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‘31: 14 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday. October 24th. 1963 W c t a v u v TELEPHONE AV. 5-2331 REV. HIGGINS BEFORE MODERN BUILDING hornhiII and District News "The Liberal" is always pleased to contributed by its readers in the Thornhill area. Our representative in Thornhill is Mrs. Margaret McLean. who may be reached by phoning AV. 5-2331. publish items of Interest Community Happenings In Thornhill noiy Trinity News VThe general meeting of the Parish Guild was held October ‘15. President Mrs. Ruth Gall opened the meeting with the be preaching. Dr. Long‘s his- tory of the church will be sent to each family prior to anni- versary Sunday. Susan Fairy walking off with first prize and Ricky Hopper taking fourth prize. (Isn’t it nice to know that some boys was given to their small daugh- ter. Linda. by her grandparents. it its * * Now I know that much more An anniversary dinner and can Write W611?) than just the above went on in Thornhill United Church Traces I60 Years Thornhill United (‘hurch will celebrate its lfithh anniversary with a service October ‘27. when Dr. E. E. Long. general secretary of the United (‘hurch of Canada will be special preacher. On October 28. at a congregational supper in the church auditorium, Rev. A. E. Baker of Toronto will speak. Paradoxically Thornhill United is both an old and a new church according to its historian. Dr. Herbert Paisley who has compiled a record of the past 160 years. By direct descent. the church and live in outlying areas. came from the first congrega- Today. a third or more of the tion in the area. established in congregation are families which the beginning years of the 19thihave moved to the community century by pioneers in a landin the past few years. where settlement was sparse. Ten years ago when the life was hard and travel and church celebrated its 150 years. communications slow. Iabout 425 families totalling It is young in the sense that'1.250 people were within the it reflects a changed social sit- church. At the close of last nation which in recent years year. families exceeded 500 and has seen an increasing numberIthe total was 1.840 with anoth- of people who carry on their er 175 in the sister congrega- occupations in large centres tion at Carrville. Circuit Preacher At Farm Church The church traces back to Wesleyan Methodist Church the preaching of a Methodist with which British Wesleyans circuit rider believed to be in Upper Canada united in the Nathan Bangs on the farm of 1840’s. pioneer settler Benjamin Ho- When the Methodist Church shel. 'a mile east of Langstaff of Canada was formed in 1883‘ on Highway 7. the Thornhill congregation be- Originally. the new congre- came a part of it and in 1925 gation like others in Upper went with it into the United Canada was aSsociated with the Churd‘ Of Canada“ Methodist Episcopal Church in From 1311 onwardsi the 00“- the us gregation held its services in A . the Cober School. a small build- In the 1820‘s. it entered into ing where today Langstaff the newly-formed Canadian School stands. In 1838. its first church was buill. roughly op- in faith. built their first house posile lhc Cobcr School and ‘ m 4 in of worship in 1838 on land 183.. II was moved to Centre deeded to the church by Eliza- Szrcel or what is Highway 7 both Lyons. a daughter of Jer- West. ‘emiah Atkinson, one of the or- iginal settlers in the district. Following its dedication In .1838. a year after the first Sun- ;day school was organized with Thomas Harris as superinten- dent. ‘ There the services con- tinued for more than 100 unbroken years until 1958 when the present building on Dudley Street was opcn~ ed. The original building is now the home of the Re_ In 1852. the church was mov- formed Church ed to Centre Street and It was . _ not until January. 1953. that the < After its I farmhouse andlstart of the present. larger. well- .school beginnings. the congre-lplanned church structure was Egation. small as it was in bothithe subject at an annual meet- mimbei‘s and finances but largeling. 