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THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ont, Thursday, September 14, 1961 Thornhill and District News “The Liberal" is always pleased to publish items of Interest contributed by its readers in the Thornhill area - - - - - - - AV. 5-2381 TELEPHONE Oni- representative in Thornhill is Mrs. Margaret McLean. who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-2331. Thornh ill Notes is extended to newcomers who took a trip across the Channel to Boulogne for a day, then returned and drove to Rye in Sussex for a visit to Arundel Castle. Passing through Sel- pham, they happened upon the town of Thornhill, in the County Borough of Southampton. De- termined to spend at least a night in the English Thornhill, they asked a garage attendant there where they could get bed and board. Learning they came from Canada, he sent them to his own home as his son lived in Canada. It turned out that the son is the farm manager at Pickering College and his Some of the peace and quiet- ess of the village this summer wish to join the group. as due to the fact that ap-_ Plans are also well under roximately 30 youngsters of way for the Cub and Scout he area attended one or more Mothers annual fashion show f the sessions at Camp Ahshun- to be held at Thornhill United oong on Lake Simcoe. This is Church on September 26th. non-denominational camp star- Mr. and Mm Alan Martin- 9d 1“ 1925 and “"1 “may by dale, Elgin Street, and their 9 united and Balm“ Churd“ four children, whose ages vary a, near Duclos Point. Judy from 4 to 14_ spent an enjoy- allawell and Gibson able camping at Also“- pent tw° "Camps" 01' 10 days qnin Park and at Lake Tema- ach there, and Diane Snary “mi. At Temagami they met “9 “mp. ‘3 “unsellm-m- the Bill Herons of Oakbank Rd. aining. Lee Davidson also who were also enjoying a camp. ttended as counsellor-in-train- lug holiday. “3 and was Chosen to go to The prize for the most miles doorway to Hilltop Farm, as it " is called, was exactly as drawn in the famous books. The prop- erty now belongs to the Na- tional Trust and is open to visitors. to Lincolnshire, across Yorkshire moors and the rug- Hills. At Boston, Lincolnshire, they were taken on a tour of the town and to Scotia Ferry where they saw the monument erected in 1957. commemorat- ing the fact that five of the flower came from Boston and mother was delighted to enter- tain the Rileys and talk of Canada. They learned that the town of Thornhill had a popu- lation of 20,000 and had been named after an old estate, called Thornhill Manor. The New Forest was the next point of interest, then Lyming- ton and across to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight where the children saw their late father‘s birthplace. - Mrs. Riley found travelling costs noticeably less than in ark Lake Camp, run by the . travelled this summer must ntario Provincial Government surely go to M". L. G“ Riley of 0 train camp counsellors. Lee Elgin Street who, with son John 00k a three-week course at and daughter Mary covered over ark Lake. Three boys from - ' 10,000 miles in just four weeks. hornhill also attended the Nearly 7.000 at these miles amp earlier in the season as . ounsellors-ln-training â€" Brian “(ere logged RI? tthgll'l 1360.365: millie Bob Blackett and John flights “0m 0“ r .a ' don and return, but in a rented mbert. car. Mrs. Huey drove her fam- $2151.23.” cliflliizl iii-c age “Y 50"” 2500 miles While in 1‘5 t0 17. grades 10 and 11) England' d 111 be anticipating the lively Mrs. Riley came to Cana a ellowship of their meetings, in 1946 and has lived in Thorn- subsequently became gover- nors of Massachusetts. From Plymouth this much-, travelled trio returned to Lon- don where they spent three days seeing the sightsâ€"Madame Tus- saud's, the Planetarium, the Zoo. the tower inside Big Ben (and it nearly deafened them when it struck the hour), Westr minster Abbey, which is being cleaned, Kew Gardens. the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens at W-isley, up the Thames, under the Tower Bridges to Greenwich where. John was pleased to take a picture of the meridian. They also saw there a statue of Wolfe, which