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The finest in floral designs and bedding plants. PHONE ALpine 7-1471 TU. 4-1105 Keele Street 3 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, January 19, 1961 Whill and District News In a business-like fashion the 1961 Council of Markham Town- ship was sworn into office by Clerk H. C. T. Crisp on January 9th in ‘the municipal chambers at Buttonville. Following the ceremony the group is iseen above. A Frorh left to right: Councillor Ward III, Stanley Watson; cillor Ward II, Charles Hooper; Reeve Wilfred Dean, Clerk H. 'J. N. M ulholland, GROWER -- FLORIST 80 Richmond St. West, Toronto Consultation by Appointment Phones : Thomhill AV. 5-3315 Toronto EM 4-2780 "LIBERAL" CLASSIFIEDS BRING RESULTS 96 John Street, Thornhill GRAHAM GRANT 125 John Street, Thornhill NOTHING DOWN â€" . . . . â€" - â€" - FIRST PAYMENT MAY 1961 VOONfi'S'AYWor/waiq Use Our Budget. dUST CANT BE DONE _ 0017’ Yul/1955“! Plan For q ’75 LOTS Repairs _ _ _ FOR FAST RELIABLE HOME DELIVERY OF PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL HOME DELIVERY CARRIER MICHAEL STRATTON “'I'l-IE lIBERAI." GIVE US A CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE ON YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT Since 188. legal Q.C'. DO IT NOW TELEPHONE AV Maple, Ont. IN THORNHILL AV. 5-3316 As returning ofi'icer, Mrs. J. W. Lambert was chairman at the beginning of the meeting, her first duty being to attend to the election of a permanent chairman. A motion was made by Mr. Timi mins and seconded by Mr. Rob- erts, nominating Mr. Patrick Mac- Taggart-Cowan, as chairman. Mr. MacTaggart-Cowan declined to accept the chairmanship with re- gret. on the grounds that his work would cause him to travel a good deal during the next year, and he felt that the chair- man of the trustees should be in the village constantly to deal with problems as they came UK). He suggested that Mr. Timmins’ le- gal talents would make him a suitable chairman. After consid- (By Margaret I. McLean) Wasting no time over formal inaugural services, the 1961 Trustees for the Police Village of Thornhill waded right into the business at hand at their first meeting of the year, on Wednesday, January 11th. All the trustees were, present, Mr. Patrick McTaggart-Cowan (the senior member), Mr. James Timmins, and Mr. B. P. Roberts. Mr. Alan Sumner, last year’s chairman, and now a member of Markham Township Council, was also present to tie up any loose ends left from last year and help get the trustees off to a good start. James Timmins '61 Head ThornhilIVillage Trustees Repairs - - - Additions - - - Remodelling” - - - Recreation Rooms - 01‘ Any Other Home Improvement I. 5-233! Markham Township's I961 Council Members AV. 5-2208 AV. 5-1684 “The Liberal” I: always pleased to publish items of interest contributed by its readers in the Thornhjll area - - - - - 9 Our representative in Thornhill is Mrs. Margaret McLean. who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-2331. After conducting some little village business, the trustees rec- ollected somewhat tardin that they had no official secretary and hastened to make a motion to the effect that Mrs. J. W. Lambert, who had been quietly taking notes, just in case, be formally appointed scretary, her honorar- ium of $200.00 yearly to remain the same. Mr. Roberts agreed to be the trustees’ representative on the area recreation committee and the secretary was instructed to write to the ARC. advising them of his appointment. erable bantering and much ex- change between Mr. Timmins and Mr. MacTaggart-Cowan of high 1y flattering, not to say flowery recommendations of each other, Mr. MacTaggart-Cowan “with profound regret and some em- barrassment” firmly declined the chairmanship, and Mr. Timmins modestly accepted it. Several small bills were initial- led for payment, including one from MacFarland’s Meat Market for two turkeys which were pres- sented to the two permanent em- ployees .of the Village at Christ- mas. The secretary was instructed to write to the Vaughan and Markham Township Councils, in- forming them of the members of, the village trustees and the new chairman. It was also suggested that a letter be written to the two village employees informing them that Mr. Roberts is now a member of the trustees and that they will receive instructions from him about their daily work. Mr. Sumner advised that he had already introduced Mr. Roberts to both men, as well as to various road superintendents of the town- ships, etc. He also stated that they had begun a complete in- ventory of all property belonging to the village, both large and small. Mr. Sumner reported that there has been some abuse of the skat- ing facilities at the pond, in