5Congregation PIeched $125,000 ‘ It was at that meeting thatlin the church." iactive thought was given to ex- In what Dr. Paisley called ‘pansion and what and how it “An Adventure in Faith" church could be accomplished. members and adherents pledged _ Two years later. a fund rais- more than $125,000 plus later ‘ing campaign was approved for contributions. :3 new church, As well. there were generous After its initial start. the cam- individual gifts for furnishings paign was interrupted by the and a contribution of $3.000 ‘withdrawal of Dr. E. E. Kent from the women's association to accept a call from another and ladies’ guild. congregation. Plans were approved in June. Its new pastor. Rev. E. B. 1956, and the low bid of $242.- Eddy however plunged immed- 000 was authorized in January. lately into fund raising. 1957. In his history. Dr. Paisley Two senior elders. James says. “The undertaking was car- Johnston and Nelson J. ried forward with zeal and en- Smellie who with a third. thusiasm. The objectives were .1. E. Francis together rep- clear but the paths not always resented 125 years of ser- immediately definable. vice to the congregation. “Many people gave much turned the first sods on time and effort with a fine un- February 17, 1957. selfishness and aided by the Though the weather was bad. earnest support of others with- President of the Toronto Con- Ex L ‘1. slit”! 1 .71. ference of the United Church. Rev. A. D. Matheson and Rev. Everitt Ashton. chairman of the Toronto Centre Presbytery were among those present including ministers from nearby churches and municipalities. The cornerstone was laid on September 9. 1957. Representing the church in the formal ceremony were Building Committee Chairman R. S. Hansford. Recording Stew- ard N. L. Morton and Honorary Elder Mr. Francis. Toronto Conference President Rev. F. L. H. Stymicst, Toronto Centre Presbytery Chairman Rev. R. D. Binning and Thornhill-Rich- mond Hill Ministerial Associa- tion President Rev. C. H. Cham- bers were also there. One year later almost to the tdate of the sod turnng. the church was dedicated by the Very Rev. George Dorey. a for- mer United Church Moderator before an overflow congrega- tion and a week later. the first communion was held and new members received with Rev. Stymicsl as preacher. On February 24. an inter- denominational service was held with ministers of churches in Thornhill. Richmond Hill. Wil- lowdaie and Maple joining in the dedication of the building to community needs. When it hold its 150th anniv- ersary in 1953. about 1.500 took part in an open air service on the Leitchcroft Farm near the site where the circuit preacher held his meetings in 1803. The date was marked with music and an historical pageant. Among those present were George Hoshel of Vandorf. a great-grandson of the Hoshels who owned the farm and Thomas and George Lyons. des- cendants of Elizabeth Lyons who deeded the Yonge Street land where the church was built in 1838. A melodeon. the first musical instrument used in the church was still in existence In 1947. Thornhill’s present min- ister, Rev. A. I. Higgins. reading of the Guild prayer. A letter from Rev. H. R. flowden was read. asking mem- bers of the congregation to at- tend two very important key meetings of the church on Oct. '23 and 28. Tickets for the On- tario Hydro Showtime on Nov. 12 were reported to be selling very well. social evening is being arrang- ed for October 28 at 6:30 pm. Entertainment Will include speeches and music by the church choir. The Young People's Union members in grade 12 and over are invited to join the day-long rally and study at Mr. and Mrs. L. Clark’s cottage on October The honour of grade 5 was upheld by Margie Smithers who won first prize for her writing and by Stephen Timmins who won first prize for his art work. Thornhill grade 8 students carried the day in the exhibi- tion of art work. John Stod- dard was awarded first prize. Gillian Duder second and David 8A., 3.0., joined the church last fall after seven years as minister of First United Church in Victoria. B.C. He was inducted by Rev. R. Harold Farr. Glebe United Church and Chairman of the Toronto Centre Presbytery and Yorkminster United Church. Thornhill last week. so take pity on me. I haven't the time to ferret it all out and would love to have any of you give me a call (285-2331) so we could all. hear what you have been do- ing. Thornhill is a friendly place and we’re all interested in hearing what has been going on. so give us a call, won’t you? Speaker for the evening was Bishop of the Arctic. Right Rev. J). B. Marsh, D.D., who