hailed him as the “conqueror of Canada". On their final afternoon in London, e1- even year old John refused to leave without visiting the Brit- ish Museum and while Mrs. Ri- ley did the packing, he set off to visit it alone, a trip which necessitated riding on a bus and three trains! From Lancashire they went I' the": ged scenery of the Pennine _,. people who sailed on the May- - Thornhill Lions Vice-President Les Markle (left) pre- sents the Championship Trophy to Captain Rodney Anderson of the Yankees, winners of the Senior Boys Ball finals, while Mrs. J. P. Loughran, wife of the league commissioner (right) presents the Junior Boys Championship Trophy to Captain John Bagg of the Pirates. Watching the proceedings with interest are Thornhill and District Baseball Commissioner J. P. Loughran (left) and Assistant Commissioner John Flanigan. enthusiastic supporters viewed the finals which were held A large crowd of last Saturday afternoon at Thornhill Park. (Photo by Barbour) erican entertainment which is so popular nowadays. They concluded that in order to feature a headliner, they “GORE! heir fund-raising project “Cal- the top Calypso groups in the A special meeting of the 'p50 Fair." land, Lord Power, of Lord Po- Thornhill and District Hockey The new aspect was the conâ€" wer and his Jamaicans. Club, was held on Sept, 5, at :ideration of hiring a headliner Lord Power helped the hoc- After an uneventful plane trip, the trio arrived home onl August 6th. So hats off to these doughty travellers! John and} Mary Riley are two youngsters' whose history lessons will al- ways have meaning for them af- ter such a trip, and even Mrs. Riley admits that she saw more. of England this summer than she ever did when she lived} there! Several other Thornhill people had interesting trips this sum- mer although I haven’t yet been DONCASTER Correspondent lsfiuss a possible new aspect of‘was the leaderman 0 David Barbour Henderson Ave. Phone AV. 5-5205 Ladies Club 1 Principal A. Martindale, of Henderson Ave. Public School, said that the school is consider- . able to pin them down for de- tails. Mrs. W. B. Williston of 10 Albion Close was in Eng- land, while Mrs. E. F. Simcoe of ’73 Elgin Street returned from Switzerland with her two daughters the week before school opened. “Out in the West" -- is where their two month's school va- cation period was spent by Gar- da and Anne Clark, aged four- teen and nine, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clark, Erica Road. Flying out to Vancouver, BC. unescorted via T.C.A. Jet plane, Anne stayed with her uncle Brigadier D. M. Clark and family at Shaughnessy Heights, which was followed by a stay at Caribou, “cowboy country" where Anne learned to ride, and to engage in fishing, ing a graduation banquet. The winner of the $50.00 that the Doncaster Community Ladies Club gave the school as a prize for its top grade eight student would be announced then. _ The Doncaster Community Ladies Club recently met at the‘ home of Mrs. E. Eggmann, 52 Proctor Avenue. ‘ The ladies discussed plans for I the new season and announced 1" the winners of the prizes theyI donated to the Thornhill High' School, for Doncaster students excelling in their grades. As this column is prepared" before the date of the meeting,‘ results are not available now. 1 Susan Shepherd 11, a for: mer resident of Doncaster, en- joyed a five day visit with the Dale family, of Proctor Ave.,‘ the home of Richard and David and make a real big show of the key boys prepare a > Barbour, Henderson Ave., to di- affair. On hand at the confab- in staging a "fair" featuring thI’lS, which is now being sought, procedure f one ofiCaIypso, Limbo and Latin Am- must seek larger accommoda- lfrom the Thornhill School. "POLLY" P A I I. 5 Made of tough Polyethelene. Acid Proof. Easy to clean. 6 1‘ Reg. 89c. “POLLY” LIGHTWEIGHT BABY BATH Smooth round edges and High Back Support. 