that" Coun- Crisp, Following the oath of office and declaration of allegiance, the Rev. Allan A. Lavis, Unionville, called upon the new council to “Pray for humility, wisdom and integrity”, before delivering a prayer of invocation. -â€" Photo by Owen Rose Deputy-reeve Lawson Mumberson, and Councillor Ward I, Alan Sum- ner. several boys consistently play hockey on the section reserved for pleasure skating, in spite of the posting of signs designating the various sections. One small child has already been badly hurt by a puck. The trustees were much concerned over the prob- lem, the more so as it appeared that ‘the most consistent trouble- makers were the same boys who had caused trouble and damage at the pool last summer. These boys had used profane language to Mr. Sumner, defying him to send them off the rink. He promp- tly called the police, who an- swered just as promptly, and the boys were sent ofi the rink. In order to avoid this type of de» fiance in the future, the names of the oflenders were given to the trustees and a letter is to be ssnt to the parents of the boys in question to the effect that if the boys continue in this manner, charges will be laid and they will be taken to court. The trustees were unanimous in their decision that this type of behaviour would not be tolerated in the village. Mr. Sumner suggested that it might be well to .write letters to both Markham and Vaughan Township councils, reminding them of their approval for the paving of the roads in the village, - Even the mold off a jar of preserves can start one thinking about plant life. Plant life invades the storage room and the pantry. It takes hold on loaves of bread, the tops of preserves, pickles and jellies. “Mold,” we call it. Were it not‘ for this invasion of our domestic privacy by plant life, we would have no yeast and no vinegar. Parasites and apiphytes (plants growing on plants) hang high on the branches of trees; gray-green mistle- toe, flaming orchids; while about grasses and little shrubs twines the dodder also a parasite; and‘ from the spreading roots of white pines are the wax-like beech- drops. Deep down in the wells, climb the lichens and the algae: the marl-pit and the lime kiln are no sooner abandoned by men than nature prepares to send her plant-hosts to take possession. In the summer the wa- ters of the ponds are covered with a. floating bed of strange plants and some people call it “green scum stagnation.” Water lilies and other aquatic plants spring from the mud-beds of ponds, and along the mar- gins of rivers. Plant life extends over the entire surface of the globe except on the crests of the highest mountains, the highest regions of the glaciers and the places of ever- enduring snows. Even the waters of the Polar seas, under the perpetual icecaps have their algae or sea- weed. The seas are full of sea-weed from the most minute to the largest known plants. Under the snow of the Arctic region are beds of lichens and upon the sur- face are the tiny algae known as “crimson snow”. 1n the spring and summer one can often see the faces of great rocks filmed with lichens. If observed under the microscope they would look Like groves and forests. The long-dead logs and ancient rails in fences are clothed with fairy gardens, knobs of gold, cups of scarlet, frost work of gray, white, black and green; If the greatest cities in the world were abandoned by men; within fifty years the houses would be draped by lichens, vine and fungii: the streets would be a tangle of weeds, creepers and briars; great forests would rise on every side. The battalions of birds and the cohorts of the Wind would bring the seeds and superin- tend the reconverting of the abode of man to a tangled Wilderness. Wherever man abides, plants accompany him, even to the mold on a jar of preserves. 19mm: by Elizabeth Kelson "lg Guest preacher at Thornhil] Presbyterian Church on Sunday, January 8th was the Rev. D. ’1'. Evans, B.A. of St. Paul’s Pres- byterian Church in Ingersoll. Rev. Evans wife and three daughters also attended the service. Pre- parations had been made to have those on the Vaughan side to be done immediately and those on the Markham side whenever the decision has been made with res- pect to sewers. He reminded the trustees that the paving had yet to be approved by the Depart- ment of Highways and by the Municipal Board and unless the townships made their move promptly, the project might be held up. It was mentioned that there were some residents of the village who were not particularly interested in seeing the paving done, but the trustees felt that after the spring break-up and consequent heaving to the roads, these people would be more than glad to see the roads paved. Mr. Sumner insisted that any in- crease