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uu-uum W‘m‘m“mmmmmmu“mm”!“mlulu‘l‘llll‘ll\llfllll““ufluullulul“\“lullumu\uuuuuuuuuuuuu“mun-y ornhill Landmark Insurance Head Office gammummummuummmuummummumummummmmmuumuuuunmuumnmmunmuummmummmmmumumnmummummumumm“mmmu\mummnmmmumunmmmnmummmnm\ummmunnummmmmmnummummnmmmmlmxmmm\muummummnmmmmmmmmm«mummmmummmmmummmuuuumuuun1mmmmmnmuwnmmmmmummmmhmmnmmmmnmmmmi Thornhill Public School Children‘ Present Gay Christmas Concert! The concert was organized by grades and was opened by the presentation of two dances, a Virginia Reel and “Brother Come and Dance With Me" {Tom Hansel and Grethel .by the members of Mrs. Acheson's [rude 3 room. A lively Christmas concert turned into. was put on by the students and Mrs. Harrison’s grade 6 class staff of Thornhill Public School performed in a play entitled at Holy Trinity Parish Hall on “A Real Canadian Christmas". December 11. Leading roles were played by The concert was organized Kenneth Moore and Anne by grades and was opened by Clark. The play told how the the presentation of two dances. customs and traditions of new- a Virginia Reel and “Brother comers to Canada are combined Come and Dance With Me" with Canadian customs. Next came a play by the members of Mrs. McBride's grade 4 class. called “Christ- mas Symbols" and this was remarkable for the wondrous Costumes â€"- for which a vote of thanks goes to a group of devoted mothers. Mrs. Hlll‘s grade 5 class participated in choral speaking whlch was beautifully done. The piece was entitled “The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus” by Ogden Nash. Starr- Ing roles were taken by Mary Goodwin as Santa, Dean Mofâ€" fat as the boy who laughed and Douglas Charlton as the jack-In-the-box the . boy was By DORIS M. FITZGERALD The old year ends auspiciously for Thornhill's business section with the announcement that the head office of two insurance companies â€"- the York Fire and Casualty Co., and the Trans- portation Fire and Casualty Co., has been established at 7699 Yonge Street. This beautifully renovated building adds a touch of elegance to the main street, and the insurance companies will be offering career opportunities to young men and women in the district. “We've been operating in Toronto for some years,” said Warren Bryce the personable young manager, but there is a great concentration of insurance companies in the city. We decided to join our agents in the field, and believe that We can service them as well, or better, from this conve- Hien't'ly'sifiuated rural office. Educated at Upper Canada College Duffesrin Lane n the happy spirit of the Christmas season, we send sincerest greetings'to our loyal friends and customers, with hearty thanks for their patronage HJ. MILLS LTD. FLORISTS Mr. Olver's enthusiastic grade 7 class presented three skits. The first was entitled "The Real Reason the South Lost the Civil War"; the second was a take-off entitled “The Queens- ton Trio" and the final one was hr comedy entitled “The Tidy Bugs vs. the Ligterbuxgi'. "A Day of Pleasant Bread" was the title of a play present- ed by the grade 8 class which is taught jointly by Mrs. Little- john and Mr. Urquhart. The main roles in this were taken by Peter Law, Susan Herbert, Gary Synowicki, Jill Stewart. Jennifer McIntosh and Chris Sills â€" whose Scottish accent just about brought down the house every time he opened his mouth! ifiififiifimfifiififiinuimuuunfiifiuimfii When purchased from David Mc- Lean the prospective head oflfice consisted of ground floor business premises, with an apartment above so considerable remodelling was necessary to make it a complete nnit again. Great pains were taken to preserve the architectural charm of the exterior. Two large plate glass windows were replaced by tall, shuttered windows More in keeping with the original design. A double width entrance door with distinctive hand wrought brass handles was installed and the small addition at the south end was given and the University of Toronto, Warren Bryce moved to Thornhill with his parents in 1954. He married Jean Keith and they now have two children and a home in the village. Incidentally Mrs. Bryce is a niece of Bob Keith of Richmond Hill, and of the Thornhill Garden Centre, T h e gymnasium-auditorium of Thornhill Secondary School echoed to unaccustomed treble‘ voices on December ‘19 when: the children of the staff mem“ bers were entertained at a Christmas party. Some 40 youngsters