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Following then, the golden hand ceremony was held for Shirley Tucker and Pam. Whitehead. For the presenta- tion, a rainbow of crepe paper in stripes was laid on the floor and the rainbow led to a golden tin at the foot of the rainbow. In the tin were the golden During their Tuesday meet- ing, Brownie Mary Riley re- ceived her golden bar in a spe- cial ceremony. All the Brown- Ies in the pack paired off and linked hands to form a ladder. Mary Riley began at the bot- tom of the ladder and the Brownie at the bottom rung in the ladder asked any question in the golden bar test. When the question was answered cor- rectly. the ladder Brownie dropped her hand and Mary moved up one rung. By the time each Brownie in the lad- der had asked a different ques- tion. and by being given the correct answer. Mary gradually moved up the ladder to the last rung. Brown Owl Mrs. J. Whitehead was waiting for Mary at the head of the ladder and presented her with the golden bar. III Thomhlll Brownies ‘ The following Brownies pass- ed their golden hand tests on Saturday - Doreen Bolton, Lynn Hart and Heather Her- bert. Wendy Wright passed the‘ collectors badge. Doreen Bolton writers and swimmers badges1 and Louise Duder, the mlnsu'el‘ badge. 2nd Thornhlll Brownies Thornhill Actors Tops Keith stated he was "quite overwhelmed" by his award. He enjoyed doing the play. and since the preliminaries last month had really “gone into" his part and worked very hard at it. He felt that the audience participated well at Hart House and this helped the players very much. Not only was their play "The Diary of Anne Frank" adjudged the best in the festival, but two of their number. Alita Wise and Keith Corkill were given the awards as best actress and best actor. Sixteen year old Keith Corkill. a grade 12 student, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Corklll. 27 Idleswift Avenue. Thornhlll was called "the star of the festival” by Ad- judicator William Needles. Keith "went beyond the realm of acting and became the actual Peter" he stated. In the play, Peter is the young boy with whom Anne has a brief, tragic love af- fair before they are both borne off to their death in a conxntratlon camp. The Onstage Players of Thornhlll Secondary School swept all before them at the finals of the Simpson’s Col- legiate Drama Festival held at Hart House Theatre last Friday and Saturday. By MARGARET I. McLEAN For your pleasure . . . Ontario is generously endowed with shimmering lakes and fine beaches. Countless varieties of game fish abound in the cool lakes. rivers and streams. You'll relax and have the time of your life swimming. boating and fishing in fun-tilled Ontario this summer. ONTARIO TRAVEL DEPART PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, TORONTO 2. ONTARIO NAML__________ ADDRE: FREE HOLIDAY IN FUN-FILLED ONTARIO Mr. Needles character- Thornhill Districts Brownie-s And Guides Thornhill and District News ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL AND PUBLICITY Hon. Bryan L Cathcart. Mlnlster LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, May 2, 1968 SEND FOR 40 PAGE. FULL COLOUR BOOKLET, ROAD MAP. ETC. TELEPHONE AV. 5-2331 The remainder of the meet- ing was spent on work on an Easter project for the parents. During the holidays, Brown Owl and Tawny Owl. Mrs. Sec- ord. took the fairies - the win- ning six - and the three Brown- ies who sold the most cookies to the Willow Theatre where they saw Walt Disney's “The Miracle of the White Stallions". 3rd Thomhlll Brownies The house orderly badge was presented to Shirley Tucker and Pam. Whitehead and the skaters badge was presented to Mary Riley. hand badges. Both Shirley and Pam, in turn. walked up the rainbow, picked out her golden hand badge. handed it to Brown Owl who pinned it on, saluted and shook hands with the Brownie and said “A full grown Brownie now you stand, and wear the sign ot the gold» en hand”. After both Brownies had been presented. they both‘ knelt down, facing inwards around the toadstool on the grass. Brown Owl dipped a finger in a pot of gold paint and placed a dab above each eyebrow of both Brownies and said “So that you may see only golden deeds” and then‘ she placed a dab of gold on each of the two Brownies' shoes, saying “So you may walk on golden ground". The two girls then stood up. faced outwards and the rest of the Pack gave them the grand howl. Brown Owl Mrs. H. Rivett, PROV. Alita had successfully ap- plied last fall to work mm the Stratford Festival in costume designing but as they required her to begin in March had not been able to accept the position. She hopes. however. to do sum- mer stock and will audition with the straw hat players shortly. She plans to attend Alita Wise, who played the title role. is a grade 13 student. