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The O. M. McKillop Home and School Assoc. met Wednesday, March 23. Mr. Ken Smithies pre- siding. The results of the Bake Sale were given; a total of $100.82 of Wedsesday night and $49.78 for Thursday nigh-t. The President expressed his thanks to all the parents for their co-op- eration. Parents of the Pleasantville di- vision children were happy to hear that the ground had been broken for their new building. Both principals reported that Ed- ucation Week had been highly successful. Mr. William Babcock, Head of the Physical Education Depart- ment of Richmond Hill High School was introduced to speak on the subject “Recreation for Us the Parents, and For Our Children â€" An Evaluation." In his'opening remarks. Mr. Bab- cock said “that rccqnt studigs it} the United States have pointed out the danger of becoming soft in our present way of life. The Kraus-Weber test showed that 59.7% of American children failed a set of physical tests. whereas in a comparable group of European children only 8.7% Correspondent: Mrs. F. H. Leaf R. R. 2 Gormley Phone AXmlnster 3-6188 Neighbourhood Notes Friends have been missing Mrs. James McQuay from the neighbourhood scene for the past. week or so. A bout of influenza has been difficult to shake. Mrs. Belle Glendenn'mg, who suffered a stroke early in the winter and convalesced at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Crai- gie. was able to return ‘Lo her home recently'with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Harper in attendance. Mrs. K. C. Gray of Kirkland Lake has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. .1. English, at Brae- doon Farm for the past week. Mrs. Gray. who has been ill for some time, came to Toronto last week to attend Mr. Gray’s moth- er’s funeral. Attendants at the Lenten dis- cussion group held Wednesday evenings until Easter at Brown’s Corners United Church are most interested. Good discussions on the book “God and His People" have been led by Rev. A. F. Bin. nlngton. Last week there were approximately 15 people present and anyone interested is urged to attend. Wm. B'abcock Guest Speaker McKiIlop Home And School Congratulations to Mrs, Russell Boying‘ton who celebrated a birthday on March 25th. The turkey Mrs. Boyington won as high scorer of the Winter Eu- ehre series at Buttonville W. 1. He“. was a tasty morsel at the festivities. On Friday evening of last week Thornlea Home & .School Association held a Square dance party and demonstration by school pupils at Buttonville W. I. Hall. Home baking, candy and cold drinks were sold dur- lng the evening to swell the as- sociation coffers: On Wednesday. April 6. Brown's Corners W. M. S. mem- bers will hold their Easter Thankoffering meeting in the church at 2:00 pm. The committee in charge is Mrs. A. F. Binnington, Miss M. Rodick. Mrs. A. Gardner and Mrs. 0. Brooks. Mrs. W. W. Patterson, wife of1 the minister at St. Matthew's‘ United Church Richmond Hill, will be the guest speaker; and all ladies of the Victoria Square Charge are extended a cordial invitation to be present. A soc- ial hour will follow the pro- gramme, Buttonville W. 1. Meeting When Buttonville W. I. mem- bers met at Buttonville W. 1. Hall recently there were still several papers held over from the earlier meeting on the his- tory of the area to be reviewed. One of these papers was given by Mrs. Joe Robinson who dis- cussed Toronto's proposed new City Hall: another was by Mrs. E. Hill on the settlement and growth of the German Mills sec- tion of the township; and a third. by Mrs. Russell Boyington. dis- cussed early mail service, the ex- tension of hydro in the area. and the various early telephone companies. Mrs. Joe Robinson was the speaker of the afternoon on the subject of Citizenship and Edu- cation. Until January 1, 1947 there was no Canadian Citizen- ship. Mrs. Charles Hooper, District Director, reported on the an- nual executive meeting of the district and announced that the District. Annual will be held un- der the auspices of the Mary H. Graves unit