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RICHMOND HEIGHTS CENTRE . PHONE 881-3221 shire, England. l In accordance with their anâ€" On New Yea1's Eve M1 and‘nual custom i111 most of the Mrs. Batte1sby e11te1tained ahpast 25 yea1s Mr. and Mrs. a party 101 M1 I-Ieaton “hich 10111111 Miller. Long B1anch had was attended by 25 1e1atives'as holiday guests in thei1 home and friends many of whom he ‘11-. and Mrs. M. C. Fry, A11101d has not seen since his last trip St1 eet 27 Year ago. 1 Afie1 dinner Saturday evenâ€" 7 Year ago. 1 After dinner Saturday evenâ€" .During his holiday he isllng, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, their Sightseeing and visiting in the guests, daughter Angela and Toronto area, where he is Larry Matthews of Sault Ste. amazed at the many changeslMai-ie, (both attending Queen‘s whch have taken place. Unfor~ University, Kingstonl, drove into tunately he will be returining the city and viewed the first home In two weeks, and will Centennial torchlight parade miss the opportunity,“ touring along University Avenue into Expo. Queen’s Park, where celebra- -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"_..____'___ Itions were staged. Joining them on the trip was their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pyle. South Fern- leigh Circle, who continued to Parry Sound to spend Christmas Day with her mother, Mrs. G. Phillips. ‘ - * - * - * j The lst Richmond mu Cub The general meeting Of theiand Scout Motllers’ Auxiliary UCW 0f Richmond Hi“ Unitedmave postponed their 10th birth- Church will be held January 9 day party from January 4 to at 6.30 pm in the form of a potâ€" January 11_ “Ck SUPP“- It is honed by this date. all There will be election of officers for the coming year. All women are invited to come and join in fellowship. All women are invited to come Before the fun. there will be and 10in in fellowsnip. an interesting business meet- "‘ - * - * - ”‘ ing to plan the coming “father Visiting the home of Mr. and and son" banquet in February. Mrs. T. A. Battersby, Mill All auxiliary mothers are cor- Street. is hel blathei, James dially invited. Keaton, from Bolton Lanca- * - * - * - * Shire, England. . In accordance with their anâ€" A! Pyle of Pyle Piano Sales, and Mrs. Pyle, spent the Christ- mas holidays in MacTier with their sonâ€"ln-Iaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reeckie and family. On New Yeal' 5 Eve Mr. andlnual Mrs. Battersby entexlained ahpast a party for M1 IIeaton “hich John *7 M k mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmurxmmm“AAA“~A~~Ams~¢ POLAROID COLOR CAMERAS § CLEARANCE s54. AND up 3: ATLAS BOOKINGS FOR ALL STEAMSHIPS AND AIRLINES, TOURS AND CRUISES 85 YONGE STREET N. RICHMOND HILL For your convenience 2 lines to serve you GLOBE TRAVEL SERVICE No service charge, no booking fee .v,~v.vwv.Vvv.v.v.w.w_w.w.wwwwwwmww. V. .‘u‘h W 884-8191 Mr. and Mrs. William Bab- Sympathy is extended to Mrs.’ Mrs. Gordon Stephenson of cock entertained at an “Open Alfred J. Stong in the sudden Harding Blvd. spent Christmas House” for their many friends passing of her father, Mr. Leo in Montreal visiting her daugh- at their Richmond Street home Aubrey of Ottawa, on New ter Madeline and family. on New Year's Eve. Year's Day. it _ 4: i. - a Driving along Lakeshore Bouâ€" levard also presented an excel- lent view of the illuminated buildings of the ONE in Ex- hibition Park to the home of the Millers “to celebrate the dawn of our new Centennial Year â€"- 1967”, The handling of the vast crowd and traffic by the Toron- to police appeared to be very efficiently managed. a credit to any city. The return drive afforded all. the opportunity of viewing the illuminated trees, City Hall, and the colorful crowd of skaters on the rink at Nathan Phillips Square., It is hoped by this date, all The staff of Brown‘s mothers will be ready to come held a Christmas Party to a happy birthday party. Yangtze Pagoda, which Before the fun. there will be great SUCCESS. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Bennett entertained at their Bathurst Street home following the New Year’s Eve Dance held at the Richmond Hill Golf and Coun- try Club. ”to 1'0 _ SUPPLIES 884-8192 During this last week A. E. Plewman has shown his scorn for the word “old”. 011 Thurs- day last he was on CFGM Radio Station on a broadcast on edu- {cation in which he told 01" the‘ ipublic schools of the late 1800 51 when the main subjects welel the 3 Rs ~â€" leading, writing: and a1ithmetic.A11d on Friâ€"' {day he bowlefl an excellent ‘ game with the swim citizensl zat Alle11cou1t.0n Sunday he OOO”..”ON had a sick spell at church and; 1is, at the time of writing in} bed at the York Central Hos-l }pital. But you can bet he will .‘soon be out and alound again. iYou cant keep a good mani dovxn‘ v, ‘1 The next general meeting is on Wednesday, January 11, in Willi: the Chlistian education build- a man . ing of the Richmond Hill United himself . Chu10h lwhich ' Lets make this a 1eally good at tulnout! In...