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The Richmond Hill Horticul- tural Society will present Mr. W. E. Hartnoll as guest speaker of the evening, on Thursday, January 26th in the Lion‘s Hall at 8 pm. Mr. Hartnoll - MSC - P.H.D. is the Editor of the week- ly Garden club series in the To- rento Telegram and has a long list of credits to his name in this field. He has had a Garden Club radio series for years and is well known by his excellent lectures on his many tours throughout Canada and the Us. This soc- iety invites everyone interested in growing things, especially the home gardener. Remember the date, January 26th in the Lion 5 Hall. Admission is free. The January meeting of St. Mary’s Anglican Church Evening Guild, was opened with a Pot luck supper. followed by the in- stallation of 1961 officers: Hon. president, Mrs. J. F. O‘Neil; president, Miss Marion Scriven- er; lst vice-president. Mrs. H. K. Boyle. 2nd vice-president, Mrs. \C. K. Twidale; recording secretary, Mrs. A. E. McDonald: corresponding secretary, Miss. Gladys McLatchy: treasurer, Miss J. Orr; programme convenor. Mrs. M. G. Donaldson: member- ship convenor, Mrs. W. J. Mac- Klnnon: refreshment convenor, Mrs. D. Hillaby: publicity con- venor. Mrs. G. Dewsbury: audi- tors. Mrs. B. J. Twiddy and Mrs. C. Hardwick. The executive of the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church W. A. met at the home of Mrs. M. Doch- arty and projects for throughout the year were discussed. It ap- pears that the ladies will have a heavy catering schedule this year, for plans were made for a dinner and pot luck supper in February, a dinner in March, the annual spring luncheon in April and a stra'vberry festival in June. - Mayor James Haggart announc- ed this week that on his invitation the Metro Conservation Author- ity will hold its annual meeting gnh Richmond Hill on February t . Rex Sevenoaks, director 01 the Curtain Club’s fes- tival entry “Waters of the Moon” is seen above with Miss Jane Tobias, property mistress for this production, and interested club member, Mrs. R. Curtin, during a rehearsal at the club premises on Mill St. The play is to be staged at the Lions Hall on February 9th, 10th, 11th. Tickets $1.00 ' Reserved 31.: Tickets available from all members or by calling TU. 4-7604 ANNUAL MEETING Richmond Hill V.O.N. COUNCIL CHAMBERS Municipal Building “WATERS OF THE MOON" WEDNESDAY, FEB. lst I96] â€" 8:15 PM. â€" ' $irecfor J45 M/oré Report of the year’s activities Election of Oflicers Everyone Invited To Attend GUEST SPEAKER - DR. R.M. KING, YORK COUNTY M.O.H. Richmond Hill Lions Hall presents THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL ENTRY FEBRUARY 9th, 10th, Ilth The Curtain Club Editor Margot Crack 8.20 pm. at the A number of women from the Woman’s Missionary Societies of Richmond Hill United Church attended the York Presbyterial W.M.S. annual meeting at Aurora on Wednesday. Two of our Aux- iliary members took part in the morning program, Mrs. A. S. Elson presented the 1961 alloca- tion, and Mrs. J. Spanner took charge of the “In Memoriam" ser- vice. The Bible study period was taken by Rev. Norman Pick. In the afternoon, Miss Dorothy Young spoke on “The New Or- ganization," a skit, "Visitation," was presented by the Keswick Federation, and a film “The Household of Faith," was shown. The guest speaker in the evening was Rev. Dr. Howard Norman, a missionary home on furlough President Betty Dixon presided at the business meeting. This was followed by a demonstration of icing petit fours given by Pat Burns. These delicious cakes made by Dorothy McIntyre and Isabel Butler and artistically de- corated by Pat were enjoyed by the members along with coffee served by hostess Doreen Byland. The regular meeting of the Inner Wheel of the Rotary‘Club of Richmond Hill was held on Wednesday, January 18th at the home of Doreen Ryland. Bea fivice ithénked Pat fdr her skilful demonstration. Following a busy week filming "Courtship in Richmond Hill," director Alan Morgan, his as- sociates and cast gathered at the home of David Lewis. one of the principal actors in the film, for a mild celebration of a job well done. “’hl-‘He film is expected to be re- leased later this year and shown over Miss Pamela Stoddart, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. W D. Stod- dart, Starlight Crescent was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lennard Guttridge in Wash- ington last week, where she at- tended President Kennedy's in- augural ceremonies on Friday. from Japan Reserved $1.25 Yonge Street business places are offering another of their popular dollar day specials this weekend. Don’t miss the many specials advertised in this issue. