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6 THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday. April 20. Thornhill and Estrict News SPRING has a habit of stealing up on us even though you may feel that She is doing just the opposite. One morning, not so long ago, I watched a robin sway- ing on the topmost bough of the maple tree. The little redbreasted herald of Springtime stood out in bold relief against the sky. The very next morning there was an inch of snow on the ground but I was certain that Robin and others like him were still around. A little later in the week. the snow was retreating from the edges of the lawn- Underneath the dirty brown winter covering, minute blades of green grass were showing faintly. The day had begun with a bright, warm sun, but by afternoon, the sky was ghostly-grey and great drops of snow fell as soft and slushy as a wet dishcloth. Even so. the snow on the lawn kept right on disappearing and the soft slushy snowdrops became rain. Spring is definitely making itself felt. Now I hear the squeaking cackle of hundreds of blackbirds, newly arrived from the south. The leaf buds are beginning to swell on the trees. The pussy willows are in bloom. The little blue scylla and the snow drop is peeking through the ground. The crocus will not be far behind. The tulips are on the way. Before you know it, the golden forsythia will be in bloom. The Thornhill pond is a busy place these days. The dueks are back and the migrant birds are seen daily. Spring is here! Don’t let a little snow storm fool you! Wonderful scenes and eyecatching sights are apparent everywhere. The other day. I noticed a father helping his little boy to sail some boats on the surface water that lay over the low part of their land. On other pools of surface water I saw the reflection of little clouds that seemed to sail about on them just like the little boats. Pictures to remember! My neikhbors who are View? fine gardeners are already getting acquainted with their land again. They are busy cleaning up the accumulated winter debris. a sense of well being. It makes children stand and sit along the muddy streams that rush by in the ditches at the sides of the road. (A word of warning. Be very careful.) March is really behind us now: “Here is Lady April smiling through her tears, Calling to her nurslings as the season nears. For tired old man Winter slipped wearily away And left behind the signal for a warm Spring day" A fine Spring day does wonderful things to people. It draws t_he g}:o_w1} ups gut of the houses and gives them The 1961 Confirmation Class of Holy Trinity Anglican Church are seen above with the Right Rev. G. B. Snell Co-Adjutor Bishop of Toronto and Rev. D. L. Varey Priest-In-Charge. Back row( left to right):,Bob Howes Crucifer. Bruce Tucker. Jim Brotherhood, Barry McDonough, Martin Littlejohn, Bob Priest- man, Tom Kiddey, Mark Spaf’ford, Peter Tremaine, and David Baker. TOWN 8. COUNTRY FOOD PLAN Town 3; Country’s food-and-freezer plan assures you top-quality name-brand foods at lowest prices your family ever enjoyed. $20 . . . . . . . $25 . . . . . . $30 . . . . . . $35-$40 . . . PHONE COLLECT 210 MARKHAM RD. - RICHMOND HILL AV. 5-5401 ~- AV. 5-5402 â€" WA. 1-1445 "food bill ’is how: COMPARE! If your weekly léamA/a TELEPHONE AV. 5-2331 SIGNS OF SPRING by Elizabeth Kelson mg . . . . . . . $14.65 . . . . . . . $18.00 it will be Under ourf plan 'roun $13.40 $20.00 Holy Trinity Church Confirmation Class ESTAB. 1950 "The Liberal" ts dwaye pleased to publish Items of tntereet uontrtbuted by its readers In the Thomhill nee - . - - . . Our representative tn Thornhtll ll Mn. Mug-rel McLean. who may be reached by vhoning AV. 5-2331. In reference to the grant of $339,000, Mr. D. J. Ashworth. Business Administrator. explained the situation this way; "In the past the provincial government received some help from the fed- eral authorities in relation to vo- cational shops. in brief, under the old setup, tllex province would have given us a 60 per cent grant on the cost of three shops and three commercial rooms. In other words. the province would have recognized $10,000 per room for grant purposes. Sixty percent of $60,000 worked out to about $36,000. However. the new fed- eral grant structure was announc- ed on March 28. Meanwhile York County Council had scheduled third reading of the $389,000 money by-law covering our inten- ded additions to the Thornhill High School for March 