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Z I THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, November 5, 1959 Thornhill and District “The Liberal” is always pleased to publish items of interest contributed by its readers in the Thornhill area . . . . . TELEPHONE AV. 5-2331 News Our representative in Thornhill in Mrs. Margaret McLean. who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-2331. â€"â€"-â€"_â€"â€"_â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"'â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€" Thornhill Notes * Expert Drug Service 0“! Max Factor Cosmetics t t C O View-Master Reels I... Vitamins t O t O Prescription Service Thornhi“ Pharmacy 3 C. E. STONEBURG ’ Chemist & Druggist IAV. 5-2503 Yonge St. Thornhill 'Insure your Merry Chrit- mas! Earn Christmas money selling Avon’s nationally ad- vertised gift sets. Write: Mrs. F. Walker, Collingwood, or Phone 1712. â€" Sales - Rentals Service - Repairs (ILEJ‘A. Rates) I'IEIIRIDGE ELECTRIC 53 YON GE N. Richmond Hill .Joamacsm ' .FIIEI. KID! 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While there was no particular “star” role, Bob Priestm-an as Alderman Joseph Helliwell, car- ried the longest and perhaps the most difficult role. He acted to perfection the part of a some‘ what had tempered and blustering gentleman of the middle class of 60 years ago. As his Wife Maria HelliWell, Edith Jones never once stepped out of character and turned in a performance of quite professional calibre. So also did the other two “wives,” Jane Mc- Daren and Joan Iddon as Clara Soppitt, and Annie Parker res- pectively. Although Pat Trant was given the only spontaneous burst o applause during Friday evenings performance, and carried off his role as a drunken photographer with remarkable aplomb, I really felt the honours of the evening should go to Marion McCowan who was everything her role as the maid, Ruby Birtle, required. She was pert and pretty in exactâ€" ly the right degrees, her broad Yorkshire accent never left her that I could detect, she was en- tirely without selfconsciousness, and she gave roundness and which could have been stereotyped and pull. As the husband who was more than a little inclined to make a drastic change in his life when he found himself unmarried, Frank Jennings gave a competent per- formance and his transition from a henpecked husband to a man of authority was quite believable. His wife's meek acceptance of their changed roles was amusing- well done by Jane McLaren. The role of Mrs. Northrop should have bad, I felt an older and more dissipated face, as Gwen Wojna, although she performed TV HI-FI JOHN'S T.V. v AV. 5-4138 Radios Car Radios, ‘ â€" .I. F. COLE JEWELLERS 7764 Yonge St. THORNHILL WATCH, CLOCK & JEWELLERY REPAIRS AV. 5 - 3485 it. J. N. 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The two juveniles were un~ fortunately the weak spots in the play. Ed. Gillan‘s portrayal of Gerald Forbes, the young choir- master who precipitates the crisis in the first place, was marred by unfortunate facial grimaces, ap- parently an attempt to stop him- self ‘ from laughing. Pamela Boulden, as Nancy Holmes, also betrayed her nervousness by a jerky bobbing of her head in an attempt to portray earnestness. Bert Funnell, too, in his role as C uncillor Albert Parker, *al- though he betrayed no nervous- ness and in many ways carried his role extremely well, lost much of his effect by his wooden ges- tures. These slight defects, however, are all ones which can and will, no doubt, be overcome by a group which staged such a professional performance and is so obviously serious about their work. Some dc also about the fine stage setting_whi- ch appeared quite authentic in every detail. It was the work of Stage Manager Ed. Lean and his assistants Dunc Ball, and Frank Baxter. It is to be hoped that this group will persevere in their ef- forts. This offering was obviously who will certainly be looking for more of the same at distant date. 0. E. S. Aloha Chapter, Many people from Thornhill at- tended the combined card party and fashion show on October 28th at the Community Hall, Willow- dale, held under the auspices o e Aloha Chapter, 0. E. S. thThe members modelled the smart fur coats and jackets from Art Stiff _ intriguing hats from Belina Hat Shop. Mrs. G. Jones was the com- mentator for the fashion show Many prizes were for cards and as door prizes an refreshments