25” x 141/2” x 81/3” Deep Reg' NOW $2.17 $2.98 24” STANLEY have left the idea in your mind, that we're a bunch of svtinkers‘ but we‘ll try to get along.” Good For A Laugh One of the highlights of the 1, evening was the reading of a. letter from Hon. W. K. War- render of the Department of Municipal Affairs, addressed to‘ SPECIAL ' l4" PUSH BROOM hlch will start again on Sun- hill for 12 years. bl“ he? chil'Canada or the United States. BY. September 17th. at 8200 than had “0"” 5"“ h" Imme' She was able to garage her car .m. Their varied program land. .From S'hePPEYtOH- Where for an entire day for a shilling elps to give understanding in the airport is. they motor“! to â€"-about 15 cents, Bed and he areas of friendship, and re- Windsor Castle (which Mrs. breakfast 8,, clean and wemkept ationsh-ips in the family, in the Riley had seen before but had tourist homes was to be had ‘at hurch and the then on to 15 shillings for an adult and resident Paul Rivers reports Hartford, to Cambrldse. Where 10 shining, for each child which hat the executive is already they eflJOYEd 1‘ V55“ to the 130' works out to less than $5.00 a u aking plans for an interesting tanical Gardens. to Folkestone night. And the breaidast pro- rogram and a warm welcome in Kent, and to Dover. They vmed was a substantial one... . ' . cereal, bacon and eggs, toast, n jam and tea. MOH Objects But Will Go Ale 9 Mplmwmtheymedm â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"'â€"â€"'_ ' relatives, then went on to Corn- . wall, from Truro to Land’s End. At Nancledra, between Penzance and St. Ives, they chanced to I I ' stop at a guest home called The s Wink, and found to their sur- prise that it was run by a for- _ mer resident of Thornhill, Mrs. Providing York Countyllealth Unit agrees to the Mary Haime, who used to live final plan, Markham Township Council has decided that on Franklin 'Avenue and work- the big new GEM store in process of erection on Yonge if: i111 Halrlfty gl‘llhug store. The t'lize a holding tank a m" e °mhm 1“ 1958 Street south of Doncaster may u I. but . few months after they for sewage disposal for the time being. Ipiliirrcliiizisied their guest home, . ames ied sudden] . Mrs. A representative of the coin- eral manager of the Ontario Haimes carried on w-ilih the pony told Markham Townlhli? Water Resources Commits-ion. help of her son John who is comm“ that ‘ h°ldmg tank had who said that there was no ob« now in the Navy, apprenticed to been proposed originallm pend- jection to the tank system and marine engineering. 1118 “Mullet!” 0‘ the “We” so advised Dr. Robert M. King, Mrs. Halmes found that John's system for the area- The GEM York County Health Unit head schooling in Thornhill was quite $01119 “V9 “meefngo 333%: and Medical Officer of Health. up to English standards and he e sewers, recovor a was put in the same ade in of the cost from developers who non Will Not 0911050 school. He later brought dis- will eventually tie into the sys- A letter from Dr. King t3 auction to the technical school hem. The County Medical Of- Markham Township emphasize he attended by passing an exam_ fleet of Health had Opposed the his continuing °bjem°n ‘0 file ination which was written by holding tank protect vigorously. tank System but “1‘1 that 1‘ 3,000 students in the UK. and councillors were told. As it council insisted on it he would passed by only 200. John was would be some time before the not oppose. But, he warnEd. his the only student from his school new sewer system could be department would keep a very to pass the examination. ready, the GEM representative close eye on Operation 0! “1': The Riley. continued their appealed to council for backing, system from its opening unti mp Visiting Tlntagel which saying that delay in providing completion of the sewer. Coun- legend says was Km Arm , i 1 nan-imous in its deClS- . g u” some kind of sewage disposa cl was u h d wwh castle, Stoppmg at Cloveuy in would delay the store's opening. ion to let GEM so abea t it Devonshire, a famous begun, 'He told Markham councillors its tank system, su erch 1no Spot, then made 3 mp to won_ that his company had taken the Health Unit afipmval o t e ' der at Stonehenge, admire the matter up with Dr. BerrY. Sen- “mum” me ' Roman baths at Bath and spend h m, td u ' an at Straflord M W 1 toget er w on car ac Vi- ‘ geary Manchest r- the Oil‘s e313 ues, from August 28 to Sept. 2. I e ’ y . ou‘n Garda - after a stay With her On August 31, she was hon.