29. On ;March 30 the county was to have received bids on the debentures. In the light of developments the county called off the third read- ing. A few days more and we would not have been able to take advantage of the new grants." More Space 'l‘o judge by the mushrooming high school student population in Markham and Vaughan Town- ships and Richmond Hill, which in seven years will stand at ap- proximately 3,800 compared to 2,150 at present, the projected addition of academic and voca- tional classrooms to the Thornhill High School is none too soon. At this school, next term’s enrolment is expected to reach 850, or 100 more than this year’s figure. and 1,200 at least by 1968. This takes care of normal requirements only and does not take into consider- ation possible subdivision growth and a resultant flow of still more students. Horizons Enlarge For Students Vocational Facilities At Thornhill High Will Enable Training In Many Trades Financially speaking, March 29 is a day to be remembered by the York Central District High School Board. Taxpayers in the board‘s administrative area were saved $454,000 in direct taxation by a squeak and a pinch. Indi- rectly. of course, they and others will still pay this sum. The $454,- 000 covers $389,000 construction costs and $70,000 for equipment which was to be debentured for next year. Another interesting and grati- '25P fying development is the fact that the vocational shops will now wind Inn Thornhill High sch.i Students To Present; “Health’s A -P0ppin”g Thursday. April 27th Friday. April 28th. 150 dents will participate year. An open invitation is ex- tended. Because of the great success in other years the show will be staged on two nights this year. Thornhill High School will present the annual “Health's A-poppin'” show. consisting of gymnastics. folk dancing and a wide variety of skits on Front row (left to right): Phylis St. John. Shan Pinkerton, E. Jennings, Right Rev. Snell, Rev. Varey, Jill Whitehead and Rosemary Cordingly. -â€" Photo by Barbour Middle row (left to right): Yvonne Edwards, Donna Hudema, Lynette Wilson. Rosemary Wilson, Diane Barbour, Joyce Smith. Jill Watson, Anne Barrett, Joyce McEachern, and Douglas Manning Bish- op’s Chaplain and stu- this I Each of the seven vocational Irooms will accommodate about 20 'students‘ For the 140 students 'therefore. the vocational setup Irepresents new horizons. The wid- er implication. as envisaged by the government, is that in the up with some 4,000 square feet of extra space in order to meet federal requirements.‘ For exam- ple, the auto shop was to have 1,975 square feet. This figure will be raised to 2,500 square feet. The electric room will have a minimum space of 2,000 square feet, or a maximum of 2,500. The carpentry room will be re-design- ed to 2,500 as against 2,000 square feet. The sewing room will ac- count for from 1,200 to 1,400 square feet. The 950-square feet draughting room and the 2,166- square feet machine shop will not require changes. The occupations shop, which will teach such trades as carpen- try. bricklaying and plumbing. is being insisted upon by the gov- ernment and this will account for another 200 square feet. Facilities Along with these additions. the school will commence the new term with four more commercial rooms, a science laboratory and three regular classrooms. In oth- er words, as Mr. Ashworth said: “When we get done we will have a larger carpentry shop, a reno- vated machine shop with new equipment. an auto shop, an oc- cupations shop, a draughting room, a shop classroom. a lab, four commercial rooms and seven classrooms." He added that it is expected the classrooms will be ready by September 1 while the shops wing will be in use by late fall. The board is hopeful that it can save a lot of drop-outs by being in a position to encourage voca- tional interest among students who prefer this type of education to certain academic subjects. Each year, of about 100 Grade 12 stu- dents, 30 leave without having fully graduated. Said Mr. Ash- worth: “If there are 100 students in Grade 9. we will have only 50 left at the Grade 12 level. We’ll now be in a position to find out how many of these we can hang onto because of vocational train- ing opportunities." 