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The Liberal, 6 Jun 1963, p. 4

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Holy Trinity News The parish guild of Holy Trinity Anglican Church held a successful annual dinner at the parish hall on May 28, with 54 people in attendance. Guests of honour were Rev.‘ and Mrs. H. R. Howan and Rev. F. C. Jackson. Speeial‘ guests were Mrs. Molly Adam-1 son, and Mrs. Janet Clapp. oil King. Ontario. 3 A delicious dinner was serv- ed by the caterers and sincere; thanks of the guild are extend- ed to Mrs. Jo Byford and her: assistants who prepared the dinner. Following the dinner. a few brief announcements were made by Guild President Mrs. "Ruth Gall. Coffee and tea were ‘then served in the reception room. Later. games were play- ed in the parish hall with much hilarity and fun. Thanks are extended to Olive St. John. 'Jean Cross and Doris Davis for their wonderful work in plan- ning this very successful even-. ling. . l ~Sl. appeared on l 1y. Called the cats. the team Maria's ’l‘i'av ’i‘hornhill and Richard Barbo Members of been drawn f Thornlea. Lar er and Thornl and are playln dale Softball they compete team from Do Toleâ€"Tech tear Members 01 Sandra Covcll John, 15 Moran. 2nd ba 3rd base; Sue stop; Ann Sh: Carolyn Ross Pat Wren. eel tine Staddon. Williams. rig Vaughan and rester. catehei and Penny Hi Gail Robinson The girls nun-.1 in g 4 THE LIBERAL, Richmonq Em The W.A. will hold their wring garden fete in the parishihall ane Gmfrpm 11.30 invuffâ€"é? iuncheon. bake sale, handicrafts table and white ,elephants. Tickets athisl each 16 2.30 p.m. 1L wiu {eaturga r‘nv lw obtainrvl bv mulling Mrs. 8. Lean at AV. 5-1320. Dona- tions 101' the bake table would be much appreciated. The ‘entire proceeds of the lunch- eon will be used for the sum- mer missionary work of Holy Trinity’s student assistant. A special youth service was held May 26 in celebration of Commonwealth Youth Sunday. Evening services at Holy Trinity have now been discon- vtinued until the fall. WGlrls’ Softball Community Happenings The induction of the Rev. Logan Varey as rector of the Churches of St. Bede and the Incarnation was held May 27 at St. Bede’s Church. Scarbor- ough. Rev. Varcy was for- merly an assistant at Holy Trinity and has many friends In Thornhill. A new girls’ softball team has ‘A‘ i"i‘i‘n"' “it” "I": ‘1‘" ‘ w Gold Cord For Thornhill Guide Girl Guide Christine Knight of the First Thornhill Guide Company recently received her symbolic gold cord from Mrs. H. G. Curriehdeputy area commissioner at a ceremony. (Photo by Barbour) TELEPHONE A“ appeared on the scene recent- ly. Called the Thornhill Wild- cats. the team is sponsored by Maria‘s Travel Service in Thornhill and is coached by Richard Barbour of Doncaster. Members of the team have been drawn from the former Thornlea. Langstaff. Doncast- er and Thornhill house league and are playing in the Willow- dale Softball League. where they compete with an R.C.A.F. team from Downsview and the Tale-Tech team. Members of the team are Sandra Covell, pitcher: Phyllis St. John, lst base: Janice Moran, 2nd base: Mary Harvey. 3rd base; Sue Maleom, short- stop; Ann Sherman, left field; Carolyn Ross. centre field; Pat Wren, centre field: Chris- tine Staddon, right field; Sue Williams. right field; Linda Vaughan and Rosemary For- rester, catchers: Pam Skinner and Penny Hughes. spares and‘ Gail Robinson. utility. The girls are looking for- ward to a benefit game they are to play at Thorn- hlll Park July 3. They will be pitted against the CKEY “Good Guys". a team made up of disc jockies and other personnel from CKEY, including Bill Brady. J. P. Finnegan, Lee Vogel, Dave Mickey and Duff Roman, among others. (It‘s to be hoped they don’t get so excited they itish ldecided Wide HSSC all nation songs am from Frai Italy, and you can Kong. fr even inv‘ Greek! t groups is just aim and Seot( a recordi folk was $1 Cl‘ of the Istart talld burr in 1 ming “5 you’ll kr 'I‘ve pron the reeor pipes. A they'll dc ler the } Baptist ( can’t hold a bat over this!) lnnrlnr Membr H Also adding to the girls’| enthusiasm is the fact that their sponsor, Mrs. Malinskyfi has promised the three top} players of the team, with their coach. an all expense trip to New York at the end of the season. So watch for this team to go far - and fast. With that kind of a carrot in front of them. they are bound to do wonders. Spent a pleasant half houn last week chatting with Mrs. Malinsky, the genial proprietor of Maria's Travel Service. While she has no hesitation in stating that she expects the sponsorship of the team will 5-2331 Untamo. 