in rates resulting from the paving would be only very little more than the present costs of road maintenance. and the trus- tees agreed with this ‘opinion: Some discussion took place with respect to drawing up the budget for the year but it was pointed out that the budget could not be completed until the roads estimate had been received, so the discussion was postponed. The meeting adjourned at 10 p.m., after the next meeting had been set for Wednesday. Febru- ary 8th. . Presbyterian Church News roan Thornhill Notes Rev. Evans and his family spend the week-end in Thornhiil and he had been invited to the home of Mr. Gordon Patterson for lunch to meet the executive of the Young Adults and Young Life Clubs. For Saturday even- ing. an open house had been planned at the church. All these plans. however, were thrown awry by a series of mishaps which prevented Rev. Evans from reach- ing here until Sunday morning. Plane reservations had been made from Ingersoll. but on Sat- urday morning the weather was so bad that all planes were grounded, and after waiting for some time for the weather to lift, the Evans took the train. However. an accident had oc- curred somewhere along the line and the trains were held up so that they didn’t reach Toronto Union Station until Sunday morning. At some point too, the dining car had been taken off the train, and Rev. Evans had nothing to eat since breakfast on Saturday. The first thing then that the welcoming com- mittee, composed of Mr. J. B. Maver and Mr. Jack MacKay, did was to see that he had some breakfast. Before the morning service, Rev. Evans had coffee with the Young Adults. On Sun- day evening. he and his family had dinner at the Mavers’ home on Arnold Avenue as did Mr. MacKay and Mr. Alan McKech- nie. Saturday wasn‘t a complete loss however. Over 100 people turned up at the open house on Sat- urday evening. at the church and all enjoyed themselves in spite of the absence of the guest of Women’s Missionary Society The Women’s Missionary Soc- iety of Thornhill Presbyterian Church met at the church on Tuesday afternoon. January 10th and held the election of offi- cers for 1961. Those elected were: President Mrs. A. McClum- pha; Vice President. Miss E. Francis; Treasurer Mrs. L. Dia- mond. Secretary Mrs. R. A. Cam- sell, The meeting took the form of a Birthday Tea in honour of Mrs. W. Cole. who will be 80 years old on January 18th and who holds one of the longest membership records of the W.M.S. Mrs. Cole was presented with a gaily decorated birthday cake which was cut and served with tea. Fortnighters Club On Monday evening. January 9th Dr. Donald V. Wade install- ed the officers of the Fortnight- ers Club. These were, President, Mrs. C. Atkinson; Vice-President, honour Mrs. J. Arnott; Treasurer, Miss M. Kitson and Secretary Mrs. A. Mackenzie. Mrs. John MacKay will 'be in charge of organizing the members to supply the week- ly dinner for the Young Life Club meetings. Guides On January 25th, the Guides will hold their enrollment 1ere~ mony, when new members, who have up to this time been "on probation” will be formally en- rolled in the Guides. The parents of the girls to be so enrolled will be invited to be present. On the week-end of January 25th Lhe older Guides will at- tend a week-end camp at Camp Samac, Oshawa. Linda Watt of Concord. is working for her Gold Cord by teaching First Class Guides their Guide history. Choir uuyu...5 _..- _- The annual meeting of Thorn- hill Presbyterian Church will be held on Monday, January 23rd and all officers of the different organizations are asked to sub- mit their reportg to Mir. Mowajt On Thursday evening, January 12th, following the regular choir practice retiring organist and choir leader Mr. Walter Stothers was presented with a new re- cording of Handel‘s Messiah, with Sir Robert Beecham con- ducting the orchestra. 1‘ min ,A... uuu mu.“ -vr--v_ or Mr. Cully. All members and all members of the different organizations are asked to keep this date open and plan to at- tend this very important meeting. Holy Trinity Anglican Church News Vuuvu ...... On Thursday, January 5th, the Woman’s Auxiliary of Holy Trin- ity Church was hostess to the members of the Junior Auxilâ€" iary, the Girls Auxiliary and their leaders at a delicious buf- fet supper. The ‘meal was en- joyed by approximately 140 per- ary 9th at the home 0: lV'_"s_ W. G. Chase, 150 Newton Drive, Wiuowdale, when the forma- tion of a south. group was disâ€" cussed and decided on. There were 13 ladies of that area at the meeting. The new group will work along with the Guild, at. tending one general Guflq'me‘et- Lcllullls wily c-..