20 Per Shop the government, is that in the long run these trained people. by more readily finding gainful employment. will represent a positive entry in the economic books of the nation‘ There is still another significant implication, international in scope. The fed- eral government is saying in ef- fect: "Let’s make no bones about one thing. Canada needs more trained personnel to help her compete favourably with other nations." Educators say that voca- tional training at the high school level will undoubtedly help tap considerable potential among stu- dents who ordinarily have had little chance to test this type of ability It has been sald by some obser- vers that indeed the cynic is not gntirgly unjustified in spying that ssia‘s epectacu Ila: advâ€"@469! certain scientific areas have forc- ed all levels of democratic-styled governments into more positive vocational development aid. Chantes In Ontario profound changes have taken place in the educa- tional field. Mr. Ashworth, who last Wednesday attended the monthly Toronto-held Toronto Purchasing Agents’ Conference, discussing government figures arising from that meeting. poin- ted out that in 1941 the provin- cial educational budget was $15,000,000. Ten years later it was $68,000,000. Today it is $277,000.- 000. “Twenty years ago, grants to school boards stood at $8,000.- 000," he said. “In 1951 it was $48,000,000 and today it is $191.- 000,000 and keeps on growing." He said that in 1951 the school enrolment was 655,000 while to- day it is 1,400,000 and this figure will be increased 5003000 in the next five years. The meeting, at which Provin- cial Treasurer. Hon. J. A. Allan discussed the recently announced three per cent sales tax, indicated that while school boards will be subject to the tax. rebates will square up this outlay. The sales tax will likely not be ap- plied to building programs. AURORA â€"- The Aurora Wo- men’s Institute has written to council stating W. 1. members complain that bicycles left on sidewalks. tossed flat as their young owners enter stores, are a safety hazard. The Thomhill High School Drama Group presented “A Masque of Aesop" at the Simpson’s Collegiate Drama Festival. They performed at the Forest Hill Collegiate on Monday, April 10th. Three of the players above are (left to right) Diane Hall, David Rumble and Karen Hamilton. The Greek temple seen in the background was designed by Richard Vanderwal. The play was under the able direction of Mrs. MaryThreapletom Drama Festival Entry Thornhill Notes At the evening service. the choir welcomed the choir of Royal York Road United Church in Toronto, and their Director of Music, Mr. Lloyd Queen. The two The Thankoffering meeting of the Anna Buck Mission Circle of Thornhill Baptist Church was held at the church on Wednesday evening. April 5th. President Mrs. J. Martin open- ed the meeting with an Easter poem entitled “He is Risen". Mrs. W. Yeo led the devotional period. her subject being, “Where Seek Ye Christ". This was followed by a prayer offered by Mrs. M. C. Johnston. Mrs. D. Twine and her sister. Mrs. S. Little sang an Easter duet, "Lead Me To Calvary." which was greatly appreciated by all. Mrs. Martin closed the meeting with prayer, after which refresh- ments were served. The group was fortunate in having Mrs. Samuel France who has recently returned from spending two years in India. as a guest speaker. She revealed many interesting facts about In. dia, its people and how they live, and stressed the need for more missionaries. and stated “Every Christian who comes out of Hin- duism is a miracle of God”. The cast of the play included Carol Ryder. Margaret MacLeod, Margo Martin. Stuart Muckle, Bob Hewlett, Wayne Smith and Neville Twine. Jane McGowan gave the introduction and Joanne Wilson was the narrator. Special thanks was given to Mr. Walter Smook, pianist, and Rev. James Smith, adult counsellor without whose help the service could not have been successful. The B.Y. P.U. was also very grateful for the very generous offering given by the congregation, which will be used to pay for the new hym- naries which the group recently presented to the church. United Church News The B.Y.P.U. of Thornhill Bap- tist Church presented an Easter play entitled “The Beginning" on Sunday evening, April 9th. The play was written and directed by the Young People’s group and provided an interesting part of the complete evening service which was led by the President, Miss Joanne Wilson. Margo Mar- tin and Neville Twine took part in the service, reading the scrip- The Thornhill Ministerial As- sociation welcomed- members of the congregations of the three Thornhill churches to the special Good Friday Service held at Thornhill United Church on Good Friday at 8 pm. The special guest speaker was the Rev. Hugh Mac- donald. B.A. B.D,. minister of Thornhill United Church. assist- ed by Rev. Logan Varey. B.A.. L.Th.. Rector of Holy Trinity An- glican Church. The soloist was Mrs. Hugh Martin and Mrs. Don- ald Gunn was the organist. t] "'The May meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. E. Hopkins. 