was introduced by Mr. Howden. Mr. Marsh told about the cus- toms of the Eskimo and the problems of the church in the Arctic. He told of the good that hite men have done for the skimo and also the bad ex- ample which some white men have set them. White men must live a Christian life in order to set an example for the Eskimo and not just talk about being Christian. he said. adding that it was the responsibilty of everyone to help the Eskimo ineet their problems. Mr. Marsh showed coloured Ilides of the Arctic and. after giving his address. answered many questions about the Eski- ino people. Hostesses for the evening were the Alpha group. The ball group will be in charge of the November 19 meeting and as they have a special project. something totally different, they asked for a good turnout at the meeting. it! it t It United Church News - The 160th anniversary of Thornhill Congregation will be observed October 27. with ser- vices at 11 a.m. and 7:30 pm. Rev. Dr. E. E. Long, Secretary of the General Council of the United Church of Canada, will TYPEWRITERS Used and Rebuilt TERMS 26. Subjects to be discussed Large third prize. will include. “If I were choosing a religion, why would I choose Christianity?" and “How do you live a Christian life in Thorn- hill in 1963?" During the Sunday evenings of November 3. 10. 17 and 24. and December I. there will be an evening service in the sanc- tuary of the church. The min- istcr will preach a series of sermons prior to Reformation, Sunday which will be observed December 1. Subjects of the sermons are: 1. The Need of The Reformation; 2. Three He- retics: 3. The Lordship of Jesus Christ; 4. The Justification By Faith; 5. Ethics and Politics. The senior choir will lead the church service. which will be conducted by the young people. Anyone wishing to act as a "spare" on the church bowling league is asked to call Mrs. Landon at 444-7567. The league bowls on Wednesday evenings at North Yonge Bowling Alley. 189. It It: Its ah It Thornhill Public School News A grand total of 13 young- sters at Thornhill Public School won prizes at the Woodbridge fair. and we offer them our hearty congratulations. Little Marlene Newton. a. grade 3 student. won a fourth‘ prize for her crayon drawing. In the grade 4 art exhibition. three Thornhill youngsters won prizes. Dan Hall won second prize. Kathy Billings third and Nancy Sills won fourth prize. While all the entries were‘ bad individual entries. unconâ€" nected with their school work.. Joel. who is in grade 2. won two first prizes with his calves.‘ and Randy. who is in grade 5.; won four firsts. one second and‘ two third prizes for his calves. Congratulations to you all! I )k * it its Thornhill Ladies' Bowling League Seems to me I must have had last week’s news about this bowling league a little mixed up as the posting at the October 15 games showed the Cameos leading with 161/; points. Sweet Caps and Matinees tied with 14 points. and the Exports trailing with Ill/é points. As of October 8, Phyllis Stockhart had the high single at 256. Anita Clark the high triple at 672. and Lil Langston the high average at II! It 10! Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hed- ley Millar. 142 Thornridge Dr.. for the Thanksgiving weekend were their son and daughter-in- law. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Millar of Montreal. A special welcome Ernest Petrie Funeral services were held school projects. two Thornhill; - students. Joel and Randy Baggs, Fuse Jewellery In Home Studio Thornhill graphic a r t i s t 5 Leonard and Grace Hutchinson are chief exponents of the craft of fused jewellery. According to a Toronto Globe and Mail feature story. fused jewellery. an Egyptian art which almost disappeared through the centuries. is now undergoing a small-scale revival in Canada and the United States, notably in the Toronto area by the Hutchinsons who work at home. Mr. Hutchinson. as craftsman and his wife as designer, discovered the craft almost by accident when listening to a descrip- tion of methods for fusing glass to metal for radio and television tubes. Experimenting with glass and silver. Mr. Hutchinson now turns out small jewellery pieces ‘to larger outdoor plaques sel- ing from $12.50 to $100 depend- ing on the time spent on them. Material donated by friends, broken tumblers, liquor glasses. bits from