-. _e in; each month, but will also work on a éeparate project of their own, and meet with their own group each month. There are now six groups in the Parish Guild. It is felt that the small groups are more friendly and less unwieldy than the one large group. and the new arrange- ment has worked out very well at other places. â€" - “A._J_.l sons The girls of the GA. and the J.A. were introduced to the meet- ing, as were their leaders, and then 15 girls did a tableau re- presenting the work of these groups. They also gave a reâ€" port as to where their pledge money has been sent. The girls had an opportunity at this meet- ing to say farewell to Mrs. As- kew who has been a leader of both groups. you. 5. vary. ‘The W. A. held their regular meeting at the Church, on Thurs- day of last week. it was their first meeting of the yea: and they began theLr course a! stud) uuxc; y‘uwvu. Close to 100 people attended the farewell reception held at the Church for Rev. and Mrs. Askew on Tuesday evening, January 10th. In order that the Askews would have a permanent remem- brance of the words of apprec- iation, the leaders of the various groups in the Church had had a recording made of their voices, expressing their thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Askew for their won- derful services to the Church. Mouéay The record was played at the reception and then presented to the Askews. Among the voices heard on the recording were those of Rev. Varey, Pat Trant, Kay Shaw. Betty Priestman. Joan Iddon, Ann Houlden, Keith Lis- ter, Bob Tyson, Dorothy Sowdon, James Kiddell, Jo Byford. Mr. Ball, Mr. Bob Napier and MI. Mac Hunter. Mr. Napier was the Master of Ceremonies for the occasion, and the various persons represented on the recording sat in a semi- circle on the platform with the Askews in the centre. The A5- kews received a beautiful silver tea service as a gift from the congregation. while Eira Tram, on behalf of the Altar Guild. presented Mrs. Askew with a charming bracelet. Rev. Askews thanked all the congregation for the kindness and service they had shown him during his stay at Holy Trinity. The evening ended with the enjoyment of fan- cy sandwiches and coffee. A monthly Communion and breakfast was held for the Young People at 8 am. Sunday morn- ing. January 15th. Keith Lister, past president of the A.Y.PA showed the group slides of his summer’s work at Bearskin Lake. 1,800 miles northwest of Tor. onto. A vocation team comprising two Theological students from Trinity College. a girl from the Anglican Women’s Training Col- lege and a Sister from the Sis- ters of St. John the Divine will be in charge of the service on Sunday evening, January 22nd. All Young people are especially urged to attend this service. as well as the Fireside Hour af- terwards. United Church New: The Sunday evening service on January 8th at Thornhill United Church was under the direction of the Y.P.U. Their special spea- ker was Mr. Joe Spadat'ora, an elder at the Peoples Church. As- sisting him were Mr. Leonard Lee, Miss Susan Elliott and Mr. David Corkill, of the Thornhill congregation. Special vocal and instrumental numbers were pre- sented by the Stouffviile Youth for Christ. The Iii-C’s met sep- arately following the evening service and the topic of their discussion was "Would I Date Would you dear readers be in- terested in knowing that Mrs. Elizabeth Kelson of Centre Street Thornhill, well-known ‘,Liberal" columnist and your renowned V?) correspondent, Mrs. Margaret 1. McLean cast their housewifely and new-paperly duties to the wind last Thursday, January 12th, and took themselves off to ‘revel in the colour, music and grace of the incomparable Royal Ballet, at the also incomparable O’Keefe Centre. Any of you who have taken the opportunity to par- take of the “Arts” as offered by the Centre, will 'be pleased to learn that as well as providing everything for the pleasure of the audience, the Centre also provides every possible amenity for the performers, something which apparently seldom comes their way. This I learned in conversation with Mr. R. W. Oades of Brooke Street. who is a trumpet player of note. Mr. Oades was part of the orchestra which played at the centre for “My Fair Lady” and reports that the Centre supplies just about every- thing for the comfort and con- venience of the performers. There are comfortably furnished lounges, for both male and fe- male artists, as well as a joint lounge, complete with television sets, commodious lockers for storage of clothes and instru- ments. practise rooms for any who wish to do any brushing-up, and a large, soundproof rehear- sal hall, large enough to accom- modate a symphony orchestra, and from which broadcasts can be made. All these make the facilities at the Royal Alexandra, where Mr. Oades played with the “Brazil- ianos” orchestra, appear posi- tively