'l'nursuay. June 0. louu "The Liberal" is always pleased to publish items of interesi contributed by its readers in the Thornhill area _ Our representative in Thornhill is Mrs. Margaret McLean. who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-233l. be good advertising for her-: self. she feels the team will; provide lots of wholesome! activity for this group of teen-; agers and keep them busily‘ ioccupied. and surely this isI worth sponsoring. 1 The store too has recently} been “sub-titled" and is' ‘becoming well known to the young people of the area as the Thornhill Record Shopw As well as popular hits, the collection of records offered for sale includes a fascinatineg wide assortment of records of all nations. Not only are there songs and instrumental pieces from France. Germany, Poland, Italy, and the British Isles, but you can get one from Hong Kong. from Japan and are even invited to sing-along in Greek! One of the largest groups is of Irish songs. Being just about equal parts Irish and Scotch I was torn between a recording of Irish and Scot- tish folk songs. but finally decided on the. Scottish (it was $1 cheaper). So if members of the McLean clan suddenly start talking with traces of a burr in their voice. and hum- ming "Scotland the Brave,” you’ll know why. Next time, I’ve promised myself‘I will get the record featuring Irish bag- pipes. And dear ,knows what they‘ll do to us - probably shat- ter the Hi-fi! Baptist Church News Members of the Baptist WA, under the leadership of Mrs. ‘ W. Smook and the centre 4 group, had a pleasant excursion "on May 23rd, when they visited , the CBC TV studio in Toronto ' to watch the production of the ! popular Juliette show. rvrhwv 7 ,, Juliette and her special guest, Marg Osborne of the Don Messer Show, with other members of the cast, were in-‘ troduced to a large studio aud- ience, and afterwards. the star signed autographs and chatted with the visitors. Everyone was impressed with her very charm- ing personality and obvious en- ‘joymept of her work. vai’iiile not becoming technic- ally any the wiser. the WA members had a good insight Memorial Service Thornhill Cemetery Sunday, June 9 LIBERAL" CLASSIFIEDS FOR BEST RESULTS Phone TE 3 In Thornhill } 4-1105 Church attended the United} Mrs: Church of Canada Toronto} ,ntre Conference held in Asbury 1510“ and West United Church. 'Sited Toronto May 27 to 31. May 29 mm) the subject discussed was "The ,the New Curriculum" for Sunday ' schools. 3:00 PM. Thornhill Baptists welcomed ‘back their former minister, the Rev. P. G. Buck, and Mrs. Buck, on May 26th. Due to ill- ness, Mr. Buck had been unable to fulfil an earlier engagement in January. A large congrega- tion listened appreciatively‘ while Mr. Buck preached on the theme “A Redeemed People". The anthem "Lead My .Feet" was well sung by the ;choir. under the direction of ‘ Mrs. W. C. Andrew. into the number of people and pieces of equipment it takes to put. on a half-hgur show. The ladies then returned to the Church for refreshments and the business meeting under the presidency of Mrs. R. Jar- dine. Following the worship ser- vice a buffet lunch was served to give members and friends an opportunity to greet Mr. and Mrs. Buck. The congregation were glad to learn that Miss Jean Buck. who is in St. John’s Convales- cent Hospital. is making good progress following a serious operation on her back. Dr. M‘ C. Johnston took the services Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Veals of Thornhill United Church will be on holiday during the month of June and will vlsit their gelaughter In England. Several members of the at Mr. Buck’s church Sound. United Church News The members of the Y.P.U. met at the church May 28 and then went to the Tlnturn Farm on Bathurst Street for theirl annual picnic and vesper ser- vice. The group will hold informal meetings in the church parlour on Sunday evenings during the month of June. Y.P.U. and the C.G.1.T. The C.G.I.T. concluded this season's activities with a party at the home of their leader, Mrs. Maston on May 31. Incidentally, the ‘C.G.I.T. needs leaders for the beginning of September. Previous experience is not necessary. Anyone who would like to take part in this interesting and help- ful work with young people is invited to call Marion Davis at AV. 5-1879 or Mrs. Maston, AV. 5-1040. Socials Friends and neighbours of Mr. John Hanna, Elgin Street, are pleased to note that he is back on the job after a sojournla gooa deg,“ F0 say. .. . at the Branson Hospital. after‘ He pelfmmed What “‘15 an unpleasant session with ammo“ a tour de force' how- cantankerous a“ bladder. ever. in his discussion of “The -« E x ,k ' Rainmaker." He dld an entire And hy the “me you scene from this play. complete- ,ead this, the Thomhm 1y from memory. taking the | Swimming Pool will have parts of a man and a woman L ......... ; .