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- Jane McLaren. Thornhill Vil- lage librarian was the guest speaker at the October meet- ing of the local women's insti- tute. held at (he home of Mrs. «R. Holmes. 2 Fairview Ave. New Books Presented To Library By Thornhill W.|. , Miss McLaren brought to the meeting some very old. as Well as some very up-to-date books. ”One of the old books was “Kipling Poems" published in 1897 When the library was first opened in 1843. it cost 5 shillings to join, reported Miss McLaren. In 1920 there were 720 books on the shelves in comparison to over 6.000 today. one third being children‘s books. The library has been located in the Masonic Hall. the pub- lic school. the McNeil Bullding and is now on Colborne. Street. At nne stage. the library moved {our times in ten years. On- erated by a library board with nine members who 'The annual powder puff football game at Thornhill Secondary School October 30, raised $130 from an admission charge of only .200 a person. This money will be donated to the Loyal True Blue Orange Home, Jeffer- son. In former years similar donations have been made to the Metro United Appeal. If you are wondering what the “powder puff” stands for, take a good look at the players in the above picture. They are (left to right) Susan Ball, Marg Doogan, Susan Jackson. They are members of the True Blue team which defeated the Orange team 13-0 in a hard-fought game. Equipment for this annual event. was borrowed from the school‘s teams and a large rooting section was out to cheer the girls on to best efforts. Thornhill and District News THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday. Nov. 19, 1964 Annual Po wa’er Puff Football PHONE 285-3190 “Clearing in the West" by Nel- ly McClung and "From a Road- side Window" by Ethel Chap- man) editor of the women's in- stitute publication “Home and Country." Motto of the October meet- ing was “This Is a Free Wheelâ€" ing Job And The Position Is What You Make it." Roll call was answered by members telling “What I Admire In Eld- derly Women." Com'enor of community activities and pub- lic relations Mrs. P. Bone was in charge of the meeting. Host- esses for the evening were Mrs. C. Thompson and Mrs. R. Hol- mes. meet once a month, it now has 311 adult members and 891 children. Mrs. C. F. Johns thanked Miss MacLaren for her inter- esting talk and presented her with two books for the library, Mrs. H. Mizen. the new pre- sident was in me chair for the September meeting. held at the “The Liberal” is always pleased to publish items of lntores‘ contributed by its readers in the Thornhill area. 01.! “We owe it to the colleges ito help them out," said Miss re-‘Audrey Leary when asked if nelpupils sufl'ered from having he‘practice teachers from teachers‘l â€" colleges in the classroom. "I! have had practice teachers fori‘ eight years.” she reported at‘ llast Thursday night's Vaughanl‘ iTownship School Area Board} Zmeeting. “and the children. â€" ‘have not suflered. It also givesg \the board a chance to find out = {who are going to be good teach- ers among those who spend practice periods in our schools." For four one week per- i tods students from Lake- } shore Teachers’ College and Toronto Teachers‘ Col- lege Will be assigned to 15 2 classrooms in the township. One of these periods was 5 the week of November 2. Superintendent Russell MacDonald reported the ‘ colleges had asked for class- . rooms in which there were more than one grade. Teachers of the classrooms affected are: Mrs. Florence Thomas. Brian Robinson, Mrs. lMarjorie Stewart. Mrs. Willa Redman. William Hazel], Mrs. Kathleen Hel‘fron. Mrs. Lyllian Reid, Malcolm McRoherts, Mrs. Hortense Witherspoon. Mrs. Mae Hopkins. Miss Audrey Leary. Mrs. Signe Snar)‘. Roy Robson. Ernest Dubkowski t home of Mrs. C. P. Johns, 7636 Yonge Street. Motto for the meeting was ”There Is History In All Men's Lives, Don‘t Let Yesterday Use Up Too Much of Today." Roll call was answer- ed by members speaking on “A Hobby For My Old Age." His- torical research was the theme of the meeting and Mrs. T. Empringham gave an interest- ing paper on the history of ’I‘hornhill. Hostesses were Mrs. C. P. Johns and Mrs. P. Kirby. Vaughan Twp. Students Teach In 15 Classrooms Our representative in Thornhill is Mrs. Jo Cruise who may he reached by phoning 285-3190 of cost w The .