stained glass windows in all colors and shapes . . . are ’ rlhillllll SPACIOUS. SERENELY THORNHILL DISTRICTS BROWNIES GUIDES York Central Division A six-week pre-warrant train- ing has begun at Richmond Hill United Church for all new blue and brown Guiders. Ses- sions are held Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. with Mrs. F. and drizzling weather [didn't stop the youngsters from having a good time. 4th Thornhill Brownies Brown Owl Mrs. B. Rogers is back again as leader with. Mrs. A. St. John as her Tawnyl Thornhill House The grade 4 children also didi well in the writing contest. with recently following the death at home of Ernest Petrie. 81. of :47 Clarke Avenue. Thornhill. gathered and after Mrs. Hutch- inson draws the design and the glass is cut to the design it is Ford as Guide Trainer and Mrs. J. Fleming as Brownie Trainer. er. Owl. 5th Thornhill Brownies ‘ Mrs. M. Page will be assisted. BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR minister Rev. H. Egerton Young preached the sermon. A native of the Maritimes. Mr. Higgins is a graduate of Dalhousie University and Pine Hill Divinity School. After a perod with the RCAF. he was pastor at McKay Road United Church in Ottawa and then in Victoria. Dr. Paisley notes: “In this 160th anniversary year, the congregation rejoices. not pridefully but with thanks- giving. at what was accom- plished under God in the adventure in faith and will think gratefully of the men and women who prepared the way of service for this church in generations past." 4th Thornhill Girl Guides Former Lieutenant Miss L. Trudel has entered Loretto Ab- bey in Toronto as a novice. Miss Christine Knight will be‘ acting Lieutenant and will take two year training to be- come a provincial cadet. lst Langstaff Girl Guides Guides and Captain Mrs. P. Brown have Welcomed Miss Carol Rider as their new Lieu- tenant. ‘ VILLAGE TAXI "DOZE BUT From Thornhill (Rear of Bank of Commerce) To A More Convenient Location 2 STEELES AVE. EAST AT YONGE Convenient: Heated Waiting Room For Prompt Service Call A V. 5-1154-5 HAVE MOVED Open 24 Hrs. Daily NEVER CLOSE" Gutted By Blaze Man, Dog Escape A Thornhill house was gutted I Ieres E "01' WATER .-, "S of placed in a kiln. heated and cooled until it is the shape she. Thornhill District South District Commisioner Mrs. E. MARKHAM: A 51500 clock. A resident for the past 13 following a Sunday morning years. Mr. born in Mrs‘ 9.00 All MAKES with every new Student Regulation Typewriter TYPEWRITERS SERVICE AND REPAIRS BA. 5-4121 5633 Yonge St. Willowdale One block north of Finch Store Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. PROCLAMATION Notice Is Hereby Given That DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Will terminate in the Township of Markham at 2:00 o’clock a.m. on Sunday, October that time the clocks It‘ll] be set back an hour to Eastern Standard Time. This means that Sunday. October 27, will Time. Harry Crisp. Clerk wiring extra. has been installed? Petrie. in the hockey arena by Chese- borough-Ponds lCanadal Ltd. ‘Gardcns. ‘ M ' n ' I l° A member of Thornhill Unit- lVICTORIAN ORDER OF cc] Church, he is survived by Toronto, was a retired carpeâ€". jnter. The service was held from ’thc Pipher Funeral Home in .Richmond Hill Interment was jin Westminister Memorial Park‘ NURSES .wifc. Leah. son Clifford of London. a daught . M .J. M. RICHMOND HILL Stow of Thornheill. rs BRANCH of London. Mrs. P. Stockdale : Richmond Hill Municipalr. 1 Hall Hickman. P. Barclay. Elliott. R. Smith and J. lStow. 27, 1.963, and at MR. D. Featuring ~â€" bc on Standard Chas. Hooper, Reeve 7719 Yonge St. wants. Sterling silver is usually us- .ed as a frame. although some-‘â€" has been started in Hender- times gold and silver are com- son Avenue School. It meets bincd. The metal is cut to a paper pattern. refined. cleaned and buffed before receiving or clasps as lll rings or simply fused into the glass. The Hutchinsons have found _ brothers-{hazards although the process Clifford of Toronto and Charles appears simple. Only one of ievery six or seven pieces is ex- Pallbcarers were A. Picton.jpected to be saleable. otherslyear's J. crack or melt. For this reason. Owl. last year's Tawny 0W1. thheir craft won't be mass-pro- ‘duced. Wishes to Announce the Appointment to our Staff of PERRY Cushion-Cut PHONE A V. 5-1215 Thornhill by the new Tawny Owl Mrs]! .Newby and Gray Owl ‘ Dickinson. i x A fly-up ceremony on Octob-} :er 7 was held in Henderson, ‘Avenue School. Brownies from} the 3rd and 5th packs flew up‘ ‘to the lst and 4th Guide Comp-i ‘Brown has announced a new Brownie Pack â€" 6th Thornhill Mondays from 4 to 5:30 pm. ‘with Brown Owl Mrs. M. Cham- leI‘S. Tawny Owl Mrs. B. Slinn . . 