attended and were thrilled to play on the trampo-‘ lines and with other equipment which the physical education department had set out for their enjoyment. And so the parents could enjoy themselves, a group of senior students were on hand to look ,after the children and organize games for them. Thornhill Secondary School Community Happeninga' In Thornhill Santa Claus of course Thomhill and District News mmxmmiiiififiinumfifimmw TELEPHONE AV. 5-2331 m THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 26th mark Insurance Head Office to, Warren with his a pitched roof. The interior, however, hes been ed joists, and wooden pegs, a type 01’ construction commonly used long ago for the young doctor at Yonge and Colbomer Streets. No one had any , 1968 1Q mummmmmummmimmmummmmmmnmmnnummmnmmmum“mmmummnnnmmw W E g EPINDER BROS. no; STEEL llNTEle I BEAMS “ mnmmmmm Richmond Hill put in an appearance and distributed toys from his throne on the stage. And if his voice and inflections were those of a well-known teacher of histOry, no one appeared to notice. (And I’ll bet Mr. Foley enjoyed it more than the kids did). As the ladies had thought- fully come bearing deli- cious oasSeroles and what- have-you a buffet lunch Was enjoyed in the cafete- ria. This was followed by a sing-song and the gather- ing broke up about 7:30. On December 20, an assembly was held for the entire student body (how they packed them a pitched roof. The interior, however, has been completely, and tastefully modernized. The new lobby is panelled with rose- wood, and mahogany is effectively used for the same purpose in the spacious offices. Ceilings are of acoustic tile, and the floors will be covered with broad- loom, except in the corridors and wash. rooms where vinyl has been used. Upstairs, work is still proceeding on the large board room, and other offices. “The electric wiring, plumbing and heating ducts are all new and some partitions were moved so we practically stripped the walls to the framework inside,” said Mr. Bryce, who acted as contractor, and at one time had 18 men working on the job. “We uncovered 14 inch hand hewn beams, boards 23 inches wide, and a. double floor 18 inches thick. The two European carpenters were especially interested in the mortis- “The Liberal" is always pleased to publish items of inteer contributed by m renden In the Thomhnl area. Our reprelentatlve in Thornhill is Mn. Mex-met McLean, who mny be reached by phoning AV. ($2331. in, I don't know). Santa Claus put in an appearance here too‘ although not to distribute toysl Carol singing was much enjoy- ed as was a musical selection sung by Mr. A. Anderson who has been doing considerable supply teaching at the school. To the tune of “The 12 Days of Christina" Mr. Anderson sang “The 12 Den of Footbnll”, the lyrics of which were com- :posed by Mr. Seath, head of the phys. ed. department, and ‘which included the names of each member of the football \team. Another number which was well received was composed by Mr. Seath and Mrs. O’Shea jointly and went to the tune of “It Must Be Suite". Master of ceremonies was Ted Mac~ Ghee. Mr. Murch opened the assembly and Principal Eison spoke a few words on closing, while Mr. Foley gave a Christ- mas message to the students. Santa Arrives M T'Hill Lion's Club United Church News The Christmas dinner meet- ing of the U. C. W. of United Church was held early in December. The devotional was taken by unit 2 with Jean Bryce, V1 Johnston and Vickie Dohefly in charge. (Continued From Page 1) ‘ the piano and Glen Cooper on drums with an assist from Lion Eilert Sand and his violin â€"- and it's a moot point as to who enjoyed the music more, the children or Mr. Sand! Finally, after his cue, the opening bars of “Here Comes Santa Claus”, had been repeat- ed several times. Santa did ap- pear, and a right jolly old elf he was too. bearing a striking resemblance to Lion Willard Simpson. Santa patted all the children on the head as he made his way up the aisle, stopping to speak to all the little ones. He was finally seat- ed on the steps leading up to ‘the stage and began the import- iant work of the evening â€" dis- tributing presents. Santa was‘ assisted by Lions Dennis Moore and Harold Keller and within a‘ very short while, every youngs- ter had received a nicely wrap- ped present and a very well stuffed Christmas stocking. Of course they didn’t stay wrapped very long, as eager little fing- ers were quick to discard the