-.....- ______ alternately and stopping at Bifrhing,” noting that many‘ modern playwrights also have And by the time you read this, the Thornhill Swimming Pool will have been opened for the season. Jim McGhee beat the open- ing date and was first one in the pool - with the water a chilly 57 degrees! Man- agement of the pool is in the same hands this year - John Hanna, assisted by Brian McLean. These two busied themselves at the pool during May getting things in shape for the opening and are now busy sorting out shifts for their staff of guards and main- tenance crews. The public are again being‘ offered a 10%- discount on' season tickets purchased before‘ June 16th. Regular season tick-' ets are $20.00 for a family pass; $10.00 for adults; $7.50 for students; and for individual| children, up to and including grade 8, the rate is $5.00 for the first child in a family. $4.00 for the second. $3.00 for the third and so on. All of these ‘rates will be reduced by 10% :on tickets sold prior to June '16th. so get your order in early. General admission to the pool {is 75c for adults, 50c for stu- ‘dents and 25c for children. mm vâ€"‘u The congregational pic- nic will be held It the Greenwood Conservation area park June 8. Special events will be held for the My apologies for the lack of Thornhill Notes last week - but it‘s the first time I have mis-l sed in three years! And I did. write just about all the restl of the Thornhill page! How about giving me a call about doings in the village. We’d all love to hear about it, and sometimes I just don‘t have time to go looking about for it. Buck’s church in Parry ‘iTWp. Assessment “To $26,119,663 It‘s Lax-collecting tlme in Vaughan Township. Township councillors recent- ly considered the 1963 levy bylaw to provide for col- lecting of levies and rates re- quired, to appoint a collector and to provide for the mailing of notices demanding payment. Total assessable property in the township for 1963 101315 $26,119.663 as compared 10 $25.444,188 in 1962; total es- timate for the lawful purpose of the corporation of the Town- ship of Vaughan in 1963 is $2,094.076 as compared to $1,840,577 in 1962. Some of the 1963 levies (with 1962 levies in brackets) include $226,898 for county purposes ($210,908). $245,134 for town- ship purposes ($237.621). $259.- 716 for township road purposes ($253,376), $577,368 for educa- tion secondary ($444376) and $683,299 for education public and separate schools ($602,094). Third reading was given to the bylaw. About 80% of the township residents will pay their taxes at the rate of about 76 mills in addition to the water service rate. As an example. if assess- ment is $4,000 and mill rate is 76. tax bill will amount to $304, A tax code sheet is available at the township offices. Taxes in three instalments are due June 17, August 15 and Octo. LThornhill School Talk Series (Enlivened By Stra‘tford Actor her 15. Last in the series of- lectures entitled "Impact" was held at Thornhill Secondary School May 22 and was felt by many students and staff to be thejexcellcnt best of the series. Subject of the lecture was “‘The Hidden Excitement of ‘the Theatre” and the speaker was Mr. Chris Wiggins. Mr. Wiggins has played at Strat- ford. was at the Ford Founda- tion's Allen Theatre in Houst- on, Tems last year. He has done more than 90 television shows and more than 150 radio shows for both the CBC and CBS. various Dnlills ior Pxplana-l tions. Mr. Wiggins' lecture was enlivened no end by his sense of humour.‘ During the lively and exten- sive question and answer period he was asked about his familiarity with accents and proceeded to demonstrate with samples. That Mr. Wiggins did reveal some of the “hidden excite- ment of the theatre“ was evidenced by the fact that tho questions went on until 4.30 and that Mrs. Audrey Taylor, the school librarian who has _________ ,1 nm Innfllra eorip: Mr. Wiggins discussed brief- ly his own “horrible” introduc- tion to Shakespeare in high school ‘and what a revelation it was for him when he first met it in the theatre. He noted how Shakespeare is able, in very few words, to reveal man's} moods and character. Mr. Wig- gins illustrated his various points by readings from Henry IV, Richard III and from Hamlet he read the advice of Polonius to Laertes. He used these readings to illustrate man's reaction to different situations and emphasized how much was said in such a few words. imin’s reactibn to different ' ’ . . . Other teachers at the school Situatlons and emphasxzed how who have made equally import mum was 531d 1" sum a few ant contributions include Mrs. Words‘ . _ . O’Shea and Mr. Seath and “g1 thrglgllzs alSOd mgenuoned members of the Phys. Ed. staff m0 91'“ 93 re an 3V9 SEV' who did yeoman service in the‘ era], rea‘t‘dings from, Christopher presentation of “Health's A ggijing'ghenotigy5thg0tm535‘130ppili." Mr. Lazar han for y . ‘severa years given gui ance mOdem playwrights 315° haVeiand inspiration to the members 3 EOOG deal t0 SHY- of the school orchestra and :. n..