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(By Margaret McLean) In spite of the gloom often found today, “present day problems spring from economic and social changes which are leading us to a better, fuller life,” emphatically stated John Nidd, Probation Officer with the Juvenile and Family Court Of York County, when he addressed a group of some thirty members of the Thornhill Co-operative Nursery School Parents Group. The occasion was the 12th annual meeting of the group, held at the home of Mrs. G. Yule, 15 Elmbank Rd., Thornhill. Depression and War In his address. Mr. Nidd attempt- ed to show some of the things that can break up a family and how social workers try to deal with these things. “Depression and war has given rise to a gen- eration prone to overindulge or reject their children," he stated, and this in turn can cause such children to become excessively dependent on their own marriage partners. In such people, the de- sire for love never matures but remains a demanding love some- what like a small child, for more emotion than he or she should expect. “Many marriage partners expect their marriage partner to replace their parents. They mav refuse to break family ties and always run home to mother. Both Trained Social Worker Aids Preservation Of Family Life Thornhill and District News Thornhill Nursery School OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Let us quote you a price before you buy. Our Service Shop is fully equipped to overhaul any machine, Gas or Diesel. For proof of economy and power, ask for a demonstra- tion on your own farm with- out obligation. MASSEY - FERGUSON Phone TU. 4-1311 J. N. M ulholland, New & Used Machinery 80 Richmond St. Toronto Agricultural & Industry . Bolton â€" Phone 150 3 Miles South of Bolton on No. 50 Highway Service & Supply Consultation by Appointment Phones: Thomhill AV. 5-3315 Toronto EM 4-2780 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 15, 1901 MACHINERY WILLIAMS legal Town & Country's food-and-freezer plan assures you top-quality name-brand foods at lowest prices your family ever enjoyed. TOWN 8. COUNTRY FOOD PLAN 210 MARKHAM RD. â€" RICHMOND HILL AV. 5-5401 -â€" AV. 5-5402 â€"- WA. 1-1445 food hm $20 .......... $13.40 $25 . . . . . . . . $14.65 $30 . . . . . . . . $18.00 $35-$40 . . . .m $20.00 PHONE COLLECT ES'J 0.0. COMPARE! If your TELEPHONE A V. 5-233] weekly unbllshed 1373 126 Yonge St. N.. Richmond Hill men and women do this very fre- quently.” continued Mr. Nidd. and added that it seemed to him that men did it more frequently than women. Such an excessively dependent person will resent his own dependence, he continued and this can cause a great deal of violence, and irritation and ag- gression in his partner. Never Grows Up The overindulged child who is not made to do his share of work in the household and is given too much money is in this way proâ€" hibited from growing up, Mr. Nldd pointed out. “This partner will expect the same from his marriage partner as he got from his parents. This can make a ridiculous type of person and can lead to deep feelings of guilt. often drowned in alcohol. Such a person becomes angry, anxiety ridden and jealous and is very poorly equipped to enter a mar- riage. He often interprets differ- ences in tastes as rejection." Parents Can Cause Harm Socal workers can often help these families stated Mr. Nidd but it takes a great deal of in- terviewing skill to assass the marriage. If a neurotic drive of great depth is found, they are referred to a psychiatrist. Often if the excessive dependence is cleared up, the couple may not stay together as they entered the marriage because of it. In such cases. the social worker can often effect a separation on a more constructive basis. “Often these dependent persons bring their parents to the interview but they are too involved in the situation to do anything but harm and must be shifted out of the pic- ture," he advised. Mr. Nidd pointed out that there are many social pressures. not controlled by the tamiiy, which affect marriages. The actual con- tent of marriage is changing, he stated and due to the economic pattern the role of women has changed. Marriage is no longer a partnership based on male dominance and couples must be compatable in ways they didn’t have to in previous times when the husband’s wish prevailed. Women who work want more to say in the home than their moth- ers had but this is often resisted. The extreme mobility of our population adds to this problem as often a woman brought up in a home where the equality of women is accepted may marry a man who was raised in a pat- tern of male dominance. Although the equalty of women is often spoken of as an accomplished fact. the woman who seeks equality is traditionally frowned upon. Religion particularly, felt Mr. Nldd, finds it very difficult to adapt to this equalty of wo- men but must eventually do so. “XS :vellfln'swparents of ichildren presently attending the nursery school the meeting was attended it will be Under our plan ESTAB. 