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14 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ont, Thursday, September 1?, 1963 00 Students MARGARET MCLEAN in each of the ihrm Thornhill Secondary ions in the school. ac .chool (it's official title as commercial and te of last wich opened its This year. the new (inan an Rnninmhm‘ 3rd in will hp nnnrntinn in Rlohvale Cub & Scout News proceedings involved in pack- The First Richvale Cub ing up and leaving strange? Scouts had a very enjoyable grounds. The helpers who did weekend camp at King Haven a very fine job of work were Farms near King City. the Mr. Ken Woods, Yonge Street, camping grounds were donated Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hazelwood by Mr. Tony. who owns theland son Jimmy. Spruce Ave.. farm. Mr. George Bowden. Birch Saturday after the boys ar- Ave, Mr. and Mrs. Carrol, Oak rived they had hot dogs Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Hough. Oak around the camp fire and at Ave. Fifteen cub scouts attend- 8 pm. had a turkey supper. ed. In the evening around ai campfire the boys roasted marshallows. Sunday morning after a late night of raiding each other. the boys got every- one out by 6:10 to a breakfast of eggs and bacon. At 11 am. there was a hike across the mm. The boys found some fungus in the woods and were shown how to draw pictures and write their names on them as souvenirs. They arrived back at 1 pm. for dinner. terwards the boys spent th est of the time breaking c It was impressed on them important it is to damp campfires and the usual Typographic Designer Accepts Jamaica Post Richvale Resident Canada lost one of its most came in by the back door, as distinguished men of art toer. Dair puts it. For in Tor- Jamaica Monday when Carl onto, he had drifted into print- Dair, resident of Richvale ing as a compositor and from since 1951, left to take a teach- there, as a practicing printer ing post in design, layout and instead of as an art school typography at the Institute of product, he gradually became Jamaica. in Kingston, which is recognized as a typographic affiliated with the University designer, and the recognitions College of the West Indies of piled up. Mona. Jamaica. In 1956-57. he was in the Mr. Dair. a fellow of the Typographic Designers of Can- ada. last year was awarded the medal of the Royal Canadian Academy for distinguished achievement in the arts. He “(as one ‘of 50 typographic de- ngners of the world asked to participate in the 500th anni- versary of the Gutenberg Bible by designing folio pages of the 'Book of Genesis. He has been a‘ silver medal winner at the International Book Fair in Leipzig. ‘He was born in Welland. where he attended school. There he was stimulated by Louis Blake Duff to take an Interest in design, typography and books. It is one of the proud curiosities of the Typo- graphic Designers of Canada that this most internationally- lecognized fellow of the society For the past three years he has been teaching at the On- tario College of Art. Freelance design and teaching have been combined both in Toronto and from 1940-50 in Montreal. Principal A. S. Elson re- called that in the first year of its existence in 1955 when classes were held on a shift basis in Richmond Hill, the school had 410 pupils. When the student body took up re- sidence in their new build- ing in 1956, they were 500 strong. Since that time, the new vocational wing has been added. This was open- ed in the fall of 1963. The first part of the new provincial plan was success- fully put into operation last year. This provides both a four and a five year course ’School (it's official title as of last winter) opened its doors on September 3rd to slightly more than 1200 students, an increase of ab- out 125 ovcr last year. NORTH RICHVALE NEWS It was back to school for four Thornhill-ites last week and from left as they pose on the walk up toiThornhill Secondary School are Walter Morasutti, John Secogq, Fred thlih and sister, Janice Echlin. Correspondent: Ed. Baker 67 Weldrick Rd., TU. 4-0016 {ET McLEAN 111 Secondary official title as ’er) opened its Back To Halls Of Ivy Anyone with news of Richvale is asked to con- tact your correspondent. Welcome Home Mrs. Hazel Lenton and daughter Mary of Weldrick Road, returned home this week from a nice vacation to the Channel Islands and England. Welcome to our new neigh- bors Mr. and Mrs. Evan Hines with one child a boy of eight months 01¢ They have moved in to 20 Weldrick