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shields of “Shield’s Footwear Ltd” are spending a short vacation skiing at White Face Mountains, Lake Placid, New York. Mr. Peter Savage well known proprietor of Savage Insurance Services, 15 Yonge Street N., Richmond Hill, is attending a two day legal liability course at London, Ontario this week. The course is sponsored by the On- tario Insurance Agents Associa- tion. Agents from across the province are registered for the course. Mr. Savage avails himself of the various courses sponsored by the association as a means of keeping abreast of the latest de- velopments in the field of in- surance. ‘ Morris Sportswear, Bayview. SLopping Plaza announce .they are selling out their entire stock of winter merchandise to make room for their new spring stock of mens and boys wear. Everything in the store has been greatly reduced to ensure a complete clearance of men’s and boys’ suits, slacks, top-coats, un- derwear, outer wear, ties, belts and accessories of alliidescrjpgiop. hénvrifiégé 5 you will findrtheir advertisement listing many out- standing values they have to of- fer. The Beverley Acres Y. W. C. A. Neighbours gathered together Monday evening at Beverley Acres School to enjoy a games night. After a period of warm- .ing up exercises Mrs.. Pat Bed- ford led the girls in a variety of amusing games. Informality was the keynote of the evening and judging by the laughter the programme was a great success. Anyone who was unable to at- tend and register for the copper tooling or basketball instruction which begins February 13th may do so by contacting Belle Wilkin- son at TU. 4-5044 or Joan Gluck TU. 4-4374. Remember the Y.W.C.A. Neighbours are always happy to see new faces. so come along and bring a. friend. “Youth Week” is January 29th to February 5th in the Free Methodist Church, Ruggles and Elmwood Avenues, when the dynamic youth evangelist Rev. Ken Campbell of Stouffville Youth for Christ Centre, will be the guest speaker every Sunday to February 5th. Since children watch so many movies both at home and at the theatre, it is important they see pictures with positive values. The pictures made by the Child- ren’s Film Foundation satisfy the child’s need for story and action. Children go to the movies to be entertained and they do not like to be preached at. However, it is possible in a film of adventure to show ways of life in different countries, to show people work- ing at different occupations, to avoid slang, to show good family relationships and fair play. To start off Youth Week this Saturday night, a group of young people will enjoy skating and the film “DeShazer” at the Parkside Youth Centre on the Gormley Road. Then on Sunday, January 29, at 7 pm. local young people will be in charge of putting on the show “Big Job To Do”. The Wednesday night program is also in charge of the young people. Friday evening, February 3rd will be Fellowship Rally, when talented Ed Lawson of S.Y.S.C. will present a musical pack and a number of young people will be guests, among them Mr. Cyril Gibbons, District F.M.Y. Adviser. Next Saturday morning, Jan- uary 28, at 10 am. at the Rich- mond Theatre the children of our town will have the oppor- tunity of viewing a special pro- gram of films made by the Child- ren’s Film Foundation in Eng- land. This show has been ar- ranged by the “Films of Note" committee of the Richmond Hill High School Library Club. Two meetings have been held in Toronto with a view to form- ing a Canadian Centre of Films for- Children. Experimental show- ings have been held in Ottawa, Afikokan. Edmonton, Regina and Comox. This is the first in this district. A second will be held in Willowdale in March. Although tickets for the morn- ing show were sold by the Lib- rary Club, Mr. Hill will be show- ing the same program to his reg- ular patrons in the afternoon. P. G. SAVAGE As a service to our many read- ers, “The Liberal" is always pleased to receive any newswor- thy items for this column. Drop us a line or call TU. 4-1105 for inclusion in “Life in the Hill." Congratulations to Warwick House who was nominated (only six stores in Ontario were sim- ilarly honoured) and received honourable mention for the “Judy Award” for the best spec- iality shop in Ontario. Children from Thornhaven School. Centre St., are to be the honoured. guests at a party given by Midmer’s Dance Studio, at the Lions Hall this Saturday. Follow- ing the presentation of prizes to the studio’s pupils. tea will be served followed by a recital in the evening. K Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Davis and sons Wayne and Jefi recently moved from their home at Port Credit and have taken