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Wise, 57 Clarkehaven Avenue. She was thrilled with the results of the festival. both for her- self and for the school. “We deserved it, we worked hard“, she said “and we had marvellous direction from Mrs. Taylor and Miss Bas- tedo.” Alita said she enjoy-_ ed playing the role of Anne. and loved the part’s vitality and youthfulness. Because of her enjoyment of the part, she felt she had been able to radiate some of this to the audience. lzed the play. dealing with the feelings and strong emotions of people caught up in the greatest genocide in history, as a difficult challenge which the players had met very well. He com- mented particularly on their “astute direction and good team work". Their set work- ed well he felt, with the space well utilized and was one of the most complex in the festival. DEPARTMENT 270 cw.“ i The mothers were present at the last Brownie meeting to see Wendy Walker, Barbara Wilson, Janice McKechnie, Marilyn Burton. Cathie Cun- ningham and Debbie Thomp- son receive their golden bars. presented by Brown Owl Mrs.[ B. Shearer. For their cere-} mony, Brown Owl touchedI each of the six Brownies' shoes‘ with golden dust and called "The Liberal“ ls aways pleased to publish Items of Intel-en contributed by It: readers in the Thornhill are: - - - - - - - Our representative in Thomhill ls Mrs. Margaret McLon. who any be reached by phoning AV. 5-2381. Mrs. R. Keffer came to the meeting to test four Brownies for the toymaker badge. Robin Clarke. Susan Hallaweil, Mar- sha McClymont and Paula Sanders all passed the badge. Some of the toys were a doll house living room with furni- ture. wool octopus. scrap books, paper mache dolls made with light bulbs, Jack-O-Lantern made with paper straws and, yarn and a horse made from cardboard and yarn. lst Langston Brownies Kathy Riordan was presented with the golden bar in a speclal ceremony at the last Brownie meeting. A golden crepe paper road was laid on the floor and the Brownies in the pack pair- ed off to form a tunnel of arms over the golden road. Kathy had to pass through the tunnel to the toadstool at the end where Brown Ow] Mrs. L. Sim- mons presented the golden bar. Kathy then had to run back through the tunnel on the gold- en road. the Brownies clapped, formed a fairy ring with Kathy in the centre and gave her the grand howl. At the last meeting, the Brownies held 1: crafts meeting where they made bunnies from cardboard, paper. wool and crayoned faces. These bunnies were stuffed with shredded cellophane packing and small jelly bean eggs and taken to the York Cottage on Yonge Street for the children there. lst Concord Brownies Golden bars were presented to Bernice St. John and Irma Rittgasser, as well as first, sec- ond, third and fourth year service stars to other Brown- ies. Joanne Hoddy was congrat- ulated by Division Commissi- oner Mrs. P. D. McTaggart- Cowan for selling the most cookies (32 boxes) in the pack. The Brownies after presenting the school custodian, Mr. Krim with a gift. watched 3 Walt Disney movie “Bear Country”. The pack is now closed until September. 5th Thornhili Brownies The mother and daughter banquet was held on Wednes- day with Division Commission- er Mrs. P. D. McTaggart-Cowan as guest of honor. Mrs. H. Hod- dy. president of the Powell Road Parents Group Commit- tee was in charge of the pre- paration for the buffet style dinner and almost all the mothers were present. ‘ Tawny Owl Mrs. S. Stone, Lleu- tenant Mrs. J. Marchiori, and Mrs. J. L. Jones took 25 of the children to Boyd Park where the Brownies were conducted on a free hour long guided nature tour. Each Brownie provided her own drink and‘ the pack provided hot dogs‘ which the children cooked at the park. Mrs. Jones very kind- ly provlded cookies for the‘ Brownies and the children had‘ a wonderful time playing games. having relay races and the whole outing went very smoothly and the weather was most