‘ o 0 0 fie czwnsp‘iople celebrftmg the grandmother. Mrs. J. C- Kim cured with a Wiener roast at-‘ L yer Lnln d thcenfiinmah.“ the “11de 0f wood at Kerrlsdale - visited re- tended by 15 of her old friends. : 17e61 “d5 1p ,canal' built in latives on Vancouver Island Vincent Reuter, of Spruce- ,1 ' mg vvfifigeadgngéléid girggzgglé and widthen lifter; 03 % car wood Drive, celebrated his 16th ‘ ' n i trip to am‘s e at e am-birthda on Aug. 31. A sur-. (Always A Sflvfetr Lmi g) t ver dis“ by half timbered houses. and loop’s area, through the Fraser prise pirty was staged by his ' The daily newspapers 0 en.presen 3' _ y the IOVEIY TOSES- River Valley. On return to boy friends. . torted view of life. The sensational headlines that After visiting SouthPOI‘t. they Vancouver, both girls flew home On August 16 Miss Julie Mor- meet our eyes daily lead many of us to believe that igfingl into the Lake District to Thornhill, just in time for risen and her aunt, Mrs. Ada ' 11 b h d d for Sodom and Gomorrah. rle 3’ and “ear. saw"? i“? one day at the Exhibition andIRowe. attended a Young Peo- we might a e ea 8 _ . h b d Chlldl'en were delighted to Visit back to school, also for Anne ples Conference in Ann Arbor, Headlines do seem to be mainly concerned Wlt a the farm home where Beatrix to take up duty as “Liberal” Michigan. news. They tell us about catastrophes, murders, Pgtter wrote and illustrated her home delivery carrier in her Julie went on from there to " robberies. kidnapping. and threats ofI war. 'It‘otbe far; c mm“ Children books- The area- New York for a five day stay. I to the newspapers, it is what peope wan o rea “ H - - and the newspapers do their best to keep people in- Nonsense says Former Planmng Challman formed on latest developments. However, this has I an adverse affect for it encourages a deadly peSSim- I o ism and a constant state of anXIety. The newspapers n a m S -‘ . through their various columnists try to offset this one-sidedness by pointing out through. their human . o . . ‘ interest stories and inspirational articles and col- ‘ umns and by their own enlightened editorials that s o o u O ' we must keep an essential belief in the goodnelslshand . - ' ' ' . 1 ave . . , ¥§li31bllarlgOgl‘ghieggggfifiy3:31.:ft%:%p1;hlgle3:8 go to N? definite conclusmns but an agreement to dis- - , . cuss annin f rthe ' ' bed tonight, that we Will wake up tomorrow morn- t Mp k g u 1': £93)?“er a Pomt meeting held ' d t k to school or kee house a air ham TownSh’p Offices When the Communlty mg an 2‘0 0 W01‘ v p ' Planning Branch, the Ontario Water Resources Com- th t thou h . . Desplte the War news, We know . a g misssmn, the York County Health Unit the Metro some may favor war, the People Of 300d WI“ are work' Toronto Planning Board the Ontario Department of ing continuously for peace. We also know that for H. h t . h i _ . .11. h ig ways, me Wit members of Markham Township every one that takes 3 llfe’ the” are “‘1 “ins W 0 Council and the township’s planning board dedicate themselves to the task of preservmg and - saving lives. Most people try to keep their word. Cer- is "an effort to get co- tainlv there is a good number of swindlers and con- °rdmatl°m 531d Reeve Wilfred . . Dean, originator of the idea of fidence men about, but look at the percentage of a joint meeting to iron out people who draw their wages as regularly as clock- Markham's planning problems. work. That’s a good many promises kept every week. The-township. he said. was ge- . o ' " CClVlflg an increasmg num er Most fatheis work hard to suppOit their families of enquiries about services in and try to keep out of debt and mothers continue to the rapidlygmwing southwest sacrifice for their children without thought of reward. section. Children do not all become juvenile delinquents. and Sewage disposal was dis- most of them turn out to be the hard working Citizens ausggd $131503? leflgfth-tgi’lfl;Dl£ and good fathers and mothers of the future. When ° 1" ' mg ° 8 or . . . County Health Unit again ex- trouble comes, the essential goodness in people is pressing his opposition to sep- predominant. If a member of the family gets sick, tic tanks'for developments of loses his job, his house or his money, relatives