1950 only: “The Liberal” ls always pleased to publish Items of Interest oontributed by ".3 readers In the Thornhlll Ire- - . - . . . Our representative In Thornhlll In Mrs. Mutant McLean. who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-2331. by several mothers of "gradu- ates" in particular several past presidents of the association. among them Jo Byford, Kay Stratton, Joan Falrfleld, Mary Cairns, Betty Cameron. Joan Rogers and Nancy Chandler. They were given a warm welcome by President Pat Macdonnell. In her annual report, Mrs. Macdonell pointed out that for the first time the school had three teachers and as a result the school had been able to raise its standard of creativity. In order to pay more adequately the third member of the staff, she announced that the fees were to be raised to $15.00 monthly. The 34 youngsters attending the school this year had been found too many, she reported, and next year enrolment would be limited to 30. H Mfs. Lois Dow reported that as six children would be returning to the school and she already had 24 applications it looked as if the school would be well filled. School closed on June 15th and will re-open on the Tuesday after Labour Day. Mrs. Broderick, the director of the school reported that there was much more continuity in the school this year as no children had been attending for only part of the week, as previously. She stated that many different proj- ects had been introduced. The school had been inspected by an inspector from the Ontario Gov- ernment during June and the ln- spector had many favourable comments -â€"- on the good cup- boards, the fine light rooms and the happy children. The nursery school, stated Mrs. Broderick was a place where a child could be happy, busy and safe, where he could learn to do for himself and make decisions and could get joy out of doing for himself. A general meeting of the High- lang Park Association was held in the Henderson Avenue School on June 7th. Mr. H. Brennan, Chairman of the Planning Board who had another meeting to at- tend following that meeting was given the floor. He complimented the association on its conscien- cious scrutiny of matters of in- terest to the ratepayers, and said it was a highly influential asso- ciation. His main topic was the forthcoming liquor vote and its influence on future assessments. Correspondent: MRS. ll, HARRIS. 39 Woodward Ave_. AV. 5-1889 Highland Park Association The township seems at the present time to be in a very detrimental position, with a lack of commerial assessment. The Government Discount Store ap- peared undesirable to the meet- ing. Markham township at the present time seems to be grasp- ing at anything that will mean a better balance in the industrial vs residential financial balance. it was said. Here again the rail- way is of no help. Meadowview Road residents are most concerned over coun- cil’s ruling of no access roads to Yonge Street North of Meadow- view Road, and foresee traffic problems arising along residen- tial streets from the new “Dis- count Store." Rising taxes were the next topic and it was‘quite apparent this will be the trend, although everything possible will be done to keep them at a reasonable and comparable level. Street name signs were discussed. and it was decided to approach council about this matter because the existing signs were installed by the Thornhill Lions Club as a gift and public service some years ago. The parkette is still only in the planning stages with nothing further to report in spite of much correspondence over this matter. Nothing to report pertaining to a level crossing on the land to the north of Meadowview Road. Volunteers for block monitors were accepted to deliver future notices. Any other business in- cluded such items as slimy ditches, litter on Yonge Street at the business establishments, and uncut weeds in the vacant lots in the neighbourhood. Neighbourhood Notes Mrs. V. Jackson has returned after a two weeks’ trip home to England. It is sixteen years since she came to Canada and this was the first time she has been home and seen her father, although her mother and a sister have visited her here VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES RICHMOND HILL BRANCH Miss E. Woodbyrne Richmond Hill Municipal Hall Highland Park PHONE TU. 4-4101 Cookâ€"Travis A wedding of local Interest took plage _pn_ Juge 31"d a3 St. Paul's United Church, Long Branch, when Miss Brenda Tra- vis a former resident of Doncrest Rd., was united in marriage with Mr. Robert Cook of Alderwood. The bride is the eldest daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Travis. Among local people attending were the bride’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Coombs, Sussex Avenue, and Mr. and Mr. R. Crawford, Dongrest Rd. vMichae'l McQueen, Briggs Av- enue, is in bed with a bad case of tonsilitis. Mrs. Fred Mehlman did consid- erable damage to her hand in a fall she had recently while away at their cottage. It will be in a cast for nearly three weeks. 