Road. Their previous home was in Sydney, Cape Breton. Mrs. Hines’ mother and father Mr. and Mrs. Clyde moved into this district with the Hannabourg family. During their 12 years in‘ Richvale. Mr. and Mrs. Dair have lived at 33 Scott Drive. They have two daughters, Erika and Willa. When Mrs. Dair joins her husband in Ja- maica, about the middle of 0c- tober. she will be accompanied by Willa. Erika will join the famin group a little later. “We are all really excited about the move." says Mrs. Dair. In 1956-57, he was in the Netherlands on a Canadian Government Overseas Award. Thornhill Secondary this year has three grade 13 classes with approximately 100 students, the largest grade 13 the school has had. Grade 13 will operate on a 42 period week this year, having two extra teaching period‘s Mondays and Tues- days. This is to enable stud- ents to properly get time in for five options. in each of the three divis- ions in the school, academic. commercial and technical. This year, the new system will be operating in grades 9 and 10. Mr. Elson feels the basic idea of the new syst- em is a good one, that it is “a sound approach". "It is not a static system" he stat- ed. “there will be variations introduced from time tq time". 'l‘vmou Bl. E ? CALL BA. I - 0485 AN R.E.T.A. MEMBER BAKER ELECTRONIC SERVICE \, §\.\§. \ At Thornhill S.S. 1Honeymoon In North Residing In 'Richvale T h o r n hill Presbyterian? length Church was the setting for the organc‘ recent wedding of Miss June bodice Davidge, daughter of Mr. and ridesct Mrs. Ernest Davidge of Thorn- Her 1 hill to Mr. Campbell Hender- med w son. son of Mr. and Mrs. Camp- was h bell Henderson of Grimsby. quins Rev. William Clow of St. Catharines, cousin of the groom officiated. Given in marriage by her father. the bride chose a full Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Leek and family attended the ser- vice in the Old Mennonite log church at Edgeley. The church was built in 1824 and has been kept in perfect condition. This is the first service held there in 40 years. The form of Sun- day's service followed early customs; the men sat on one side of the church and the women opposite. Mrs. Leek felt this accounted in part for the excellent congregational sing- ing. No musical instruments were used. It was of interest to Mrs. Leek to hear Rev. Alvin Baker whom she had taught. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Young and children attended morning services. guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burton. M. Jean Paul Giles of Mont- real visited his cousin Mrs. Harry Burton over the week- end. Mr. William McKnight, bro- ther Tom and sister Janet of Grand Valley were guests of! Mrs. W. Wellman for dinner recently. The McKnights fam- ily were residents and lived; on the Watford farm. 1 Other guests for dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Barker and Mrs. Norman Brodie. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Well- man and family visited in Tor- onto at the home of Mrs. Well- man‘s brother. Gordon Mar- shall; also with her aunts. the Misses Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Cummer Lee and family spent Sunday in Toronto with Mrs. Lee's mother, Mrs. M. E. McDougall. This year‘s staff of 60 teachers will be augmented with four Master teachers who will circulate among the York Central District’s four high schools, doing some teaching and advising teachers. Mr. T. Roebuck who is the master teacher of English will be based at Thornhill and work from there. Mr. Elson will have as his assistant this year Mr. A. Murch who will be acting vice-principal at Thornhill. Mr. Murch is to be the prin- cipal of the new Langstaff High School when it opens next year. Mr. H. J. Jensen has also been named as an administration assistant as well as a teacher of science. Headford News Some changes have been made in department heads at the school this year, al- Mrs. Loren Guild R.R. 2, Gormley Phone TU. 4-3040 (Photo by Barbour.) Mrs. Doreen Smith, sister of the bride, was matron of hon- our, and Mrs. Betty Morrey and Miss Marsha Henderson, sister .of the groom were bridesmaids. All were dressed alike in hell shaped gowns of mint green nylon taffeta, with matching headbands and carried nose- gays of pink carnations. Miss Wanda Lichacz, cousin of the groom was flower girl, wearing white organdy. She carried a nosegay of red roses. length gown of white nylon organdy over taffeta. The lace bodice was trimmed with ir- ridescent