'anies: Frances Bisho . Pamela .the glass. connected with clawsiand Gray Owl Mrs. B. Moore as Chambers. Debbio “inch. Mi; leaders' :chelle Morse. Carol Page anciI .lst Th9“‘hi“Br°W"‘eÂ¥ . . Bernadette Trudel. Walk-up. Bm‘m 0‘” Mrs' ‘1' Mad‘enz‘e Brownies were: Susanne Dick-i welcomes as new Tawny Owl. i _ inson. Maureen Lynch. Nora IMrS' N' Bur“de as we“ as 1(siRaven and Jocelyn Shewaltcr. .new Tweenies. Sixteen of last , . B Y District Commissioner Mrs. E. Bro‘m'“ “"th rom“Brown and Brownie parents were uests. Herbert g t lst Concord Brownies i The Brownies hiked to Will. Gray Owl and Mrs. Ispent a weekend reccntly a Camp Samac. Oshawa. Good ' . _ . . weather.‘ interesting n ature 80““ farm “here they 9mm" walks and trails. and a church ed a ride in a hay wagon and a. V. . cha el tour of the farm and a ponyE I2:111?“gnoftgengtgggfit Trtfoprlde. Of'particular interest was‘ made this an exciting outing.‘a palommo mare and her friSky‘ 12nd Thornhill Brownies little colt. Brown Owl Mrs. A. New Brown Owl Mrs. Frost's 1533mm Ta“? P011. M‘rE‘ D' home provided lovely trees and Gebrman an _ ac ‘9 “155 'J- room for the Brownies to pract- . '1 e'rs. supervlsed the Bro‘m' ise their outdoor lore. Assisting les' “hue MTS- MCCIYmont Md was Tawnv Owl Mrs. Secord. Mrs" M' Bateman C°°k9d 00?“ This Year there are 15 Tweenies 0: 1:9 20b, it‘d. hamburgers for bringing the total membershipt e “Deny” . of the pack to 29. which is too 15‘ Thomhlll Girl Guides _ large. There is a great need for! Elght Guldes and Captain Mi- volunteer leaders so that a new 55 31- .Gage. Lieutenant Mrs. J. pack can be formed_ opportun.‘Marchiori and Company Leader ities for training. as well as as- MISS 0 Leonard camped for sistance is promised any \'olun-]f1“€_3 days at Greenwood Conser-. tear to help a very rewarding vation Area. Miss Gage passed organization. her Campcrafl certificate, 3rd Thornhill Brownies 0995‘s “’9”? Mrs- J- Inglis 0f Seventeen Brownies and five RIChmond Hill the tester. anciI adults held a weekend camp an _OSha\\'a Girl Guide \\ ho was. recently at Camp Ma-Kee-Wa “Km? for her Gold Cord Chal~‘ near Orangeville. Camp Advisor 19ng9~ Mrs. J. Inglis and Brown Owl 2nd Thornhill Girl Guides Mrs. H. Riven were leaders. The Guides have a new cap. Gray Owl Mrs S. Mather and tain this year. My; .]_ Lieutenant Mrs. J. Marchiori head. who um have as her did the cooking, Packie Francis Lieutenant Mrs. .J. Moore and Barratt was an assistant. An Company Leader Miss J. Gil“ Indian theme was chosen. Cold lett. l wmte_ ren playing with matches. blaze which got a firm hold be- fore Richmond Hill Fire De- partment arrived on the scene. Damage to the rented house was estimated at $3.500 Fire Chief Alfred Stong said. Most. of the furnishings were also lost. The fire apparently start- ed in the upper storey of thel cement brick and frame house.‘ No one was injured. ‘ Tenant was Paul Hansen. a middle-aged landscaper who es- caped with his dog. Later. Richmond Hill Red Cross Disas- ter Committee Chairman Doug~ las Flynn helped outfit Mr. Hansen in new clothes. Most of the furnishings including.I furniture. furnace. television set and refrigerator were Mr.‘ Hansen's. ‘ This is the second case which. the Red Cross group has assist- ed in the past 10 days. A Gormley family was burned out} Fire at the home of Charles Sare. 336 Skopit Road on Oct- ober 16 resulted in about .51.~ 900 damage. One bedroom was completely gutted with smoke and water damage to the rest of the home. The call was received at 6:17 pm. Mr. Sai‘e commended Rich mond Hill firemen for their promplness and for treating his home like their own and _ helping with the mopping-up operations after the blaze was ’ put out. Firemen had instantly.. ‘ with a WATER gives your fami y all the without waiting. Heater there is no work . . less too.’ to put a few gallons of water on burning xii"in straw in an old building on MAPLE, ONTARIO 3mm“: Bayview Avenue. 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