were prepared and served under the direction of Mrs. E. Toby, the Refreshment Convener. Mrs. Nel Browne, _Wor- thy Matron of the Chapter made .a speech of welcome. Among those atten Thornhill were Mr. and Toby, Mrs. H. Harper, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. H. Lak, Mr. and Mrs. T. Pherrill, Miss H. Deane, Mr. and Mrs. W. Deane, Mrs. , rs. B. Skipper, Mr. demncmey Mrs. N. As- ding from Mrs. Auxiliary of H . The Girls held their ' it An iican church $35.13; wgeekly meeting at the Church Hall on Tuesday, October 27th. nthl Prayer Meeting The“ mo Hie Church w1th tin was discussed Hits were distrilliuted among th embers for sa e. mThe forthcoming sale of records wasalso discussed and is to be held in the Church Hall on Satur- dty, November 7311 from 10:30 to .m. The recor s in: a great bargain and the G. A. is anticipating a good turnout. Mr. Varey was at the meeting an taught the girls a lesson towards their Churchmanship Badge. 3rd Thornhill Cub and Scout Troop _ The Thornhill Scouts were cer- tainly busy during October. Their main project, in which the two Thornhill packs pooled their ef- forts, was of course the Boy Scout Apple Day on Octoberd'lth, and our boys raised a little over $190.00. The boys all worked hard and in the afternoon emoyed re- freshments in the Scout Hut. The I. G. A. donated cookies which were much appreciated by the boys who had certainly worked up an appetite. On October 14th the approp- riate ceremonies were observed when six Cubs went up to Scouts, namely, Kenny Thomas, Robert Ralph, Paul Spafford, Ricky Huckvale, Chris Calvert and Dav- id Rounthwaite. These last two new Scouts, Chris Calvert and ed them to wear the Leaping Wolf Badge on their Scout uni- form. On October let, the following new Cubs were taken into the 3rd Paul Moore, Mi- chael Stroud, Peter Aimone, Den- Chris Austin, Bill Thornhill Pack is Anderson, Harper, John Hooper (a Hopper, per have his hands, say his mouth, full! The Cubs roun month with ded 'iliary supp month's activities. Scoutmaster Lane. Thornhill Baptist Church A lovely ceremony took place at Thornhill Baptist Church on Sunday, November lst, when the new choir pews were dedicated by Mrs. A. C. Smither in memory of her late husband, Mr. A. C. and Mrs. Smither were charter members of the Thornhill Baptisfi Church and Smither, Both Mr. Fur Company and the p E. ed the 54th Anniversary Services C. for the Chalmers Presbyterian transfer from Sarnia). Ken Matheson and Ian Matheson. Well, what with Harper, Hop- and Hooper, as well as two Mathesons (not related) that long- suffering Cub master is going to or should we off the a Haliowe’en party held on October 28th at Holy Trinity Church. The Ladies Aux- 1ied the refreshments. The Scouts also had a Hallo- we'en party to end off their It was held on October 29th at the home of Calvert on Dove the Church appreciates very much this fine gift to the church. Mrs Smither was accompanied to the morning service with her two daughters, Mrs. George Hurlâ€" burt and Mrs. James Balshaw. The Rev. Buck took the service and the topic of his sermon was “The Message of the Pews." There was a good turnout at the Baptist High Fellowship group held at 7 p.m. on Sunday night. The Senior group discussed the play which they had seen at Blythewood Church, entitled “The Christ of the Concrete City." Many members took part in the discussion which was led by Mr. Arthur Lennie. Mrs. Lennie was in charge of the Junior group and they en- gaged in Bible study. Thornhill Presbyterian Church The Men’s Club of Thornhill Presbyterian Church held their first meeting of the fall season on Thursday, October 29th. The speaker was Padre Jack Fraser, the Presbyterian Chaplain at Sun- nybrook Hospital. The election of officers took place and the following execu- tive was elected: Past President; Mr. Gerald Cul- ley. President: Mr. John Maver. Vice President. Mr. Donald Timney. Secretary-Treasurer: Mr, Ern- est Cumming. Executive Committee: Clayton Atkinson. Jack Walford. The group sat down to a dell- cious chicken dinner prepared by the Social Committee of the Club. Don't let these chaps fool you though. They didn't actually cook the chicken, but brought it in already cooked and just served it. However, they did do the dish- es, so let's give them full marks for that! The Young Adults group had a Hallowe’en party on Saturday evening, October alst, at Cherry ll Farm, the John Masden