co-operative. Two Brown- ies passed their fire lighting. ‘ 4th Thornhlll Brownies This was the 17th an- nual Simpsons Drama Festival. and Thornhill won first place in com- petition with 21 schools in Toronto and suburbs. The six finalists were Earl Hols. Oakwood and Vaughan Road. who com- peted Friday night, and Etobicoke, Humberside and Thomhiil who play- ed Saturday night. The Thornhill play was given stiff competition from “The Babies” presented by the Oakwood Mas- quers. The good team work by the Thornhlll group which was so much commented on throughout the preliminar- Robert Reoch, who played the part of Anne's father. was also highly praised by the adjudicator. The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Reach. of 74 Riverside Blvd., Bnb received an award as best actor in the preliminarSr, when the Thornhill play was chosen to go into the finals. He called the results “a won- derful ending to a great deal of hard work". Bob hopes to do summer stock and will be back at Thorn- hill for his grade 13 next year. - Queen's University next year where she will take an honours course in English and History. She also looks forward to taking part in the dramatic group thcre. ‘ The'parents group commit- ‘tee at a recent meeting held an election of officers to take effect in September. They are as follows - President Mrs. R. D. Stubley. vice-president Mrs. W. J. Herbert. secretary Mrs. E. W. Duder. treasurer Mrs. C.} F. T. Rmmthwaite. social con- venor Mrs. J. S. Burridge. tel- ephone convenor Mrs. H. R. Stewart. At their mother and daugh- ter banquet held on April 10. the election of officers was held and the new slate of offic- ers are as follows - President Mrs. D. Dewar. secretary Mrs. A. St. John. treasurer Mrs. D.‘ Bailey. and helper for Brown‘ Owl for Brownies for next year, Mrs. F. Beckett. Thornhlll B & G Parents Com. As a constructive way of showing their appreciation for all the work the Guiders are doing for the Brownies and Guides, the Henderson Avenue Committee have purchased the tickets for their 11 Guiders to the York Central Divisionl banquet to be held in Holy‘ Trinity Anglican Churh. Powell Rd. Parents Com. Captain Miss N. Davis and Company Leader Miss C. Knight held a day camp on Tuesday and Wednesday on Mr. and Mrs. D. Morrison's flats in Doncaster. Fourteen Guides attended, and pioneer badge work as well as all work involving tents and fires were1 taught and put into practice. The girls arrived at camp di- ‘rectly after breakfast each day and returned home after sup- per and campfire each evening. Despite a rainstorm at noon on the last day, the girls all had a grand time and so did Carol Gardiner. Carol Gardiner, a Girl Guide from Oshawa had come to the two day camp to try her gold cord challenge - the final test for her gold cord award. Deputy Area Commis- sioner Mrs. H. D. G. Currie and Mrs. L. J. Jewitt visited the camp to meet Carol and see the Guides in action. Sec- ond class tests passed were. fires, Kim's game, tracking and trailing. Henderson Ave. Parents Com. Captain Miss M. Gage along with Mrs. D. Inglis. Mrs. P. Rumney, Mrs. J. Flemming and Mrs. H. Waters took a group of 36 Guides and Rangers by chartered bus from York Cen- tral Division to Ottawa from April 15 - April 18. Ottawa Guides acted as hostesses and tour girls toured the parliament buildings, and visited educat- ional and historical sites. One; of the highlights was a guided‘ tour through the Scout head- quarters - a large modern. building where the headquarter offices for Canada are kept as well as where the badges and Scout equipment is made. The headquarters houses a museum and the girls were particularly interested in the letters written by the founder of our organi- zation, Lord Baden Powell. 2nd Thornhill Guides Mrs. V. McLeod is coming each week to the meetings to teach the 15-20 second class guides the child nurse badge. 