at the Scarboro Uni- ted Church, May 17 -â€" Luncheon $1.25. On April â€"- 12 at 12:15 there will be a special gather~ ing at ‘Stoufifville. Letters from British recipients of the locally sponsored Apron shower will be read. Mrs. Hooper is the 2nd vicet president of the local dis- tric . During the business period Mrs. George Kelly was given power to use treasury funds for Tweedsmuir History purposes. Mrs. J. Wilkins was in the chair: Mrs. James Rodick took minutes and the hostesses at the tea hour were Mrs. Wm. Mc- Gimpsey and Mrs. K. Stots. Mus- ic was supplied by Mrs. C. Hill. AURORA â€"â€" Mayor James Mur- ray has suggested school board’s should collect their own taxes. “In my opinion,” the mayor said, “the government should pass leg- islation to allow the province to take over the total cost of edu- cation. Alternatively. if the school boards spend as much as 50 per cent of the taxes. let 50 per cent of the taxes. le them collect their own," . BUTTONVILLE failed. Prince Phillip, President Eigenhower. T. V., the Press, and various periodicals have all ad- ded fuel to the movement to- ward Fitness. Educators and Re- creation leaders should accept as their goal â€"â€" ‘To motivate and in- spire every child to his greatest possible potential.’ In our school Physical Education programme we can develop skills and in'erâ€" cats in mny forms of physical recreation. Mr. ’eter Ross presented. with the aid of recent films his work in class. showing basket- ball. softball, track and field, vol- leyball. and gymnastics. He also mentioned their hockey and soc- cer programmes. Mr. Babcock then presented with the aid of films and charts. the High School programme at Physical Education. He empha- sized clearly that good classroom instruction is the basis for intra- mural, interschool, recreation. and adult activity. At our own high school fourteen different sports are available to every stu- dent in the intramural program. In addition there are 8 inter- school sports. Saturday morning basketball offers pure recreation for another hundred boys and Night School opens the Physical Education door to energetic men. Mr. Babcock briefly outlined a group of activities which the family can enjoy as a unit. re- gardless of age, and with the aid of a chart showed all the recreaâ€" tion activities available in our town. Mrs. Jean Thomson. director of Recreation for Richmond Hill, outlined the Playground Pro- gram for 1960. Mrs. Dorothy Tur- ner spoke of the extensive soft,- ball activities and urged volun- teers coaches and umpires -to assist with this venture. Mr. TO ENTER:-â€" VISTIT ANY STORE BELOW & RECEIVE FREE COUPON. SIGN YOUR NAME & EPOSIT SLIP. - N0 mummy: 3/; TU. 4-1812 RICHVALE, ONT. " STOP 22A AV. 5-35‘21 Gliddens Paint.- Giftware fl Boots & Shoes 189E Centre TU. 4: -1313 LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR \ TU. 4-296] RICHMOND HILL All Woo] Knitted Suits Phone ALpine "dip-1121 Maple HARDWARE - PAI‘N TS IMPERIAL GASOLINE & OIL POWER EQUIB‘MEN] 7571 Yonge St, leomhill Lawn mowers e m actors - power saws and a mall engines. SALES & SERIHCE AV. 5-1538» Delivery Toronto 3: District GIFT SHOP - Second. Floor HARDWARE ‘ ,Benjam'm A IMPORTED FROM FRANCE C O L L I N S HARDWARE for all occasions Blue Coal &1) Fuel Oil LAWRIE Richmond Hill KETOLA $49.95 RAMER THE LIBERAL POLAROID “HOME OF THE WEEK" 'alh‘ - at}; ALL HOUR! S 8. SCON Owens A panel, consisting of Mr. Jack Passnnore, Prof. of Physical Educ. Ontario College of Education, U. o!" T., Mr. Robt. Newman, Mr. Duamd Rose, Mrs. Virginia Sully. and Mrs. Dorothy Turner were mm ed to evaluate the presented programme, of recreation. (1'1) All agreed that the pro- gram 1mg was sound. inviting, chal len‘ging. Babcuuk shoWed the swimming programme at Richmond Hill Day 'Eiamp; the boys of Richmond Hill tween Camp on their canoe trip 2‘01 beautiful Algonquin Park; and :1 movie of track and field showing the grace and skill ac- quired in this sport. (I) There must be a place in thefi pgqgljarnme fpr eveAry child: (9) That there is no danger of undue emotional or