and 82%; igniigefigi‘: fret-he $55; friends do what they can to help, and failing that he Ere“ vffhfle they belong and can depend on his church and community. Men and where they shouid have stayed," women help their communities to become better urged the CountynMOH- places in which to live and when their country needs Cafe: “use”?! m of the help they even offer their lives Can you doubt the 0m” c 3 1' n . ' - ' hi Pl nnin fundamental goodness of people? Even the soâ€"called Markham Towns p a g fickle nature has her dependable side. The seasons I come and go spring summer autumn and win- ‘2 - ter and I have never known that order to change. An acorn becomes an oak and not a maple or an elm tree. You can’t grow a melon from a pumpkin seed The . . ‘ . d t robin’s egg houses the embryo of a robin and not an comspo“ en owl. A human baby will always grow into the adult “I” 3' “pk” Board, C. J. Laurin, was scep- tical of the value of the meet- ‘ing. “We went through all this carefully years ago," he as- serted. “Everybody agreed. Everything was perfect. Now ;it's all shot. We should have a statement from the Departâ€" ment of Municipal Affairs as to what is really wanted." He said that once the Department of Municipal Affairs wanted to Chairman Hugh Brennan of the official “gobbledegook” it had liter, with government officials he said, a reply to a letter of tion on aspects of planning. Its two pages said nothing. keep the area rural. “We point- ed out that this couldn't be {done on account of our position on the edge of a growing muni- cipality. Now tonight the De- partment of Health and the Ontario Water Resources Com- mission are saying that we can- not have any development ex- cept on a large scale. This is nonsense." _ “You can't condemn Mark- ‘ham to small package develop- ments," he asserted. “A prin- ciple has to be established." With Murray Jones. Metro Toronto Director of Planning, taking a prominent part, the meeting sought for solutions to Markham's planning problems but found none. “What is re- the audience in continual laughd township’s planning board and ' read by him. As a specimen of not knowing which way to look, 5" as Mr. Brennan read it. It was. his which had sought informa- .. The foggy Warrender letter if reflected the mood of the meet- 1 Ling at adjournment. About the .' only result obtained was a sug- ,, gestion that, if Markham sub- mitted its ideas to Metro. they .would be considered. There was, however, no assurance that ' they would be agreed with. Legal l .' NJ. N. Mulholland, -' Q.C. 80 Richmond St. West, Ideal for basement, patio and sidewalk. Reg. $1.89 NOW ' g. MIMI-IIIIIIMIMM $1 .57 13 INC LONG HANDLE WINDOW CLEANER No. 8 Brilliant Blue 6" Sponge Enamelled ROASTER St Squeege Suitable for 8 1b. Fowl or Roast Now $1.87 MANY MORE Reg. $2.99 SORRY! CASH & CARR ONLY ON HIS SALE ITEMs NOT ILLUSTRATED 16 OZ. STANLEY ALUMINUM LEVEL HAMMER Reg. $4.65Now Polished head. Top quality. Makes Those Reg. $1.79 Now $1.47 RUGS â€"'â€""' . 7,â€" Aluminum. Reg. $2.69 2.17 QUANTITIES LIMITED human being, if it survives, regardless of race or reâ€" Phone AVenuo 5-3489 quired is to sliéudy various pgli- Toronto 1i ion. Even the stars are set in their courses. On Sympathy 0f the community Cies an I93 6 Sure 0 W at . fife nights when the stars are out on can see the 15 “tend” t" M" and Mrs-Eex‘em “15mg 9.01"" needs ml consultant)“ by I B“ D' h 1- . d P 1 .’ y B. G. Pearson. Langstaff and to be changed,” said Mr. Jones' Appointment 1g ipper w ee ing aioun oaris. Dawn and sun- Mrs, B, pearson and Sons of The dlSCuSSion was full of VEIled Phones: Richmond Hill on the sudden hints that Markham Township and untimely death of their son, was thoroughly under the1 thumb Thornhill AV. 5.3315 husband and father, Mr. Bern- of Metroâ€"a situation on y parts. _ ard Pearson in a plane crash 1y alleviated by Mr. Jones' state-1 Toronto EM 4 2780 24 YONG! 5?. SOUTH â€" 1'“. 4 - 2101 in Labrador. recently. 'ment that “Past history mayâ€" ! A « set, day and night are here to stay. And God can al- ways be counted on to supply the strength and health for our spirits. We have every reason to live confi- dently in this fundamentally dependable world. i