4th Thomhill Guides the Brownies to come to the golden ground (golden crepe paper) where she pinned on the golden bars, saying an ap- propriate Brownie verse. Lynne Walker, of the Fairy Six, was at home recuperating from having had her tonsils out. lst Thomhill Guides of the whole thing. This went on well past the usual “wee small hours" and if truth is to be told, the morning sun was quite in evidence when the last of the stragglers crept into bed ending what one weary and battered crew-member cal- led "a night I’ll never for- get for the rest of my life". The set was promptly loaded on a three ton truck. loaned by Avo Kittask for the occasion and was soon set to roll.Golng home was farthest from the players’ minds, however, and follow- ing the ajudicatlon and pre- sentation of awards, the bulk of both cast and crew ad- journed for the traditional‘ party and general re-hash‘ [es and finals. was the work of not only the cast of ten, but a group of over 30 ad- ditional students headed by Stage Manager R. Willey and Technical Producer B. Hartland. This crew disman- tled the highly complex and heavy set in something less than five minutes, to clear the stage for the next play. This they achieved at the cost of a few scrapes and bumps and at a crucial moment when the set be: came lodged in a narrow} doorway. one of the crew, an erstwhile sturdy football‘ hero, was called upon to break it and promptly smashed through two-by- fours with gay abandon. Items of Intel-en She gave a most interesting biography of S. Baring Gould, author of “Onward Christian Soldiers": and Charlotte Elliott. author of “Just as I Am." The audience sang these hymns. as well as “Blessed Assurance" by Fanny Crosby, with a deeper appreciation of the words and the authors. A delicious lunch was served by the north group in the social time that followed. On April 16th, at the home ‘of Mrs. R. Jardlne of Richmond ‘Hill, twenty-two members of the women's auxiliary under the leadership of Mrs. Cook of the north group, were treated to an evening of music appre- ciation by Mrs. w. 0. Andrew,‘ director of music of the church. The next meeting will be held on May lst. at the home of Mrs. W. McGowan of Caval- ier Crescent, when the guest speaker wil! be Miss Mary Epp from Bolivia Items of interest from the news letter were read and a time of prayer for the many requests was spent. Mrs. Burlington gave the devotional from Matt: 28 after which “There is a Green Hill Far Away” was sung. Interesting pictures of the work at Grande Ligne, Quebec, were shown and the meeting closed with the C.G.I.T. taps, after which refreshments were served. The C.G.I.T. under the leadership of Mrs. Payne joined with the W.M.S. for their affiliation service and after a word of welcome from Mrs. Johnston the meeting opened with the singing of Hymn “Now Thank We All Our God." To help boost the organ fund of Thornhill Baptist Church a successful tupperware party was sponsored by Mrs. Ross Cowie of Victoria Square, and held at the home of Miss Gladys Stevens of Buttonville on March 26th. Many neigh- bours and friends attended. The “Anna Buck" Mission Circle held their April thank offering meeting in the Sunday school on April 10th with Mrs. M. C. Johnston presiding. J. N. Mulholland 0.0. At the morning service on April let the boys and girls of the Church school presented their Lenten missionary offer- ing boxes. The offering is to be used in the work of Christ- ian education in India, Mid- Japan and Africa. It is interest? ing to know that the area in Africa that will be assisted by‘ this offering is Uganda where‘ Rev. Charles and Mrs. Ledger of Holy Trinity Parish are‘ working. ‘ Church school examinations will be written on May 5th. Baptist Church News Refreshments were served and an enjoyable social time followed. Rev. David Jones from the Christian Education Centre in Aurora was the guest speaker at the corporate communion and breakfast held by the men's association on April 28th. Rev. Jones continuEd the theme “How I Found God.” 0n Easter Sunday afternoon. the Sacrament of Baptism was administered to fourteen child- ren of the Church. These were, Katherine Frances. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Blotti, Wayne William and Susan Louise. children of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Bone, Nancy Veronica, Ronald Gerard, and Patricia Margaret. children of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Haster, Bradley William Frederick, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jaskari, Lisa Dawne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McIntosh. Dale Evan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin, James Michael, Jennifer Lynn and Robert Alexander, child~ ren of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry McIntosh. Susan Jeanne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seath and Eric John. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wierman. Celebrating Ecumenical wide variety of her interests, Mrs. Malinsky is also intro- ducing the wellâ€"known brand of Wilson's sporting equipment, and will be able to supply the needs of tennis, badminton, and golf enthusiasts. (She has a stock of excellent English tennis balls on hand at present). Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Spaffol‘d or 72 Arnold Avenue, with sons Mark and Paul spent an inter- esting Easter vacation in Lancaster. just outside of St. John's New Brunswick, at the‘ home of Mr. Spafford‘s brother and sister-in-law. They drove‘ through the States and visited Bar Harbour and St. Andrews By the Sea, coming home stuf-l fed to the gills with lobster. which Mrs. Spafford says she ate at every possible oppor- tunity. And after driving a total of 2,000 miles, they found} that the worst stretch of road they encountered was Arnold‘ Avenue! 1 Holy Trinity News As their final meeting for the season. the couples club held a pot luck supper and home movie night at the parish hall on April 27th. United Church News uag es. Mrs. Maria Mallnsky. proprietor of Maria’s Travel Agency is doing her best to make Thornhlll a more cosmopolitan centre. Her latest introduction is a line of European records. Records will shortly be available in any language. This will certainly be of interest to those who are homesick for the sounds of their native language and should also be of interest and assistance to students of foreign lang- 80 Richmond St. West Toronto Consultation by Appointment Phones: Thornhill, AV. 5-3315 Toronto, EM. 4-g780 Celebrating Ecumenical Sunday, Rev. A. I. Higgins preached at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Thorn- hill, on April 28th and Rev. H. R. Howden preached It Thornhill United. Thornhill Notes lEGAI. And also soaking up more of} the same during the holiday,‘ was Jay Perry. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Perry of 102 Arnold Avenue, Mrs. Perry says as her part of the Easter seal campaign she sent Jay, who has had his foot in a cast all winter, off on a motor trip with two friends from Willow- dale, and they all came back tanned and cheErful. Jay broke his leg last fall, and shortly after the cast was removed but while he was still on crutches, fell and broke his ankle, so now is promised two more months in a cast. Methinks he really did deserve that trip! . Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Maver and family of 154 Arnold Avenue spent Easter week-end in New Jersey. staying at North Arl- ington and visiting various other places at the homes of Mrs Maver’s sisters and brothers. They visited Mrs. Maver’s mother at Beimer, on‘ the New Jersey shore and brought her home with them to Thornhili. The Wally Crouter family of Elizabeth Street spent Easter week at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, soaking up lots of fresh air and sunshine. On their return from their Easter vacation, the Spaffords were surprised to find that their neighbours. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Littlejohn of 75 Arnold Avenue had spent the holiday at St. Martins, just a few miles from Lancaster. N.B. Mrs. Spafford then took off again. last Wednesday to spend three days in Hamilton taking a course for flower show judg- lng. sponsored by the garden clubs of Ontario. Mrs. Spafford is an enthusi- astic horticulturist and is vice- president of the North York Horticultural Society. And just to demonstrate the wide variety of her interests, Mrs. Malinsky is also intro- ducing the Well-known brand of Wilson's sporting equipment, and will be able to supply the needs of tennis, badminton, and golf enthusiasts. (She has a stock of excellent English Ambitious? Then consider a banking career. The future has never looked brighter for young people starting a career in banking. This is particularly true at The Bank of Nova Scotia, the fastest-growing bank in Canada. We need able, ambitious young men to train for important senior positions. Your Scotiabank training will include chances to learn modern banking in different parts of the countryâ€"and a real opportunity for advancement in Canada or perhaps in key foreign posts from Buenos Aires to Barbados, from London to Los Angeles. Are you the kind of young man we’re looking for? 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