson and D. MacWilliam. Mr. W. Smook presented each family with a copy of the newly amended constitution. The meet- ing concluded on a note of opti- mism for the church's growth in its service to the Mater. (Ll/017w!” ’ ’l/l/or/a/ $ay 0/ l9" CORRESPONDENT: MRS. H. ACREMAN R. R. 2 Gormley â€"- Phone TUruer 4-2236 HEADFORD NEWS da by the Inter-Church Council and are in increasing demand. In 1958 180.000 adult, and 31.000 girls’ services were issued and for the first time a children's ser- vice was adapted and distributed. More than 3000‘known groups in Canada joined in the Day of Prayer last year. as well as many shut-ins. families. and blind per- sons who listened to recordings of the service. or followed copies printed in braille‘ In Thornhill this year the W0- men‘s World Day of Prayer Serâ€" vice will be held at 2.30 pm. on Friday, February 13. in the Thornhill Baptist Church on Yonge St. It will be conducted by representatives from the fol- lowing local churches, Holy Trin- ity, Langstaff Baptist. Thornhill Baptist, Thornhill Presbyterian and Thornhill United. The speaks er will be Dr. 110 Bennett. who was a medical missionary in In- dia for many years. and whose husband the Rev. B. M. Bennett is now secretary of the Depart- ment of Overseas Missions for the Canadian Council of Churches. an inter-denominational organi- zation. Mrs. Arthur Lennie will act as organist and Mrs. Gordon Patterson will be the soloist. The collection will be forwarded to the Women’s Inter-Church Coun- cil of Canada, 97 St. George St.. Toronto. whose great missionary enterprise is the spread of Chris- tian Literature around the world. In 1958 they were able to alloc- ate $46,575.00 to this cause as against $13,000.00 in 1928. the community are invited to at- tend. . Socials Very many happy returns of their birthday are wished for Don Brodie on the 5th, for Tommy Clarkson, who will be seven on the 6th, and for Mrs. Freeman Barker. celebrating on the 10th. Lorraine and Murray Acreman were dinner guests on Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. P. Brown of Stouffville. On Sunday the Mur- ray Acremans entertained Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Verdoold of Aur- Originally called Leitchcroft Farm after Mr. Gordon C. Leitch, it was changed to Master Feeds Farm after the death of Mr. Leitch. The farm is bordered by Bayview on the west and extends to half way between the 2nd and 3rd concessions on the east. It consists of approximately 700 acres divided into seven farms. There is the cattle farm where they have from 90 to 100 dairy cattle of the Holstein type. and Shorthorn and Aberdeen Angus beef cattle. 0n the pig farm, there are from 25 to 40 sows. with about 400 pigs raised every year. Master Feeds is well known for their breed stock and had the champion bacon carcass at the swine producers gathering. ora Home And School Association The January meeting of the Thornlea Home and School Assoâ€" ciation was held in the school on Wednesday, January 14th. After the general business, Mr. W. Polkington introduced the guest speaker of the evening, Mr. Joe Lanthier, manager of Master Feeds Fram. Mr. Lanthier gave a very interesting and informative talk on this local well-known farm and the various activities carried on, There is a mink ranch where they have 256 older females. All the mink raised this year will be sent to Connaught Laboratories where they are making vaccine to overcome diseases in mink. At the poultry farm there are some 5,000 laying hens which pro- duce about 250 dozen eggs a day. The; raise approximately 10.000 broilers each year and 6,000 tur- keys. __-_, - Afiout 500 acres is planted in crops of various kinds, grains and roughage for cattle; 'corn, hay, etc After giving a full and interest- ing account of the Workings of the farm. Mr. Lanthier went on to say that farming today has become a highly specialized oper- ation. and that boys and girls would do well to look into profes- sional agriculture as a career. Agriculture is now on the same footing as any other occupatiop .uv..-.z, _._, ___v â€"no longer is “brawn” enough for farming, brains are necessary. At the present time, there are as many young men taking agricul- tural courses at Guelph Agricul- tural College who come from the city as from the farm. Mr. Lan- thier stated that it is not neces- sa:_' for young men to shie away from farming because of the large sums of money needed to start a farm and buy expensive machin- ery. Most banks. lenders and feed companies are willing to fin- ance young farmers starting out. Mr. N. Hicks thanked Mr. Lan- thier on behalf of the associa- tion. After adjournment, refresh- ments were supplied by the par- ents of Miss Kyli ’5 class. TRY LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS PHONE TC. 4-1105 THORNLEA Correspondent: Mrs. J. C. Donnelly Phone AV. 5-1777 ra y 9" Thornhill Area March ‘Of Dimes Collects $2,800 Funds collected in last Mon- day night's Mothers' March in Thornhill and surrounding dis- tricts (May Ave to Steeles). am- ounted to $2,800.00, well over last year's total. “We're absolutely delighted!" declared Mrs. Nan MacNeil, en- ergetic assistant captain of Thorn- hill. “Everyone pitched in and put our ’59 Blitz for the March of Dimes right over the top!" “It's a real thrill to know we are able to give such positive help to the rehabilitation of handi- capped citizens." affirmed Mrs. Sadie Boyd, lieutenant, who this year contributed much additional time and effort in collaboration with Captain Irene Croot. Mrs. Croot told “The Liberal" that despite many personal an- Correspondent: Mrs. Bert Mlddleton Telephone Maple 130R3 At Carrville United Church on Sunday. February 1, Dr. Eddy was in charge of the service. but had a friend of a number of years. a missionary from Angola, Africa. Dr. Ralph Collins. Prin- cipal of Dondi Theological Col- lege, who is on furlough. address the congregation. He spoke most interesti‘ngly of the work done in Africa in the mission field. He also sang one verse of the clos- ing hymn in the language of the An‘golans. Carrville girls' choir sang “Highway of Love.” Fellowship Meeting On Friday evening, February 6, there will be a fellowship meet- ing for young and old in the neighbourhood. All will be most welcome. Dr. Eddy has the film. “The King‘s Man", to show, as well as other entertainment and lunch will be served. So don't forget to be at the Carrville Mrs. Jas. Hobday and Miss Do- church ha“ at 8 pJn. I ' rothy Hobday and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wark and David Wark vis- ited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Back and family of New- tonbrook. Now Is The Time ! 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