primitive, not to mention the tangle of backstage scenery with which he had to cope while at the Crest recently. Mr. Oades supplied the various “Flourish of Trumpets” for King Lear there. Still, it all sounds rather fun, doesn't it? Me?” Odds Ga Ends And here’s my annual Helpful Hint to Hurrassed Housewives - (I only have time to come up with one once a year): If pot roast is to play a prominent FlUâ€"‘ER UP WITH PERGHERONS If all the horsepower pro- duced today had to come from how, there wouldn’t be much room in the world for people. Fortunately most of the world’s horsepower comes from other energy sources. Man has learned totap nature for “packaged” horsepower; Oil is the handiest form of 'Esso' IMPERIAL. OIL LIMITED ...for80yeaxs Canada’sleading suppfierofenergy place in the family menu this month, on account of an over- taxed budget last month, and you are distressed at the ln- digestible amount of fat in the gravy. try this; drop about four ice cubes into the gravy. As the fat congeals on top of and a- round the cubes. it may be eas- ily lifted out with a spoon, and the gravy takes only a minute to warm up again. Try it - it to w’arm’ up again. ’Try reallyiworks?’ Thorhhill United Church Last Sunday morning we had a near record attendance at chur- ch and to Mr. MacDonald who puts so much time and effort into his sermons this is a very gratify- ing sight. Three babies were baptized, all boys. At the even"- ing service. prepared and pre- sided over by the Young People the guest of the evening was Mr. Joe Spadafora, an elder in The People‘s Church. Guest, soloist was Miss Jo-Anne McLean, of the Stouffvilie Youth for Christ. A most welcome addition was the hymn sing we enjoyed so much last year. Church Hockey League: Well I finally managed to at- tend a game of the PeeWee boys on Monday night at Aurora. It was a very good game and meant a victory for Thornhill United. 5-2 against St. Pascals. Terry Tamblyn was a star with the cov- eted hat-trick to his credit. the other goals scored by Barry Hughes (whose proud parents witnessed the game) and David Bagg. It would be entirely un- fair if I failed to mention the remarkable job of goal tending done by David Johnsoonr. Har- ris had his pencil and paper out jotting down names for future reference. We stayed to watch the next game between Holy Trinity and St. Lukes, which end- ed up a 2-1 victory for St. Lukes. We surely had our eye on Brian Phillips who scored the goal for Holy Trinity also Stuart Fran- cies. both have potentials. I met many neighbours at the supermarket last Friday even- ing, this I discovered is where I can really catch up on news. I’ve been shopping at the wrong time anl place it seems. Had a nice chat with Elizabeth Jennings who told me about her holiday trip. It sounded like the perfect solution to a query. Elizabeth rented a car and drove to her home town of Montreal. stayed with her bro- ther and family and had at her disposal the car to visit around as much as possible. They left on the Wednesday before Christmas and returned a week later to be in time for the “Christmas Carol" production at Holy Trinity Church on the 29th. The children really had a chance to become acquainted with their cousingfind And now comes the sad news - namely the Bantam team lost both games this week. It was 5-1 Tuesday night for the Church of the Transfiguration. 8«1 {or Blythwood Baptists Wednesday both at Aurora. Neighbourhood Notea On Sunday. January 8th the Trudel family was increased by the safe arrival of twin boys. Ruth and the babies are fine and I believe Vic will recover. The wee boys weighed in at: 61-bs. 4 oz. and 6 lbs. 3% oz. One is quite fair and the other dark like the older boys in the family. They are to be called Joseph and Mark. Too bad one couldn't have been a girl, but I am sure Lucille and Bernie can hold up that side of the family quite well. Grandmere is here as usual to help out. I was in to visit Mrs. Mueser this week and found her up and getting around the house remarkably well, trying hard to catch up on all her correspon- dence. Looking forward to getting out to Church in thernear future. are reasonableâ€"Imperial Oi! receives less for a. gallon of gasoline today than 10 years ago. packaged horsepower . . . and because oil has been made available at reasonable prices everywhere in Canada, Canadians use it for more than half their energy re- _-______., it provided a real boost to Eliza- beth’s morale, but she sure de- serves some credit driving all that distance. A thought for this week -- Someone said “grumbling is a certain sign of weakness” - don’t grumble. change the condition. Drains Cleaned & Repaired Richmond Hill TU. 4-1245 Sanitary Contractor Septic Tanks Pumped meats. Aad oil prices C. STUNDEN