7 Mrs. Tlf’fin‘and Danny are re~ covering from their recent bank of flu. NEWMARKET â€"â€" The town has decided to install sewers on in- dustrial land which it owns and which will eventually be resold as required for development. The sites cost the town $66,000. An interesting and delightful afternoon was much enjoyed by some 80 members and friends of the W.A. of Thomhiil Baptist Church when they visited Mc- Master University in Hamilton, on Sunday, June 4th. Dr. M. C. Johnston conducted the group on a short tour of the new Divinity College and after a tour of the campus they enjoyed a picnic supper. This trip was the June meeting of the WA. and arrangeâ€" ments for it had been made by the South Group, with Mrs. W. Raeburn in charge. Fun and games were very much the order of the day when some 200 members of the con- gregation of Thornhill Presby- terian Church met at Glen Haify Park for their annual picnic. Glen Haify Park is operated by the Metropolitan Toronto and Area Conservation Authority and as well as the usual picnic facili- ties ofiered a fishing site for the youngsters and a pleasant nature trail through the woods. _ For the youngsters, of course, the highlight of the program was the traditional races and the de- lighted winners were as follows: Girls, 6 years old, lst, Joyce Wade, 2nd Anne Vandemay. 3rd, Jane Tanquiy; Boys. lst. Ian Marlen, 2nd, Scott Boyle. W7 ieér olds. Girls, lét. Shelley Arnott, 2nd, Susan Neidler, Boys, ls‘t, Bobby Thorpg. A 8 year olds: Girls, lst Carol Shanpe, 2nd, Joyce Cook, 3rd, Elizabeth Smith; Boys, lst, Ian McKay, 2nd, Glen Timney, 3rd, David Cerris. 9-10 year olds: Girls, lst, Shir- ley MacDonald, 2nd, Olive Crause; Boys, lst Dan McCly- mont, 2nd, Bryce Brown. 11-12 year olds: Girls, lst. Letty Couprie, 2nd, Janet McKay, 3rd Beverley Williams; Boys, lst, Chris Vandermay, 2nd. Robbie Atkinson. 13-14 year olds: Girls. lst, Lynn Tanquiy, 2nd Ineka Couprie; Boys, lst, John Maver, 2nd, Joe Cook. And although the youngsters entered into their Irkces with gusto. it is doubtful if they had any more fun than the adults in their various contests of “skill.” The men's sack race was won by lst, Nick Vankenmay, and 2nd Arie Van Zelzin. The boys also had a sack race, with Robbie At- kinson the winner. and John Cook runner-up, whether it’s any indication of her temper or not, nobody knows. but Mrs. Jan Kok kicked her shoe the farthest, with second place honours going to Mrs. Gerald Cook, (Mrs. Gerald Cook kicked a crooked clog . . . surely someone could do some- thing with that . . . ) In the paper plate race. Nick Vandermay succeeded in placing paper plates properly to permit his pleasant partner, Julle Mor- rison to cross the finish line first with Margaret and Klaus Couprie a close second. Evidently the girls were the only ones daring enough to enter a three~legged race, and the win- ning team was Janet McKay and Olive Crouse, with second place going to Barbara Mowat and Anne Tanquiy. Greatest hilarity was caused by the egg throwing race. Here the couples lined up facing each other and after each toss of the egg. took a step backwards so the length of the throw lengthen- ed each time. The eggs were sup- posedly hard boiledâ€"Nick Van- dermay got mixed up with one that wasn't â€" but soon disinte- grated untll finally only two couples had their egg more or less lntact. Winners were pro- ‘nounced to be Mr. and Mrs. J. Townsend. with Mr. and Mrs. J. Maver, second. Well, they say laughter ls good for the soul, as well as the heart, so all the good people who at- tended this picnic. must now be in tip top condigion. The Sunday School teachers and mideweek leaders at Thorn- hill United Church were honour- ed at a dinner held at Cherry Hill Farm, on Wednesday. May Slst. Mr. Gordon Crutcher, the general superintendent, thanked the teachers and leaders for their work during the past year. Speak- er of the evening was the Rev. John Coutts, RD. :1 school friend of Rev. MacDonald's. Rev. Coutts takes up charge of the lst Con- gregational Church at Shrews- THORNLEA Correspondent: Mrs. B. Lepkey Phone AV. 5-3489 Thornh ill Notes Correspondent: Mrs. 8. Louise: Phone AVenue 5-3489 The June meeting of the Mark- Vaun Womens Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Hicks, Es- sex Avenue on June 8. Roll call was answered by 20 members and 12 guests. ,1,‘:__.1 Mrs. Roy, president, apologized for the absence of the guest speaker. Miss Margaret Douglas, who was to have arrived from England on June 5 and who was to have attended this meeting. Mrs. Hamblyn who was to have been her hostess during her short visit to Langstaff, read a letter explaining that they had been delayed by icebergs. - . .p, _.,-.. A report was read by Mrs. Morrison on the District Annual Convention at Highland Creek at which five members were pres- ent. WK. letter of thanks from the Heathcote family was read by Mrs. Hicks. Mrs. Shearer. treasurer. pres- ented bank books to Mrs. Hardie and Mrs. Suter for their baby sons, born recently. auuo, vvn u A whvnl "J . A sing song and an old snap- shot competition was enjoyed by all. An announcement regarding the June tea to be held at the home of Mrs. Hamblyn. Fairview Ave., was made. Tickets are now on sale from all members. Sickness We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Howard