‘ hat all (Photo by Barbour) Ernest [cWhirter trintendex ue developed ent reported ienced teach- bm 5’ their 4.000 2 and} SOMETHING TO RENT Mrs. H. Spafford. Arnold Avenue. recently completed a three day session in Hamilton. where she attended the last of a two year course to be an ac- credited judge of floral arrange- ments. The course is sponsored by the Garden Clubs of Ont- ario and was held at the Royal Botanical Gardens. Ladies from all over the province attended. The feature speaker was Lois‘ Wilson. past president of. the Toronto Garden Club, and garden editor for Chatelaine magazine. Thornhill residents welcome\53nta will Mr. and Mrs. Leslie O'Hagan.and there ‘ and their children. Heather, candy, toys Maureen, Shawn. Jan and John Santa's den who recently moved to 43 Elgin A Rpmen 51. from Willowdale. Mr.;was held in O'Hagan, well known in the ember 11. area. has a real estate office in John Coler Thornhill. yqnnakor M Queen Scout Paul Spaf‘fordi attended a reunion over the weekend of the Scouts with1 whom he toured Britain last summer. The reunion was held at the home of George Ginou, Bridle Path Road. where the boys swam in the Ginou indoor pool. The pool is surrounded by palm trees and tropical] flowers. Slides were shown at} the Scouts’ trip abroad during[ the evening. Bud Twiss, 4 Shasta Dr. and Al Baird, with [our of their friends. had a most enjoyable weekend recently when they went hunting. The boys stayed at a very comfortable campsite at. Cache Bay, Sturgeon Falls. They went by boat to the var- ious islands in the area, where they bagged seventeen duck al- together. The Twiss family en- joyed a delicious duck dinner as a result of Bud‘s fine shoot- ing. “Young Canada Book Week" started on November 15. A display of new books for child« ren has been on view at the library on Colbourne St. all week. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Cruise, Raymond Dr., had their niece Salli Drake, of Ottawa, stay nvernight last weekend on her way back from Nassau. of “The Ten Town Club“. their average age being eleven years old. The members are Sally and Mary McLean. Marnie and Linda Stubley, Gillian and Lou- ise Duder and Pamela Stewart. The club has been active for two years and the group have raised and earned money for several worthy projects. Seven enterprising .v n u n g ladies of Thornhill are members T hornhill Notes On November 14 the club‘ held their second annual baz-l aar at the home of Sally and‘ Mary McLean. 10 Thornebank Road. All the articles sold were made by the members. includ- ing pretty celophane Christmas wreaths. parcel tags, and a table of home baking. A puppet show was held for the small fry who attended with their par- ents. Tea and cookies were ser- :\'ed, the cookies baked by the girls themselves. Large picture scrapbooks were on display. ready to delight the little pat- ients in the Hospital for Sick Children. These girls deserve a vote of praise for working so hard on several successful ventures. all accomplished without adult assistance. The proceeds from this bazaar were donated to the Star Santa Claus Fund Plans are already being made for their next bazaar. With their enthusiasm. energy and spirit it can‘t help but be as success- ful as the recent one. Again this year. the York County Mental Health As- sociation is sponsoring a Christmas gift campaign so that every patient in hos- pital may receive at least one/Christmas gift. In the Thornhill area. Mrs. Peter Martin heads a committee made up of Mrs. L. Kenny, Mrs. S. Judson and Mrs. Bruce Marsh to further this cause. Anyone who can contri- bute a $2 gift, is asked to place it unwrapped, in the box