bright wrappings and enjo their present. ' The meal was catered for by the ladies of the Holy Trinity ‘Pariah Guild â€" and I’m sure 1 if they spread around just how capany the Liam managed the serving and clearing away, Ithere will be a lot of Lions pressed into service at home. All but one little tyke â€"‘ dressed in a bright red sweater, ‘ torn jeans and running shoes. he was about four years old, and wandered around with his present tightly clasped under one arm, his stocking under the other, needing no other ex- citement than just to carry them. He was finally coaxed into opening his parcel which revealed a handsome toy truck. Still he refused to remove it from its plastic wrapping and after gazing at it. speechless, for some time, put it under his arm and stood waiting to be taken home, his happiness com- ;plete. The Lions appeared to enjoy the whole business just about as much as did the children. Lion Jack Bentham had entered into the spirit of the occasion wholeheartedly and sported a bright red vest, figured with white spots, together with 1 gay felt bow tie made in the shape; of holly leaves and decorated; with red berries. Lion Bob Rob-; erts was 1150 very dashing 1n ai red vest. I ed joists, and wooden pegs. a type of construction commonly used long ago in their homeland. We feel now that this building is good for another hundred years,” he commented with understandable satisfaction. The exact age of the attractive edi- fice has not been determined but it was probably erected in the late eighteen forties when Sutton Richard Frizzell who lived in the present Wil- lard Simpson house at John and Yonge Streets began to divide up his property. In 1854 John Carter sold it for 300 pounds to Dr. John N. Reid who sub- sequently added the second story. Dr. Reid was a son of Dr. and Mrs. John Reid who came to Thornhill from Ireland in the eighteen thirties, bring- ing with their family a devout Irish servant girl named Anne Preston. When Mrs. Reid died “Holy Anne" looked after the children, and later kept house Guest speaker was Mrs. H.- rold Jackson, chairman of the finance committee of the To- ronto Centre Presbytery of the U.C.W. Mn. Jackson told of just what is done with the funds turned in by each group of the U.C.W., and where the money is spent. ‘ Along with all the other churches in the area, Thornhill United Church was the scene of much Christmas activity aimst all of December. The lovely C.G.I.T. Vesper Christ- mss Service was held on De- ember 15 White Gift Sunday was also observed on December 15. On December 22 at 9:30 a.m., a family service was held, with the regular Christmas service being held at 11 am. At the evening service on December 22 there were “carols in the candlelight" â€"â€" a pro- gramme of Christmas carols and music by the choir. A; Christmas Communion service was held on December 24 at} 11:15 pm. On December 14, the couples club held their annual Christmas dinner and {social evening and on the ‘evening of December 8. the members of the Young People’s Union wrapped gifts for mental patients. Special guests for the even. ing were the Bell Ringers of Richmond Hill. This is a new musical ensemble whose mem- bers perform on bells. It is directed by Mrs. Vera Diamond. and this marked the group’s first public appearance. Their numbers were much enjoyed by the ladies. Mrs. Norma Martin was in charge of the evening which was very well nttended. Participating in the C.G.I.T. Cmdiellghting Vesper service at the Presbyterian Church on December 15 were the 3, 4 and 5 year olds of the church school who presented “The First Christmas"; the girls of the C.G.I.T. under the leader- ship of Mrs. '1‘. Blair and Mrs. R. Anderson; members of the 4th Thornhm Scout Troup who acted as ushers, and Rev D. T. Evans who pronounced the benediction. Presbyterian Church News A special service was also held on December 8 to dedicate the recently completed omn in the church. The dedication concluded with the singing, by the choir and the con- gregation of “The Old Hundredth Psalm" compos- ed by R. Vaughan Williams for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. A duet “Be Thou Exalted” was sung by Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Clark. Rev. Higgins' sermon tor the day was entitled “The Power of a Song". readings were given by Janis Quilt! and Linda Evens. This was followed by prayer led by Mrs. Blair. Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Anderson also joined to tell “A Story". For the actual candlelighting service, the first candlelighter was Diane Sur- ridge. the second Glenda Evan- and the third. Milly Clow. On December 22, members: of the Presbyteens and the young people’s group went about singing Christmas carols for shut-ins in the congregation. On Christmas day. a family service was held at 10 a.m., with the children invited to ‘bring with them to the service.‘ ‘their favourite gilt. Holy Trinity New The members of the couples club, the Junior and lenior‘ choirs and their families and the Trinity Teens and Twentie- all combined forces on Satur- day evening, December 21. to go “Carolling” at the home of shut-ins and senior member: of the congregation. The group came back to the church to enjoy well-earned refreshments afterwards. On December 20, the mem- bers of the Alt-r Guild met at the church to deck the church out in beautiful Christmas costume. The members of the Thorn- hill Ladies Bowling League rolled their last balls for 1963 on December 17 and at the same time enjoyed a Christmas snack luncheon. The ladies competed against their peers for prizes. being divided into four groups according to their handicaps. Lucky indies who curried off prizes were Ev Burden for a high triple score of 692, Ruth Brain 657. Billie Maver 625 and Glad Smith. 597. All these ladies won turkeys. Second prise wine nor: were Helen Smith. 670, Helen Large, 840. Joan Fulton 583 and Lynn Radford. 5'15 and this mun won a handsome set of towels. Winners of prices for hidden scores were Audrey Stroud. Grace Saunders and Elma Kent. Thornhill Ladies Bowling League IN THE ESTATE of LORAL MABEL BORD. late of the Township of Mun-khan. In the County of York, Widaw. Notice to Creditors and others ALL PERSONS having claims against the Estate of Lornl Mabel Hord, late of the Town- ship of Markham. in the Countyi of York, Widow, Deceased, who died on or about the 5th day of May, 1963, are hereby notified to send to the undersigned Ad- ministrator of the Estate and Effects of the said Deceased on or before the 9th day of Janua- ry, 1964. full particulars of their claims. Immediately after the said date, the Administrator will distribute the usete oi the said deceased having regard only to such claims of which he shall then have notice. for the young doctor at Yonge and Colborne Streets. No one had any inkling then that Anne would one day become quite famous as the subject of a widely read little book, “An Irish Saint_”, by_ Helen E. Bingham. In 1900 J. E. Francis a rising and respected Thornhill businessman bought the well treed property from the Reid estate and lived there until 1946, when he and his daughter moved to a bun- galow. The next owner, David McLean, a young Thornhill man converted the house to a real estate office but put it up for sale this year after purchas- ing and moving to the Riddell property on the west side of _Yonge Street. At this special season we would like to extend a warm welcome and best wishes for the future to Mr. Bryce, his companies and his staff. May they never have reason to regret the move to Thornhill. Team sanding at the close of the season was as follows: Matinee: 34; Sweet Cap: 29; Belvederes 28. Cameo: 28, Black Cats 27 and Exports 22. Bowling will recommenoe on Jnnuary 7. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. E. Oiver of Weltwood Lane who received an‘ early Christmas present on Decem- ber 12 with the arrival of a 9 lb. 2 0:. baby boy, hon; at the York County Hospital. Newmarket. Mr. Olver teaches the grade 7 class at Thomhtll Public School. llBERAl ClflSSlFIEDSâ€"Get Results-TU.4-IIOS And best wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery to Mr. 1!. C. Urquhert, principnl of Thornhili Public School who underwent surgery at the Brannon Hospital on December 18 and had the unhappy expe- rience of spending Christmas in hospital. gmmmzmmmmmmmm; fimwmmm Tv'mounu? , ‘ CAILBAO‘IIMBS m mm. MEMBER I BAKER ELECTRONIC SERVICE For delivery of “The Liberal” to your home on Clarke - Morgan Henderson Avenues please telephone The Memorial Fund of the hospital continues to grow due to the constant desire on the part of friends and relatives to remember in some tangible and helpful way the memory of those loved and revered. Gifts small and large may be sent e/o Th_e_Y9rk Q‘en'gi'al Hospital Memorial Fund . nu,I.,d__J IIEII Brewers’ Retail Stores Open to 9 pm. 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