Folk hooL Hallowe’en games were led by f Tom McCaul, assisted by John Anderson and Don Willison. Fol- lowing the games, refreshments were served to the 45 members resent. The President, Gerry Easton, led the devotional. At the Sunday morning service at Thornhill Presbyterian Church, d the guest preacher was Mr. Alec d Zeidman Assistant Director of the Scott Mission in Toronto. Mr. Zeidman gave a picture of the work of the mission and also ad. dressed the men of the Lay Visi- tation Program. , Rev. Chambers was in Hamil- ton on Sunday where he conduct- Church there. A THORNLEA I Correspondent: Mrs. B. Lepkey Phone AV. 5.34.9 Mr. and Mrs. Moss, No. 7 High- way have returned after spending a very enjoyable few days in Buffalo. Miss Lynn Hutchinson, Don- crest Rd. entertained a group of her friends at a Hallowe'en par- ty Friday evening. The weather on Saturday ev- ening did nothing to deter the young people of this area who went shelling out for Halowe'en. The costumes were many and varied. There must have been some busy mothers during the d preceding weeks, and some of the weird masks and Jack O'Lanterns must have scared the Witches and Hobgoblins away for sure. We can now settle down again for a few weeks until the Christmas sea- son approaches us. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. H. Wright. No. 7 Highway who celebrate their 19th wedding an. niversary on November 9th. Glad to know the Wright family have finally won their battle against the flu, every member of the family had their share and the last one started back to school this week. School News Hallowe’en came to Thornlea School on Friday afternoon when all grades held their separate parties, complete with masquer- ade costumes. The next square dancing les~.. sons wil be held on Friday, Nov- ember 6th, 7:30 pm. Any adults who can spare the evening to d help in the supervision will be welcome. Don’t forget the date of the Fun«Fair being held at the school on Saturday, November 7, from 3-9 pm. There will be something for every member of the family, including dancing. Cleve Burton will be calling for the Square Dan. cing. You don’t have to have children at the school to enable you to come. Dreryones support is needed, this is a small world, who knows who you might meet there. Home and School The November meeting of the Home and School has been post- poned to the 3rd Wednesday ow- ing to Remembrance Day holiday. ,Don’t forget to contact your local correspondent if you have any news from your area. We are all interested in our neighbours. RICHVALE NEWS Mr. Art Adams has returned home from the General Hospital where he has been since Thanks- giving Day with an eye inury. We are pleased that he is progressing favorably. Mrs. .Harriett Adams is at Greenwood Nova Scotia, visiting her son Tom stationed there with the Air Force. We regret that Mrs. Tom Adams died recently and Mrs. Adams Sr. is helping care for his three children. leamdéng ./4rouncl - by Elizabeth Kelson During the month of October, there has been a drama .played about the streets of Thornhill. This drama 18 still being played and the end of the story will likely take place before winter sets in. The long await- ed water system has come to Thornhill at last. The drama is not so much concerned with water. as it is with the gas shovels and bulldozers, dump trucks and the men who run them. Except for the fact that the traffic must be re- routed at times, there has been no great inconvenience to the public. Bringing the water to Thornhill has been a very interesting operation to watch. The great gas shovel, its long arm holding a forked hoe moves to the bidding of one man. It dips down into the ground with great power, and then comes up laden with earth. The burden is deposited into a waiting dump truck or else on the side of the road. The bulldozer, carterpillar style, lugs the huge water pipe ahead of the digging op- eration. Two inen fasten the pipe to the front end loader and it is carried away again and again until enough pipe is in readiness. Dump trucks move back andforth. The superintendent, in his little truck, is drivmg from one point to another to see that his orders are carried out. After the trench is dug, the gas shovel has another Job to do. The pipe is tied to the end of the long crane, and it is lowered carefully into the trench where men wait to join each succeeding pipe together. The final step when it becomes a shovel