at Hafley’s Drug Store, 7715 Yonge St., Barbour’s Variety at 140 Henderson, or at the Thornhill Public Library. Soap. lipsticks, nylons, scarves. gloves, cig~ arettes, ballpoint pens writing paper. jig-saw puz- zles, candy or fruit cakes are some of many appm- priate gifts. If you wish. you may phone Mrs. Martin at 285-2540 and ask to have your gift picked up. This year please remember a mental patient who may otherwise receive no gift at all! To Sell Antiques. Furniture. Pianos. Advertise in the Want Ads PHONE 884-1105 For Fast Action Every Thursday K dinner On Friday evening only. an Ie shootâ€" auction sale will be held at 8 pm. and a snack bar will he open. Saturday afternoon. welcomelSanta will arrive at 2 o’clock O'Hagan and (here will he a fish pond. Heather, candy, toys and snack bar in ,...I 1_L.. .. ’1 Active Week In Thornhill Churches, Schools D. W. Atkins will be one of theiof his experiences at Senegal. treasures on display at the;French West Africa. “013’ Trinity bazaar "In Old" Rev. William Baldwin of Thornhill". Saturday afternoonQJapan will be the guest speak- November 21, er at the men‘s corporate Another interesting item will breakfast on November 22- he a hand carved clock. the‘ The congregational dinner work of Alois Lang, of Ober-iwas held November 12 with amnergan, Germany. The clock Canon ROW“ Dann Of St- is owned by Mrs. H. R. How- Paul's Church. Toronto the den. A nullsic box, owned bylgucsi speaker. Special guest Mrs. H. J. Cody. wife of theywas Rev. Anatosi Katuramu, an chancellor of the University of African student who is in resi~ Toronto will also be on disâ€"gdence at Wycliffe College. play. A museum piece, it has‘ * * * * been willed to the Royal On- St. Luke's Roman Catholic tario Museum. Church Other Saturday afternoon features will he a children's theatre, portrait artists, the children's choir and a village tea room. The country store will fea- ture home baking, candy, jams and jellies. The Emporium will have books. white eleph- ants and records. Plants and Christmas decorations will be found at the Winter Garden, while the Gift Shop will have pretty aprons. shoe bags. socks. mittens. pyjama bags and baby outfits. A Remembrance Day service was held in the chapel on Nov- ember 11. On November 15. John Coleman was the guest speaker at a corporate comâ€" “My Trinity Anglican Church A COPY of the “Breeches Bi- ble" one of four known copies in existence. the property of From a once-quiet field outside Brampton, Ontario, the first phase of the Rambler Revolution was brought to Canadian car buyers. It was our compact carâ€"a complete success. In four yearS, we've doubled our plant capac- ity. We've boosted our production five times over. On Sept. 28, we launched Phase Two of the Rambler Revolution. It's three completely} Four years ago, you found nothing here but pasture. On Sept. 28, we launched Phase Two of the Rambler Revolution. Sales are up 63% over this time last year! munion breakfast. Mr. Cole- ject of a panel discussion held man went to Africa last sum- at the November 10 meeting mer on “Operation Crossroads." of the Thornhill Public School He told, with the aid of slides, H‘. and S. Association. Mem- of his experiences at Senegalebers of the panel were S. L. G. French West Africa. EChapman. B.A.. Kirkwood Giv- Rev. William Baldwin of;ens. B.A.. B. Paed.. G. S. Mc- Japan will be the guest speak-{lntyra B.A.. B. Paed.. D. R. er at the men‘s corporate-MacDonald. B.z\.. B Paed., all breakfast on November 22. 