sequins and pearls. Her elbow-length veil. trim- med with a band of French lace was held by a coronet of se- quins and pearls and she car- ried a cascade of red roses and white Chrysanthemums. Mr. Raymond Moorey was best man, ushers were Mr. John Nicholson and Mr. Ian Henderson. brother of the groom. Following the wedding. a re- ception for 80 guests was held in the church reception hall. The bride's mother received in a sheath gown of yellow nylon over silk with white ac- cessories. The groom‘s mother chose a sheath gown of lilac brocade with beige accessories. For their honeymoon trip to northern Ontario the bride wore a yellow three piece suit with white accessories. The couple are making their home in Richvale. MARKHAM: Markham Arena was officially opened last Fri- day with ceremonies and a dance. though the bulk of depart- ment heads remain as last year. Mr. N. Jefferson will again be head of the math- ematics department: Mr. E. Gillan of science; Mr. J. Turko of modern languages; Mr. D. Anderson of guid- ance. Miss J Davidson, home economics; Mrs. H. Furse, Latin; Mr. J. Kajioka. geog- raphy; Mr. E. Lazar, music; Mrs. E. Trott, art; Mrs. B. O‘Shea, girls‘ physical edu- cation and Mr. C. Seath, boys’ physical education. Mrs. J. Hurson will continue as commercial director and Mr. R. Templeton as shop director. The new head of the Eng- lish department will be Mr. G. Barr who was formerly at Weston Collegiate. Head of the history department will be Mr. V. Pitkanen. we have to make room for the new models Baker's Sales 8. Service Ltd. / Sorry, We Can’t. Quote Our Low Prices Over the Phone FOR PRICES YOU CAN’T AFFORD T0 MISS Bowlingr The Thornhill Ladies Five Pin Bowling League went into action again last Tuesday at- ternoon. This group has been playing for "years and years" and would welcome new mem- bers. It‘s a strictly “for fun" bunch and you don't have to be a good bowler to play. The league plays each Tuesday afternoon at 1.30 pm. at the North Yonge Bowling alley, just north of Finch Avenue. If you’re interested in joining, ‘call Mrs. Anita Clark at 285- 3803. Cost works out at $1.00 per week, made up of 25c per game and a 25c contribution to the end-of-season prize money. There are four teams September 4th with the presi- dent, Mrs. H. R. Howden preâ€"1 siding. Mrs. D. Spafford gave‘ a report on the returns from‘ the garden party tea held in June and it was announced that the auxiliary had been able to forward a cheque to headquarters for more than $400. The auxiliary is more or less marking time for the present. It is expected that the York Central Hospital will open by December 1. Until the hos- pital does open. the auxiliary members will be unable to take the training required be- fore they can be of service in the hospital. It is necessary for the hospital to be functioning ,e__ _..|__.._ LLA_. in the league and last year some 34 ladies from the Thorn- hill area played. Transportaâ€" tion can be arranged for any- one who needs it. And, of in- terest to mothers of young childnen - there is a nursery at the alley where children of any age can be accommodated. free of charge. OK mother, hop to it. and call Mrs. Clark. You’ll need something to keep you in trim over the winter you know! Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hanna, Elgin Street, returned at the beginning of September from a three and a half week holiday which they spent motoring to Vancouver and back. They went via Trans-Canada High- Way going out and through the US. on the way back, having a most interesting trip. They made a point of stopping for a day or so at large cities and other points of interest, stay- ing a day in Banff (and saw Bill Stratton who was working there); two days at Jasper (and visited with John Maver who was working there); two days in Vancouver, a day and a half in Victoria, and so on. Mrs. Hanna found the ferry ride to Nanaimo and to Vic- toria most interesting and the flowers in Victoria “simply gorgeous". It was Mrs. Hanna’s first trip to the West. She thought Vancouver a lovely city but 'felt the damp weather wouldn’t suit her very long. I963 RAMBLER'S The Thornhill community' was happy to welcome some new members this summer, Dr. and Mrs. John B. Fotheringham and their four children. Lately of Don Mills, the Fathering- hams are happily settled in at 127 Elgin Street. A psychia- trist, Dr. Fotheringham is as- sociated with the Toronto Psy- chiatric Hospital. Hospital Auxiliary The first general meeting