again, lifting up the broken earth and re-filling the trench with it. while men smooth and flatten the surface. In a few weeks, there will be scarcely a sign that the earth has been disturbed at all. I remember when the gas shovel was a steam shov- el, and others may recall the long slow process of the pick and shovel. Then it took many men and many weeks to complete a job like this. I knew an old man ‘who was never tired of telling how he felt about the _ Pick and. shovel days!” He felt the pride of using his own physical strength. He had a rhythm of his own. He bent his body to the earth and dug deep while the sweat glistened on his brow. He didn't mind for it was his way of life and he was comforted because an honest days work was respected, and there were many who worked as hard as himself. He was tired, but it was a good tiredness, and he could sleep. Today the work may be physically easier, and the laborers fewer in number, yet there are problems of accommodation. The modern laborer has a definite schedule to _meet and he is always forced to race against time. His tiredness is more of the nerves than of the body. He is constantly under pressure from those in charge and from the noise of machines. ‘ The brighter side of the picture reveals that be- cause the men have the assistance of these modern tools, they can accomplish so much more, and still have time to relax and get some pleasure out of life. Let no one imagine that the construction industry lacks color and interest. These men and their machines, from the heads of the company, the superintendents. right down to the very last laborer have always a date with destiny, for they more than anyone else he] to chan e th f f the earth wherever they may big 3 e ace 0 5M STOUFFVILLE â€" Police Chief .. Frank Edwards â€" the officer who refuses to be fired by Stouffville 3,- Council - will have a hearing be- 32., fore a county judge. GIVE “THE LIBERAL” FOR CHRISTMAS FREDERICK S. McPHERSON Frederick S. McPherson, of 122 Westwood Lane, Thornhill, right- of-way supervisor of The Bell Telephone Company‘s Toronto Area, retired last week after more than 41 years’ service. Born in Bognor, Grey County, Mr. McPherson began his career with_Northern Electric in Winni. peg in 1910, remaining with them untill 1919. Enlisting in World War I as a gunner with the artillery, he won the Military Medal, and later beâ€" came a captain with the Signal Corps. Before the wars’ end he was also awarded the Military Cross. In World War 11 Mr. McPher- son served as a lieutenant-colonel in command of the 2nd Division Signals. I Mr. McPherson joined the Bell in March 1928 in Toronto, and has resided in this area since. As right-of-way supervisor, he was responsible for arranging for the right-of-way of poles, cable, and other plant in the Toronto area. He has maintained close contact with public utilities commissions, being secretary of the Metropoli~ tan Toronto Public Utilities Co- ordinating Committee as well as a director of the American Right of Way Association, and a vice presi- dent of the Ontario Chapter of that organization. Active in military circles, Mr. McPherson is an honorary life member of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, having served on the executive for 21 years, in- cluding three terms as president. He has also served as president of the Royal Canadian Corps Sig- nals Association of Canada, and of the Canadian Corps Associa- tion. He was Honorary Aide-de-Camp to Lieut. Gov. Albert Matthews of Ontario from 1937 to 1942. Mr. McPherson is an honorary life member of the Summit Golf and Country Club, of which he also has been president, and he is a member of the Algonquin Council, Telephone Pioneers of America. Mr. McPherson's plans for the future include continued activity in his various associations, and gardening at his two~acre home midway between Thornhill and Richmond Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Mcâ€" Pherson moved to their present address in 1952, and will continue to reside there. And fresh as all dry for folding your fingers at F______â€"â€"-â€"â€" LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS PHONE TU. 4.1105 56 YONGE A $3.50 PER YEAR WM damp-dry for ironing, or completely matic electric dryer does a full load for only a few cents. You can snap old-fashioned heavy baskets of wet HYDRO - m SNOW REMOVAL STORES. 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