up resi- dence in Maple. Mr. Davis is Sales Manager at Bruce Mac- dougal Motors Ltd. ‘in Richvale. Mona Robertson, Associate Ed- itor, will be absent from her editorial desk for the next few weeks having undergone surgery at Grace Hospital, Toronto, last Monday. Her many friends join with “The Liberal” staff in wish- ing her a quick recovery. Everyone is invited to attend the annual meeting of the Rich- mond Hill V.0.N. which will be held in the Council Chambers Wednesday evening February lst. Reports of the year’s activities will be presented and officers elected for the coming year. Dr; King, York County M.O.H. will be guest speaker. “I get a bang out of it when Mahovlich scores another goal,” declared Richmond Hill’s new optometrist this week. The lat- est addition to the ranks of lo- cal business and professional men disclosed that he and Frank Ma- hovlich had played junior hockey together in Timmins, home town for both of them, sometimes with each other and sometimes against each other. Joseph C. Horvat, pictured a- bove, has taken over the optom- etry practice of W. C. Knox lo- cated in the Lowrie Buildingpls Yonge Street North, Richmond Hill. A graduate of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, he won his BA. degree, majoring in psychology. After completing his studies at the College of Optometry he worked with a To- ronto optometrist for a short time before purchasing the Knox prac- tice. Continuing his hockey at college he played three years with St. Michael’s College, left wing and centre being his spots. He is making his home in| Richmond Hill and, up to the present time, has managed to remain single. Keen on travel- ling, he has visited Europe twice in recent years. Already 3 Richmond Hill “fan,” Mr. Horvat says that he did a considerable amount of looking around before deciding to locate here. Reason, he says. is that he was more impressed with the Hill and its possibilities than any other place he saw. Walter Kelly, son of Mrs. George Kelly, Gormley, a stu- dent at Richmond 'Hill High School received injuries to his neck during a wrestling match against Burlington at the Athle- tic Night held at the school on Friday night. For the past few d.ys he has been a patient at York County Hospital. Newmar- ket. and his many friends join with the ‘Liberal’ in hoping that he will soon be up and around again. * * * ' With the exception of two grandchildren, all members of “The Langstaff Family” were present on Saturday last. when they gathered at Country Acres in a “double event” to mark the anniversary of Dr. Rolph Lang- stafi’s 92nd birthday on January 24th â€"- and also the January 215t birthday of his wife, Dr. Lillian Langstafl‘. ‘ Those present at the party in- cluded their son, Dr. James Langstaff and Mrs. Langstaff, and their family; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Davis of King (son-inâ€"law and daughter of Drs. Langstafi) and family; Mrs. Helen Brown of Toronto, and Miss Edna Izzard of Richmond Hill. ' Six of the grandchildren were present. with two away â€"â€" Miss Judith Langstaff, student at Alma College, St. Thomas â€" and Bill Davis, who is studying at the Royal College of Arts, London, England. JOSEPH C. HORVAT Holidaying in the sun for the next six weeks are Reverend and Mrs. E. Morley who left on Mon- day for Passe Grille, Florida. ‘ The ladies of three churches are working together to make for the success of the Congrega- tional Dinner and Annual Vestry Meeting of the youngest Angli- can parish in this area â€" the parish of Emmanuel Church, Mackay Drive, Richvale. The ladies of St. Mary's Anglican Church, Richmond Hill, and of St. Gabriel, Richmond Hill East are also helping with the nursery and home baby sitting â€" thus enab- ling many more of the parent- members to be present at this function. This contribution will mater- ially assist with the success of this function, which the Emman- uel minister, Rev. Fred C. Jack- son believes will be very well attended, providing a full prog- ramme of great interest, incud- ing the topic of membership. This dinner meeting is scheduled for 7 pm. Friday, January 27th in Wrixon Hall, Richmond Hill. Members of the Civitan Club of Richmond Hill were present at The Villa Hospital last Friday and helped organize an evening of bingo for the wheelchair pa- tients. Civitan President. Ted Shaw did a_ tremendous job of calling the numbers, interspersed with exclusive flashes of news about individual patients that caused great joy to all, including t e ‘victims.’ Civitan Ken Roberts 0 erated the bingo drum to the jeers and cheers of Civitans Ray Armstrong, Ray Nugent, Tom Pitt and Ivan Toutloff who did their best to attract the required numbers to the patients they were ‘assisting.’ Very welcome and enjoyable refreshments were served by Miss Mackie of The Villa Hospital to conclude a highly successful evening enjoy- ed by patients and club members alike. And so said Mrs. Isabella Armstrong, Mrs. Jean Nugent and Mrs. Marg Toutloff who assisted throughout. CARD 0F THANKS DAVID JOHN VLEMING To all who lightened t‘he bur- den of our sorrow through their prayers, sympathy and kindness, their presence at the funeral home and their attendance at the laying to rest of our little David, we wish to convey our sincere thanks. CARD 0F THANKS GORRINGE â€" We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors, for their kind words and beauti- ful flowers, received during the death of our dear mother, Mrs. Martha Gorringe. Orve, Rose Donnelly & Family c1w30 Wilfred and Gladys Maginn wish to thank our family for the party and gifts and our many friends and neighbours for gifts, cards and good wishes. Also Tes- ton WA. and Edgeley Women’s Institute on our 40th wedding anniversary. c1w30 Mrs. Wilbert Crooks of King City wishes to thank her family, relatives, friends and neighbours who so kindly and thoughtfully sent her flowers, letters and get- wellâ€"cards and other things dur- ing her recent stay at Branson Hospital and since returning home. c1w30 CARD 0F THANKS CARD OF THANKS CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my sincere ap- preciation to my friends, neigh- bours and acquaintances for kind- ness shown to me through cards; letters, gifts and flowers during my recent stay in hospital. Mabel Percival NIGHTINGALE â€"- In loving memory of a dear son and brother, Raymond James Herb- ert, who passed away January 21, 1960. We cannot forget your smiling face, Your happy, carefree ways; lThe smile that won so many ‘ friends, ,In those happy, by-gone days. lOne of the best the world could CARD 0F THANKS Mrs. L. J. Baker wishes to thank the WA. of Richmond Hill United Church, the W.I. of Rich- mond Hill, and all her friends and neighbours for the gifts of flowers, fruits and cards during her stay in hospital. A special thanks to Dr. Zuck and Dr. Mac Gregor for all their kindness. LEECE â€" In loving memory of William Joseph Leece‘ who passed away January 28, 1960. His life was earnest, his actions kind, A generous .hand, an active mind, Anxious to please, loath to offend, A wonderful father and faithful friend. â€"â€" Ever remembered by fam- ily, Alex, Mary and Gordon. In memoriams hold, Your cherished smile, your heart ‘ of gold, Always so good, unselfish and kind,- What a wonderful memory you left behind. Deep in our hearts your memory ris kept, We loved you too dearly to ever forget. â€" Lovineg remembered by his mother, father, brother and sis- .ters. *1w30 MARWOOD, Louis â€" In memory of a dearly loved husband and father, who passed away Jan- uary 26, 1955. Nothing can ever take away The love our heart holds dear Fond memories linger every day Remembrance keeps him near} Lovineg rémembered by his wife and family. c1w30 Ernestine and Hans Vleming *1w30 clw30 c1w30 c1w30 Theatregoers in this area are in for a rare dramatic treat on the evening of February 9th. 10th and 11th. It is on these nights that The Curtain Club is presenting the play “Waters of the Moon” by N. C. Hunter, which they propose to enter in the forthcoming Drama Festival. This play was presented at the Theatre Royal in London, Eng- land in 1951 with a star-stud- ded cast which included Sybil Thorndike, Edith Evans. Harold Scott, Wendy Hiller, Kathleen Harrison and many others. The press reviews of the play were overwhelmingly enthusiastic not only as regards the writing but the superb acting and direc- tion. “The show of the sea- son “Punch” called it. “Go to this play if you can" urged “News of the world." It’s not all comedy; occasionally the lines. beautifully delivered by these masters. catch in the throat." The “Sunday Times” declared that “it evokes Chekov, makes music of Chopin.” And the other British papers were equally warm in their praise. The setting of the play is a hotel on the edge of Dart- moor in south-west Devonshire, England. This alone should in- terest the many British residents of Richmond Hill and area. The action take place between De- cember 28th and New Year’s Day. As the curtain goes up we see the rather handsome but cheaply furnished lounge of the old 18th century hotel. It is nine o‘clock in the evening and snowing. We meet Mrs. Dalv who had been left the hotel twen- ty years before by an aunt. She is an overworked woman, al- ways anxious to do her best for her guests. Then we meet the permanent residents of the little hotel 'who have come here to more or less live out their last years be- cause it is cheap lodging. First there is Mrs. Whyte, a tall. spare, aristrocratic woman of perhaps sixty who has known better days. There is Colonel Selby, about 70 years old who has won the D50. and MC. but now spends his time dozing and living in his military past. Then there is Mrs. Ashworth, a plain. decent, mid- dle-class woman of the sort that can b" found in many respectable little residential hotels or London \boarding houses. There is, also, Julius Winter- halter, an Austrian of about 45; pleasant, weak, sentimental and always willing to talk about the old Vienna as he once Knew it.