'prominent in the educational The congregational dinnerlfield. St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church A spiritual symposium was held November 15 at Our Lady Queen of the World Roman Catholic Church in Richmond Hill East. Thi< was conducted by the York County CWL, Mrs. June Manon. president of St. Luke's CWL was moderator of the symposium. ‘ Presbyterian Church Youth Sunday was observed November 8. Donald Sharpe gave the Bible reading and Virginia Yuie the evening prayer at ihe evening service when the YPS executive was installed. The Eas1 Toronto Presbytery met at Newmarket to dedicate the new Christian education building on November 12. A box has been placed in the narthex to receive gifts for met at Newmarket to dedlcat'e; Hi5 report “New favorable the new Christian education on the work being done, and building on November 12. the board received suggestions A box has been placed in the for organizing ‘the program in narthex to receive gifts for the future WhICh _w11] be 1m- mental patients. iplemented as Circumstances ., a: 2 ‘permit. Home and School Association Mr. Campsall addressed the “Preparation of Students forgteachers' association while in Secondary School" was the sub-1the area. Today, you find nothing but success. different '65 Ramblers in three completely different sizes. Our youthfully-styled, com- pact American is still the lowest-priced, Canadian-built car. Our mid-size Classic fea- tures fast 6 and V8 performance. Our luxuri- ous new Ambassador brings Rambler quality to the larger-car buyer. The speakers were introduvcd by Terry Goodwin. Topics dis- cussed included the advantages of junior high schools, guid- ance teachers, changes in the school curriculum in the next 10 years, the acceleration of the science course and social activities. A lively question and answer period followed. Pet- Special Classes Report Favorable F. G. Campsall. B.A., M. Edn inspector of special services for the Department of Education. during the latter part of Oct- ober visited the four special classes and the itinerant re- ading teachers in Vaughan Township schools, it was re- ported at the board meeting last Thursday night. meetinglmembers‘ ..Lendance cup for hav- in: the most parents present was won by grade 8. A school concert was announced for Dec- ember 17. Next meeting will be on February 9. Cancer Society An executive meeting of the Thornhiil branch of the Cana- dian Cancer Society was held at the home of Mrs. John Mac- Kay on October 29. Welcomed to the executive to assist Mrs. Murn Walker during next year's campaign were assistant chairman Mrs. Rae McLeod dian Cancer Society “as held‘ffi'fi‘ at the home of Mrs. John Mac- at t] Kav on October 29. Welcomed3 to the executive to assist Mrs. rua1 Murn Walker during next‘TH yeai 's campaign we1e assistanth, chairman \11s Rae McLeod and Mrs. '1‘. Marks who will 0F take care of‘ the west side of1(‘c \onge Street and Mrs. J Kearnsl and M13. D Sa1tup. the east side' I of Yonge. A campaign “Kick-off Tea" for all captains and canvassers was discussed for early March at the Thornhill Golf Club. Mrs. M. Jonston reported giving 350 more booklets on cancer and smoking to Thornhill Secondary School. She also reported that BAKER ELECTRONIC SERVICE In addition, Phase Two offers more than 70 superb power options and features to meet the wider tastes of today’s new car buyers. There’s a great 6 and V8 engine line-up,‘ too, including Torque Command, the revolutionary new six that acts like an eight. Phase Two has met with tremendous public acceptance. Ourfield is bursting with activity. After all, when it comes to building the car you want, the field is ours. lhanked the paneI,J0hn Maver would show a film Ion smoking to his Sunday school Idance cup for haV-‘class. It is hoped that Vaughan 151. parents presentland Markham schools will also ' grade 8. \ schoolishow this film. AN R.E.T.A. MEMBER 'l' R 0 II B I. E ? CALL BA. 1 - 0485 Mr. Maver congratulated the executive for their detailed reâ€" ports. Mrs. MacKay suggested that when dressings were re- quired she would arrange to have some ladies assist in mak- ing more. Mr. Muir reported a total of $42.37 in the treasury. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. Maver Feb: ruary 2. THE Challenge ancer Many organizations, both male and female. include cancer education as part of their programmes. Doctors and laymen devote many hours annually in speaking on cancer to lay and professional groups. FIGHTING CANCER WITH KNOWLEDGE