10 Shasta Drive, Thornhill. At the 11 am. service on Easter Sunday morning. Rev. MacDon- ald completed his series “This Is Our Faith" with a sermon en- titled “I Believe ln the Life Ever- lasting." At 8 am. on Easter Sunday Morning, a Sunrise Service was held at which the sacrament of the Lord‘s Suppgr wggpbsgrvgd: ture prayer A Dutch Carol “This Joyful Easter-Tide” was sung by a quar- tette consisting of Misses Lois and Lee Davidson and Misses Marion and Lona Martin. The lovely solo "In the End of the Sabbath” was sung by Mrs. Hugh Martin. Organist was Miss Lona Martin. and leading the evening choirs presented the Easter music !of “The Messiah." Soprano solo- ists were Mrs. L. E. Clark and Mrs. June Hord; Tenor soloists. Mr. L. E. Clark and Mr. James Lamond; Alto soloist. Mrs. Anne Gibson; Bass soloist. Mr. C. S. Patterson. The offerings given at the serv- ice were turned over to the choir for its Organ Completion Fund. which was just launched. A large gift to the fund was recently re- ceived from the Women‘s Asso- ciation and the chair is looking forward to realizing their dream of completing the final section of the pipe organ. At the morning service on April 9th. Rev. MacDonald's topic was “0n Beginning the Christian Life.” Special tribute was paid at the service to a member of the church and former member of the Session. Dr. E. M. Honey who will leave, in the near future. to give a year's work as a mission- ary dentist in Retlam. India. The evening service was not held on April 9th. to enable mem- bers of the congregation to at- tend the Mission to Canada with Tom Rees, at the Varsity Arena. The Couples Club of Thornhill United Church held a highly suc- cessful square dance in the Lower Christian Education Room of the church. on Saturday evening April 8th. Mr. V. E. Baker called off the numbers. while Mr. H. Harris played the “fiddle,” and Mrs. Harris accompanied them on the piano. There was an excellent attendance and the refreshments which were served at the close of the evening were much en- joyed. Odds and Ends Mrs. Johnston reports that they love living in the old Ball home- stead as they like big, old houses. She feels that because of their many ties with Toronto, which take them down there so much. that they haven‘t got to know the people of Thornhill as well as they would like to and hope that this “Open House" will help them to become better integrated into the community. So come on. In order to become better ac- quainted with the residents of Thornhill, Rev. and Mrs. Minion C. Johnston are holding Open House at their Thornhill home. 8000 Yonge Street. on Saturday. April 22nd from two to five p.m. Born in Toronto, the Johnstons have spent some time in King- ston. Brantford and Ottawa (where Rev. Johnston was deputy director of Chaplain Services). After his five years in the Air Force, Rev. Johnston was sent to Danforth Baptist Church in To- ronto and was there for 12 years coming to Thornhill Baptist last year. Their younger son Leslie is in his third year of the Honour Geography Course at McMaster University. while a married son lives at Oakville. Their married daughter. Mrs. Robert Jenkins lives in New Brunswick and she and Mrs. Johnstons sister, Mrs. Dorothy Smith are both making the trip from New Brunswick and will be at the party. UI-III'IAI. v- - w... - Philater has the unique distinction of being an engroum interest shared by both old and young the world over. I learned from Mr. Ralph Brothers that this fascinating hobby began in a modest way in 1841 ,the year after the first adhesive postage stun I were issued in Great Britain. and gained momentum following t I publication of the first stamp catalogue in 1861. Under the long glass counter top. and on the wall of the neat Ensign Stamp and Hobby Shop, Mr. Brothers has arranged part of his huge selection of stamps. and these samples give one an idea of the big strides made in stamp designing since the days when ‘crowned heads‘ were the accepted decoration. Each country “DIV vies in