‘ As well as those four paying guests there is the son and daugh- ter of Mrs. Daly. Evelyn Daly is a rather pretty but frustrated as far as love and possible marriage is concerned. Her brother John is a frail good-looking young man of 22 who is suffering from tuberculosis but harbors a burn- ing desire to be an arctic ex- plorer. Both John and his sister are unhappy living with their mother in the old isolated hotel but it gives them a living so they resign themselves to their frustrations. Frustration is also a part of the lives of the perma- nent guests just noted. They have all known better times but now find themselves in a needy condition and this has somewhat warped their lives into a rather selfish pattern. This, then. is the group of people who hear the peremptory knock on the hotel door on the snowy night of December 28th. Into their midst burst three peo- ple who temporarily shake them out of their resigned routine. The Lancaster family represent the selfish rich as the group of people in the hotel represent the needy but selfish strata of soc- iety. They have money, own a Rolls-Royce and have travelled widely. Robert Lancaster is a- quiet, capable man of about 50. His wife, Helen, is a handsome woman of about 45 with a strong personality, accustomed to be- ing admired and having her own way but always charming with it. Her daughter by her first mar- riage, Tonetta, is a pretty girl of 20 for whom life has always been easy. Their car has slid into the ditch and they take refuge at the nearby hotel where they not only have to spend the night but are forced to remain until New Year's Day because it con- tinues to snow and block up the roads. When Mr. Hunter, the play- wright, brings face to face these two groups of people, so far a- part in their respective stations in life, we have the stage set and peopled for a great play And a great play “Waters of the Moon” is. Behind the excellent comedy dialogue - and the play is labelled as comedy - is an undercurrent of pathos that I think will bring a lump to your throat quite often. Just to give you one or two instances there is the way in which Julius Winter- halter falls for the charms of He- len Lancaster just because she can talk to him of his beloved Vien- na - and the misery he feels when he realizes it was only an even- ings frolic as far as she was con- cerned. And there is the proud but pathetic envy that Evelyn Daly feels towards her wealthy counterpart, Tonetta Lancaster who has had such an easy life. ‘And as a refrain behind the main \themes of the play there is the monotone of old Colonel Selby who is always failing to shoot ‘his grouse because he hasn’t the lea-ordination he used to have. It wouldn’t be fair to uncover the manner in which this set of circumstances is built into 35 powerful play. As a matter of fact it is impossible to convey second-hand the moving qualities of “Waters of the Moon." And if you are curious about the significance of the title may we tease you into finding it for yourself. You may do this by listening intently for the one reference to it. We will give you only this one clue - you will find it in Act 2, Scene 2. Those taking part in the play are: Jerry Diakin as John Daly, Evelyn Daly, Peggy Harris, as Mrs. Whyte, Margaret Bergen, as '0 fie Curfain {Walerd 34c) Moon THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, January 26, 1961 7 jealiua/ 6! Colonel Selby. Bi_11 Ferguson, as Mrs. Daly, Margaret Stewart, as Mrs. Ashworth, Beth Jones, Jul- ius Winterhalter. Carl Weini‘Iei- mer. Mary Monks as Helen Lancaster. Mar- Helen Lancaster. Mar- ilyn Louw as Tonetta Lancaster and Dennis Thatcher as Robert Lancaster. “Waters of the Moon“ is a Curtain Club production and is directed by Rex Sevenoaks. It will be presented in the Lion’s Hall on February 9th, 10th and 11th. We urge you to set aside .one of these nights because we feel sure you are in for a mem- orable experience in the theatre. Tickets are available now. from all members or by calling TU. 4- 7604. 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