physical str‘nin to the highly skilled com- peigitor. (31,4) Mr. Passmore expressed comcern that many communities dev‘not make use of the excellent facilities they may have, and uiuged us to~be sure to make full usr of the facilities we have a- roqmd us. It was agreed that both Pu‘ blic and High School Boards hgve been mast co-operative in a lowing their increasingly ex- cellent facilities to be used for community recreation. iWhen asked why he thought tiiuere were so many people hap- ‘pitly engaged in recreation work, Mr. Babcock quoted the Chinese (poet Wang Wei. “You ask me what is the supreme happiness hure below, it is watching a lit- tle boy go whistling down the iuoad after he has asked me the ,I ray.» ~ Mr. Smithies thanked Mr. Bab- c ock for his inspiring programme a nd expressed his sincere thanks to all those who assisted in its [I wresentation and evaluation. R. D. RICHVALE HARDWARE FLOWER SHOP Shell Service Station KEN RUSTON 'ROSE GARDEN SUPPLIES AND AMAZING NEvy ' Cream Halr Tlnt! Make A Ofl'er On A Car Of Your Own Choice NOW! STOP 22 YONGE ST. PHONE AV. 5-3611 M3331: " LITTLE asou LTD. RICHMOND HILL W | G HT' S PHARMACY 28 YONGE ST. S. RICHMOND HILL “Crowning Color” by . Helena Rubinstein 2 Miles North of Richmond Hill AV. 5-4211 HIGHWAY 11 TU. 4-1521 TU, 447821 CLEANERS TU. 4-1911 paints Miss McLaren has concluded her library t‘llkS to the pupils of Grades 2-8 of Henderson Av- enue School. It is gratifying to hear that an increasing interest has been taken by the pupils in the local libraries which shows that Miss McLaren‘s visits were very worthwhile. The parents’ cooperation has been asked in warning their children about possible flooding conditions in! the low lying areas as the mild weather thaws the abundance of‘snow. Special cau- tion is required by those child- ren who cross the fields. School News The floor hockey house league played games on Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday. There are four teams under captains Den- nis Miller, John Bonnici. Art Chomiak and Terry Aimone. Last week‘ HIere were three games played. The first. game between John and Dennis was rather short with John’s team coming up<with a win of 2-0 as Dennis got off to a bad start. The se- cond game was played at a more even kilt between Art and Terry with a score of 1â€"1. The third game was very decisive as John won his second straight over Terry with a score of 4-2. The series ended this week. John Bonnici’s team coming out on top. Guides The Girl Guides continue to work for their badges each week and several tests have been pas- sed. Julie Dempster. Cheryl Leo» hard and Christine Knight have passed their Child Nurse Test. Cathy Lennie has earned her Needle Womans Badge and Shara on Sturgess went out on a ex- tremely snowy-blowy day and earned her Hikers Badge. Mary Gage has passed all her tests for the Gold Cord and is now awaiting herrfinal Challenge. Yes, you too might win a Polaroid Land Camera. Simply visit any one of the stores listed here for your free coupons. 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DARLEY. 'mvd. .. AV. 5-2719 4th Thornhlll Brownies groups of the Crestwood Rd. area are hold- ing a Bazaar on Saturday, from 1.30 to 4:30 p.m. at Powell Road School. There will be a sale of home baked goods and rummage, tea will be served. The proceeds will help purchase equipment for these groups which are fairly new and just getting established. Neighbourhood Notes Mr. and Mrs. A. Harris of 39 Woodward Avenue are home a- gain after enjoying a three-week holiday in sunny Florida. Al- though we all enjoy our time of pleasure, there is a dark cloud in everyone’s life and it is with our sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Har- ris that we announce the death of Mr. Harris' mother on Wed- nesday. March 23rd. Mr. .and Mrs. Harris were very pleased with the kindness of their neigh- hours in sending flowers and wish to convey their heartfelt A L & T O M' 5 BA SERVICE STATION K. K, HOME BAKERY THE ONLY REAL HOME ST. 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