for the fall season of the Thornhill Branch of the York Central Hospital Auxiliary was held on "‘--i‘_‘ii“““‘; fiERAE CLASSIFIEDS-Get Results-TU.4-IIOS Thornhill and District News 9144 YONGE STREET To buy pickling; and preserving needs‘and to fill the family freezer with fine foods from We feature an abundant selection of choice i vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry, eggs, cream, home baking, delicatessen, honey, etc. I â€" also â€" Cut flowers, house plants, and perennial roots Canadian handicrafts and small antiques Open Every Saturday at 7:30 am. SNACK BAR AMPLE PARKING I} Yonge and Elgin Sts. â€" Thornhill YORK FARMERS' MARKET TELEPHONE AV. 5-2331 SEE The auxiliary is more or less marking time for the present. It is expected that the York Central Hospital will open by December 1. Until the hos- pital does open. the auxiliary members will be unable to take the training required be- fore they can be of service in the hospital. It is necessary for the hospital to be functioning so they can see where they will best fit in. The next meet- ing will be the first Wednes- day in October and a “pick-meâ€" up" drive is being planned to get out all the members of the auxiliary to this meeting. Home & School Association In spite of the “back to ‘school" rush, the entire execu- tive of the Thornhill Home & School Association turned out for their first executive meeting of the year at Kay Burgess‘s on September 3. The roster was complete, even to past presi- duent Pat Trant, complete witfi“ beard. and newly appointed principal Mr. R. Urquhart. Plans were made for the sea- son's activities, including the “get acquainted" meeting for September 10 (about which more next week). A theatre night is heingi‘ planned for the Crest Thea-l tre's production of “Bornl Yesterday" on November 5. Tickets will be available from Mable Crawford at AV. 5-1427 . and from Marion Duncan, AV. 5-1768. 2 VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES RICHMOND HILL BRANCH Mrs. P. Stockdale Richmond Hill Municipal Hall PHONE TU. 4-4101 It was announced at the executive meeting that the permit had been applied for the Oral French less- ons to be held after hours in the school and teacher Mrs. Jo Neely is all ready to begin teaching grade 7 and 8 students. Mrs. Neely had over 20 students in each of her two classes last spring, and expects the same number again. V. 0’ M. “The Liberal" is always pleased to publish items of interest contributed by Its readers in the Thornhill area. Our representative in Thomhill is Mrs. Margaret McLean, who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-2331. 5 O i Have Your Diamond i Examine-d 8: Cleaned g ‘ FREE é >00. Horticultural Society Members of the horticultural society are looking forward to their September showing of flowers. fruits and vegetables. the second largest of the year. It will be held at Thornhill United Church on September 17 and the public is invited. Members will have their speci- mens set up as soon after 7 p.m. as possible. The general meeting of the society will commence at 8 p.m. while the judging of the show is taking place. A feature of the meeting will be the showing of a film entitled “Budget Flower Ar- ranging”. This film was shown at the annual convention of the Ontario Horticultural So- 'membership. So make a note of the date - September 17. 8 p.m. - and. come to this friendly gather“ ing. Refreshments will be serv-T ed following the meeting. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. C. Grant Gib-i son, Thornbank Road, returned. last week from a holiday in! western Canada. Mrs. Gibson spent 11 days with her mother," Mrs. D. I. Kerfoot at Oak Ba‘vfl Victoria. Mr. Gibson visited; several cattle ranches near‘ Cochrane and Waterton {Lake and spent five days at a con- vention at the Banff School of Fine Arts. Miss Joan Gibson is interning in occupational therapy at the Ontario Hospit- al in Brockville until she re- ciety last spring and members turns to the University of‘Tor- who saw it there felt it would onto later this month. WQM3M6“MOM”¢¢ C6344 The smooth, light beer brewed by CARLING be of interest to membership. Cincinnati Cream lager Beer 'ust . say the general OUTSIDE Richmond Stone Products "LIBERAL" CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS Phone TU. 4-1105 Do It Yourself It's Time For Back-To-School Cleaning Phone AV. 5 4844 Elgin Mills Rd. RICHMOND HILL. ONT. 3g, CEMENT SLABS i} PATIOS g: STEPS ALL COLOURS Yonge St.. North of