- {New MP Moreau Holds Nictory Celebration Liberal Member of Parlia~_ ment for York-Scarborough Maurice Moreau recently held? a victory dance for his support- ers at the Canadiana Hotel. The dance was held to coâ€" incide with the opening of parliament and Mr. Moreau was able to tell of his experiences ‘as a new member and of the government‘s plans as revealedl in the speech from the throne. He also announced two pro-‘ jects for the 1200 member‘ York-Scarborough Liberal As- sociation; a personally conduct- ed tour of Parliament Hill planned for this summer and 'a charter flight to London with hospitality at the Houses of Parliament in Westminister .provlded by members of the English Liberal Party. About |130 association members will ‘ make the trip and spend three - weeks in Europe as well. Mr. Moreau lost no time in making a maiden speech in the House of Commons. Speaking during the second day of the debate on the address in the government's announcement of the appointment of an inde- pendent commission to under- take the redistribution of elect- oral boundaries. He pointed out the help that municipalities like Scarborough and North York would receive from the new municipal develop- ment and loan fund. "We in York-Scarborough live in a rapidly expanding sub- urban riding and face great difficulties in providing the new schools, hospitals and other municipal services so urgently needed. We know that municipal fixation can: That Mr. Wiggins did reveal some of the “hidden excite- ment of the theatre" was evidenced by the fact that the‘ questions went on until 4.30 and that Mrs. Audrey Taylor, the school librarian who has organized the lecture series, had several requests from students for copies of Chris- topher Fry‘s play. puki-‘ \vv "v. Thornhill Secondary School is indeed fortunate to have on its staff a teacher of the calibre of Mrs. Taylor. She certainly has given of herself. above and much beyond the call of duty. in her work both with the Onstage Players and‘ in the organization of this lec- ture series which has provided such valuable intellectual stim- ‘ulation to the students. of the school orchestra and other musical groups in the school; all the teachers made an invaluable contribution to community understanding and in the tremendous job they did Following the example of the throne speech, Mr. Moreau switched to the French language to comment on the government proposals regarding bilingual- ism. biculturalism, and a disâ€" tinctive Canadian flag. Revert- jing to English Mr. Moreau sug- gested an increase in the price‘ ‘paid for newly mined gold as an alternative to renewing the Emergency Gold Mining Assis- itance Act. As a mining eng- ineer himslf. Mr. Moreau spoke from personal experience on this matter and on the quest- iion of the development of re- lsources on Indian reservations. The 17 federal polls in Mar- kham Township south of High- way No. 7 lie within the York- Scarborough riding. not. provide the necessary funds quickly enough. In particular. since 1956 the costs and difficulties of municipal borrowing have been crippling the develop- ment of our communities." VICTORIAN ORDER OF ‘ NURSES ‘ RICHMOND HILL I BRANCH Bliss - 1 Nancy Hayward 1 Richmond Hill Municipal Mr. C. L. Gilbert (right) of the Department of Lands and Forests recently presented the two outstanding senior boys champions in track and field at Thornhill Secondary School with their awards. They are John Rumble (left) and George Neeland (second left). Award-s were made at the school‘s annual athletic awards banquet held in the school. (Photo by Barbour) PHONE TU. 4. poinls for explana- V. O. N. Hall brilliant Vaughan Township Council recently authorized recovering approximately $12,000 in dam- ages to township prop- erty after a huge gas explosion in Maple last» AugLisi. ages to townsmp [nup- erty after a huge gas explosion in Maple last August. The resolution which was ap- proved gave Parkinson. Gard- iner and Roberts, barristers and solicitors for the town- ship’s insurance company. the authority to collect the money owing from Superior Propane Limited whose plant was lo- cated one quarter mile from the township offices. In the blast of August 4. windows and some interior material were smashed. - , r . _ A .I Lat a recent meeting passed a supplementary road appropria- tion by-law in the amount of $314,700. This is probably one of the largest sums raised to be spent on roads in the history of the township Of the above amount road work- will take $207,200 and bridges and cul- verts $107,500. It was stated that it is pos- sible not all of this amount will be spent this year, but the road committee was asking for auth- H41: nanneunrv ....u.. «A “sand Markham Township Council. be relieved of sharing the cost of installation and maintenance of a warning signal at the Box Grove crossing on 16th Avenue below No. 7, council passed a resolution adopting the estl~ mates as submitted by the rail- road. 01 the estimated installation cost of $8,500, the township’s share will be 12%% or $1,062: 50. The estimated annual cost of maintenance of $600 will cost the township $300 or 50%. ____________.