Charles is in the B‘ranson Hospital suffering from hepatitis. also that Mrs. Hobbs, Fairview Ave., is in Women’s College Hos- pital following a coronary thrombosis. bury. Mass. at the end of June He pointed out that the time a child spends in Sunday School each year amounts to only 3%; school days and stressed the im- portance of the Sunday School teachers' work. Following the dinner, most of those attending went on to the congregational bowling night, which was well attended and raised $163.00 for the Organ Fund. Greenwood Conservation Park was the lovely site of the United Church Congregational Picnic on Saturday, June 3rd. As well as the usual races for the children. the program included a number of novelty races. One, the “High Stepping Contest” had the lady teachers with balloons tied to one ankle. The object of the exer- cise was to break each others balloons by stepping on them, all this amid mwch laughter from participants and spectators; The “Mother and Child" race proved so popular that three heats had to be run off, while the "Father and Child" required two heats, there were so many entrants. In these races, the par- ents had to accommodate their pace to that of their child, with amusing resglts._ A contest for the men teachers had them, with hands behind their backs. attempting to peel and eat a banana, held in their wives teeth! Sounds almost im- possible! In the “Toe the Line Contest," contestants were sup- plied with binoculars and requir- ed to walk along a rope, sight- ing at it through the binoculars. Two clowns added greatly to the enjoyment of the small child- ren and the peanut scramble was just that! After all these fun and games, the ZOO-odd people pres- ent enjoyed a bounte-ous picnic supper and while the young peo- ple, finding the grounds too wet for baseball, played a variety of volleyball, the rest enjoyed ex- ploring the beautiful park. The nature trail was particularly lov- ely, with hundreds of trilliums, violets and ferns. Odds And Ends Miss Helen Simcoe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Simcoe of 73 Eigin Street left last week for Banff, where she will work for the summer in a gift shop. Helen has just finished her first year in the Honour Latin and French course at the University of To- ronto. And with one daughter off to the West, Mrs. Simcoe and daughters Audrey and Patsy will shortly take off to the East, tra- velling all the way to Switzer- land, Mrs. Simcoe's native land, where they will stay until Sept- ember. Mr. Simcoe will stay and keep the home fires burning. And while he probably thinks he’s going to enjoy being free of all that feminine chltterâ€"chatter, dol- lars to donuts, he'll be more than happy to have them all bub- ling ‘roun-d him in September again! aâ€" L, _ And while they got off to a slightly later start than last year, The Thornhill Swimming Pool opened last Saturday, not with a bang but with a small splash. Delay was caused by re- pair work which involved ripping up the concrete deck between the pool and the building. This had sunken and cracked and was a1- lowing water to get down to the foundation of the building with undesirable effects. While the deck was up, pipes were replaced and wiring checked, so all is in ‘tip-top shape now and ready to take the usual summer beating. Spent a most irritating time last week. After tottering out of the library with what I thought to be a light novel and there- fore well suited to the feeble brain my teen-agers assure me I have, within some dozen pages it turned up such stunning words as muliebral, seitic, rugose and obmutescent. I finally read the rest of the book just to see what would come up next and found galbe, coign, glozing and festuc- ine by the time I was half way through. Now with the help of .u-v..°... ..i ,, a dictionary and a thesaurus, I discover that muliebral means womanly. rugose is wrinkled and obmutescent is merely mute. A g: be is an outline, a coign a cor- ner and glozing is a glossing over. But can anyone tell me the meaning of seitic and festucine‘.’ (The book is A Flame For Doubt- ing Thomas by Richard Llewe1~ lwyn, author of How Green Was My Valley, but fiankly I. don’t recommend it). lANGSTAFF Holy Trinity Church, Thornhill was the setting for a lovely dou- ble-ring wedding on Saturday, June Brd, when Nuancy Carol Kingdom, daughter of Mrs. W. Hunt and the late Ernest King- don, Franklin Avenue, Thornhill, became the bride of Robert Park, son of Mrs. and the late Mr. D. Park of Morgan Avenue, Don~ caster. The ceremony was per- United Church ls Setting Parkâ€"Kingdon Wedding By Elizabeth Kelson THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY I’ve been comparing notes with an ardent devotee of the city and an enthusiastic country lover. The avid country lover I have in mind turns up his nose at what he calls our asphalt jungle, that queer mixture of tall, ugly buildings, separated by narrow alley ways and behind whose doors, he suspects there must be a great deal of intrigue. “Monkey shines”, he calls it. This person has only guessed about the city from infrequent visits and he has