issuing stamps of great beauty, and of historic interest, and the amateur collector who cannot afford the old and rare. will find a wide and wonderful choice among the newer ones. Such national series as the flowers. birds and animals of Czechoslovakia, the bird: of Poland, and the tapestries of Formosa are worth framing, on black mats, for their artistic merit alone. Ralph Brothers began his collection as a schoolboy. added to it during war service overseas. and a two year stint with NATO in Germany. He started a mail order stamp business which he still carries on. and for some years he. and his wife, packaged mixed. stamps for sale in chain stores across Canada. Since openinp his shop in Richmond Hill a year ago. he has received a number o: enquiries regarding the formation of 3 Stamp Club. and would be glad to hear of any other collectors interested in such a project. Mr. Brothers also deals in coins. and sells plastic, and balsa wood kits for model plane builders. and figurines for painting. Beo ing a confirmed camper he is featuring. as well. a tested and approved coffee maker which clips lo the dashboard and plugs into the ct:- arettc lighter in the car. THE ENSIGN STAMP 8a HOBBY SHOP TU. 4-107! 48 Levendale Rd., Richmond Hill What can be done about warts. or about males, are questions often asked Mr. Hal Harley. Thornhill prescription specialist. "Don't meddle with them," he advises. "consult your doctor”. “Warts,” explained Mr. Harley. “are caused by a virus. They frequently appear on the hands of children, and suddenly vanish an if charmed away. They should never be scratched or cut, because of the danger of increasing their number. or of rte-infecting the body in other places. and treating them with acids may result in ugly scars. If a wart is not troublesome it is best to forget it. If too many develop, and they are irritating, see your physician. Males are actually birthmarks though some do not appear until adult life. Most are non~malignant. and become a problem only when rubbed by cothing. or out while shaving. However. any male that stal'Ls to grow rapidly, bleed easily. or show any type of mm» ual change, should be examined promptly by a doctor, and can b. easily removed if he thinks it advisable." ‘ cer.l__.‘- 11-1 an...“ Stamping Ground for Stampers can“: Aculvvcu u my .......... .. _..v.-__.-V When you need medicine your doctor can telephone H11 Hurley and it will be delivered to your door. HAL HARLEY PHARMACY 7715 Yonge St. Thornhlll AV. l-II" From A to Z for the Garden Here is good news for all you ardent gardeners who have been waiting impatiently for spring. 011 Saturday. April 22nd the out- door section of York Farmers Market will open for the season with a big sale of evergreens. shrubs, rosebushes, peony roots and many other perennials. Thousands of green-house-raised annuals, tomatoes cabbages. etc, will also be brought to the market as weather per- mits. The nurserymen. old friends who have been supplying you with cut flowers. potted plants and vegetables during the winter, are: Edward Gladding, A. Hakonson. Charlie Hanson, Wm. Routing. James Hughes, Geo. Sayers. Lawrence Travers and Clifl Turner plus Clarence Jones who is an annual outdoor stallholder. Their ambition, and business. is to grow the lovelier flowers, the better vegetables. about which you have been dreaming, and you can be sure of getting good stock and the newest varieties from them. They stress that hybrid petunias will be particularly beautiful this you, and the wonderful hybrid begonias at the Market last Saturday were a shadow of things to come. However it would be impouth to name all the attractive shrubs and plants that will be oflcred. One grower summed it up simply as "everything from A to Z”. An- other profiered a suggestion that beginning gardeners who were in doubt about the care and planting of shrubs and flawers should ask the men who grow them for advice "Naturally we know all about such things." he said. "and some of us are experienced in. landscaping as vieLL“ YORK. I'm M Warts and Moles With Doris Fitzgerald Inflamm“ W all you “old-timers}? ciéfisérwihrdr shake the hand of some warm- heartcd "new-comers." And everybody's invited to II!- other Tea and Open House. on Saturday. April 25th. this one. heralding the start of Men"! Health Week. and It the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Neil. 105 John Street. 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