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- VIM» It was recommended ties for verification of the feas- ibility of the project. The brief was discussed by the planning and building com- mittee. ' The committee also turned down a request for reduction in a performance bond by Mr. J. Renwick “in view of adverse vious requests." 1k Ik 1. # tee recommended that Bell Telephone Company be author- ized to proceed with relocation of poles and equipment on ‘Bathurst Street from Maple sideroad to Elgin Mills 1 Estimate given for the relo- .‘cation was $750. The committee said the township engineers Iable. ml. 4 ....‘...:MM. glen that council refer a petition by Mr. J. D. Kenzie re sewage disposal in Maple to the proper authori- results in granting similar pre- The township's road commit- had examined the estimate and in their opinion it was accept-j “spam-l Included in the amount for bridges and culverts 'was an estimated $75,000 for a new Flaska Bridge. on the 5th con- -- cession south of No. 7 Highway. Replacing of this bridge has hung fire since it was dam- aged by Hurricane Hazel. Erec-I tion of the new bridge will see! the final clean-up of damages from the hurricane which hit this district in 1954. when a‘. half million dollars damage: was done to township roads} Eleven major bridges suffered damage or were made com-1 pletely impassable. ~ I Crossing Signal ‘ After months of negotiating with the C.N.R. and the Board; of Transport Commissioners tol _-._ ‘ Now /S 7/15; TRADE-INflTiRES ALL SIZES OF NEW TIRES AT A §lllnollv The anshlp has recovered the damages from its insurers. It was recommended that council refer a petition by Mr. J. D. Kenzie re sewage disposal in Maple to the proper authori- ties for verification of the feaso ibility of the project. J I... Au....., .. “Vi _ V The brief was discussed by the planning and building com- mittee. ' The committee also turned‘ down a request for reduction in a performance bond by Mr. J. Renwick “in view of adverse results in granting similar pre- vious requests." I The committee also recom-‘ ‘mended the Department of‘ Highways acknowledge the *township’s right to maintain watermains and possibly install Ifuture sewers on an unused ‘portion of Old Yonge Street {that the department has ac- ‘quired under the Highway 1m- ‘provement Act. Vaughan Twp. Council Briefs Reeve A. H. Rutherford told council surface treatment of Dufferin Street will begin as soon as the weather is warmer. A contract was awarded last year to the Department of Lands and Forests for the work which was started in the fall but stalled by w_eather condit- ions New Account Opening ems DEPOSIT $250rmorcinaSavings Account uree interest and receive an attractive travelling bag setting of stainless steel FREE on display in 0‘ INVE ST 5500 or more at 07270 mtere Gift offer expires June 21m, 1963. Call in and meet our friendly atafi, now [UNGER OFFICE HOURS Monday to Thundaygtn 3 FREE CUSTOMER PARKING Important Announcement... Guaranty Trust has opened an oflice in Markham Will Clean Up Last Hurricane Damage ARGEST INDEPENDE be spent on roads in the history of the township. 0f the above amount road work will take $207,200 and bridges and cul- verts $107,500. It was stated that it is pos- sible not all of this amount will be spent this year, but the road committee was asking for auth- ority to spend the necessary amounts in order to secure the provincial grant on them. with a full range of trust RICHMOND HILL 9t05 â€" Friday9to9â€" Saturday9tol; at 37270 interest in a (Pan Ofifioe comer) Amount (free chewing) 3‘ ravefling bag 01' 3 THE REAR OF THE OFHCE in our window or NT TRUST I Of the estimated installation ‘cost of $8.500, the township‘s *share will be 121/270 or $1,082.- 50. The estimated annual cost of maintenance of $600 will cost the township $300 or 50%. Term Deposit. 80 Richmond St. West Toronto '. N. M ulholland Q.C. Consultation by Appointment Phones: Thornhill, AV. 5-3315 Toronto, EM. 4-2780 COMPANY LEGAL

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