supplemented his im- pressions by watching television shows. One can hardly blame him! He is accustomed to breathing the whole- some country air, the year around. He enjoys the clean sweep of his fields and the wooded bluffs that surround his little farm. He lives close enough to a lake to enjoy 1115 Home 1.0.1.1“. Lu. Avau v“, ‘4..va v __ ,. it winter and summer. He fishes and hunts and works the land. He’s more than satisfied. No sir, he wouldn’t change it for our labyrinth of cement and steel. I’ve heard the city lover openly scoff at the narrow View of his country cousin. He sees the romance behind the architectural feats that created those tall buildings. He revels in the scenes that meet his eye from the topmost window of the skyscraper. The magnificence of thousands of lights twinkling above the city streets, the neon signs, the theatre marquees and the lighted windows of shops are sights that thrill him. In the heart of the city he can visit shops and restaurants as old world as any in Europe and Asia. The country he finds in the city parks. His amusements he finds in the city zoo, the art gallery, the book store, the stadiums and theatres. You can have the country with all its raw beauty and inconvenience, thinks the city lover. Perhaps these are extreme viewpoints. Having liv- ed in the country and in the neighborhood of a great city I feel they are both missing something. If circ‘um- stance should decree that I must live in the country for- ever and never again lose myself in the seething rush of humanity that crowds the subway station . . . . and never again experience that delicious aloneness that one can only achieve when one doesn’t know a soul in the whole crowd of them; or to admire the stained glass windows of the great churches and look back at their tall steeples; or walk along the lakefront and wonder at the foreign vessels tied up at the pier, I would feel a deep sense of loss. On the other hand, if it should be the city where I spend my days, I should deeply regret missing the colorama of the country in the autumn, snow covered fields in winter, the burgeoning country- side in spring and the unparalleled beauty of lakes and rivers in summer. I would be sad indeed if I could never retreat to some quiet place in the country where' the traffic is at a minimum, where the air is clean and cool and free from city smog, Where a person can feel at how _____ fiev. Ledger is a former student assistant at Holy Trinity. He recently Rev. Charles Ledger and Mrs. Led- ger were recently honoured by the par- ishioners of Holy Trinity Anglican Church at a Service of Dedication and Farewell prior to their departure for foreign mission service. in natural Vsiii'i‘efindingvsi. In this-place, all the thoughts and experiences that come from city living will combine with the peace and solitude of" the high country. It needs both. Honolur Rev. Charles ledger 8. Mrs. Ledger jlwuqfib anal Dug formed by Rev. H. R. Howdren and the bride was givén in mar- riage by her grandfather, Mr. W. G. Turner. The bride wore a full skirted, floor length gown of white net over taffeta. the skirt trimmed with tiers of lace. The long sleev- es were also of lace. Her finger- t’_ veil fell from a crown of seed pearls and she carried a cascade eoried graduated with the degree of Christian Education from Columbia University. Their mission work will take them to Uganda in Africa. Seen above at the service are left to right, Rev. Ledger, Mrs. Ledger, Mrs. Howden and Rev. H. R. Howden. â€" Photo by Barbour of pink roses and white carna- tions. Her attendants were Mrs. J. Morrison, sister of the groom and Miss Louise Langman. They both were full skirted, cocktail length gowns of peau de sale in shocking pink. and flowered ban- deaux. They carried bouquets of pink roses and white mums. Also in shocking pink were the two charming flower girls, Cindy Kingdon, sister of the bride and Kimmy Park, a niece of the groom. Their dresses were short. full skirted organdy over taffeta and they carried tiny nosega'ys cl sweet peas and tiny haby roses. Following the wedding cere- mony, a reception and dinner was held in Holy Trinity Parish Hall for ninety guests. The bride’s mother received in a short sleev- ed dress of mauve organza over taffeta with a tiered skirt. with matching accessories and at cor~ sage of yellow roses and white mums. The mother of the groom wore a pale green silk print sheath gown and wore a corsage of yellow roses and white carna- tions. The young couple then left for a wedding trip to Quebec and the Maritimes. For her going- away outfit the bride had chosen a dress of white and mauve print taffeta with an over-skirt of white organza and a matching coat of light mauve. Her acces- sories were mauve and she wore a corsage of yellow and white roses. On their return, Mr. and Mrs. Park will live on Morgan Avenue in Doncaster. Both the bride and groom have lived in Thornhill for some vears and at- tended Thornhill Public School and Richmond Hill High School. mfiummmmmmumimmuummnmmmummmmmm DISTINCTIVE 7691 YONGE ST. 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