“ n 6 Richmond Hill’s first “Cen- Q tennial Ball" was in full swing p. at the Tu1"'ne1 s by the time the _;New Yea1 ax‘1‘ived.Candee and John Turner hosted the ball £01 1Kathi Knott, Bruce “Magoo" :MacGregor. Kathy Harg1eaves, [Tom Whillans, Jane Conliu. gPaul O‘Brien. Susan Burrows, ‘ “Ali" Gormau. Susan ;Hannah and Rob Backus. Some musical entertain- ‘ ment was provided by the ‘ Thompson family, gran’ma and Mrs. G. Masters, mem- ber of the York Choraliers. and the party closed with the singing at Auld Lang Syne. «mumnuxuuxuluumuumummxmuuuummmummnmunmu Senior Citizens Welcome to the New Year! Here’s hoping it brings more sanity and peace . . . not so much stuffing for some and so much starvation for many others. 1966 was a good year, and may it be even better in 1967. There must be other local residents who would en- joy being members of that great fraternity zens Club ;‘vn .Lcm cuLAvcu. vanucc auI-I' John r .1 Born in Kingston, the son of Kathi“Kgfiit’hogfgcgheagglg‘fg},tthe late Charles Butlin and Jen- MacGregor. Kathy Hargreaves,‘me Nexrman. Ed came to Rich- Tom Whillans, Jane Confinemond H111 almost a quarter of a Paul O‘Brien. Susan Burrows, _century ago and spent 18 years Alistair “Ali" Gorman. Susan‘m many spheres of service in Hannah and Rob Backus. this community before moving The proceedings started at the?to Thornhill six years 330- home of Kathi Knott on Trencthhile in Richmond Hill he lived Street with a get-together andron Roseview Avenue. His in- some old fashioned egg nog and‘fluence, particularly on the lives homeade baking, lof the young people of Rich- The crowd then moved on to' mend Hill, will long be felt and a Dre-arranged "crash” of a will be passed on from genera- The crowd then moved on to a Dre-arranged “crash” of a friendly type adult party to ex- tend greetings and meet some of their friendly neighbors. Finally they moved on to the Turners. where in keeping with the mood. the recreation room had been decorated in pine gar- lands. balloons. mistletoe and colored lights. Exciting moments followed 12 midnight as 1967. Canada‘s 100th birthday was whooped into existence with the assist- ance of horns and noise makers. After a bl cooking. the terspersed wi shinanigans â€" and suitable erally mixed "soul” music. ed to relax re ed to ems were served lers were chauffex strict instructions the ‘ole folk‘. It gave an opportunity for] new staff members to become? acquainted with the old and for staff of the vaiious centies to catch up with news of each other's activities “MW“!“MR“\\\\\\l\\\\\\\\\1\\\\\\l\1\\\\\l\\\\\\\\\\l\\\l\\\\\l\\\\\l\l\\\l { Double Celebration On New Year’s Eve Ir_--w--Â¥ I A large brass gong is just one of many difficult properties needed for the Storybook Theatre PI'OdUCt19n" 0f .“Smbad out in the Yonge Street Substa- And The Mermaid being preâ€" tion. Hydro officials repaired sented_ January 21 and 22 at.the damage within 10 minutes. the Lions Hall. a _ ix _ * _ i. If anyone has one they would Mr and Mrs N W McLeod" loan for the show it would be . - .‘ Rclm d ‘ 1 very “web app remated " please Giles-Ellis sgfigiial‘snelhdeelg til n .‘ call 884-2528. yawn”... M. “HANK“ 0 There was a short power fail- ure in the central part of town last Friday afternoon when a high tension breaker dropped. Everyone celebrates on New Year's Eve, either quietly or rowdily, but it turned out to be an excep- tionally exciting day for Mrs. Nelly Thompson of Yonge Street who celebrat- ed her 70th birthday that day. This surprise party was arranged by her son and daughter-in-law. who were assisted by their children, Judy and David, who serv- ed the refreshments. An individual cake was given to the guest of honor. As usual she spent the weekend with her son Ray and family at Maple, but around 3 pm, cars started rolling up to the house on 7 Welton Street, and within a few minutes around 20 of Mrs. Thompson’s friends, mostly members of the Richmond Hill Senior Citiâ€" zens’ Club, had arrived to surprise her with a birth- day gift and good wishes. At and a cosy 7 am “Ce 1 buffet the eve . . . the Senior Citi- uffet of 1e evening with gay (I l â€" old tin ‘e parlor g: ed with t to. Those retired Cente ved a ed to the fireplace ennia and z nd all revel- ld home with not to wake 3f Canadian ng was inâ€" ' Centennial time movies games, h’b- the latest e who want- to the living Camps at the was a living “131‘ revel- j A Life Of Community Service Ends Suddenly Christmas Day The homes of Pleasantviue and between there and the Richmond Hill Post Office were clearly visible. Two of the postal clerks could be recog- nized as well as Dave Holt and his helper in the Vaughan-Hill Ambulance and the emergency department of York Central Hospital. his helper in the Vaughanâ€"Hill After an unintentional late Ambulance and the emergency start, they left by car for Bos- department of York Central'ton on Tuesday, nervously anti- Hospital. ’cipating a flood of visitors this Two subsequent programs year ~ from the many people dealt with Mr. Whittall‘s con-who might well accept their valescence which took 30 kind invitation â€" just to meet months, and was told in conver-lup again with four very con- sation with Percy Saltzman. lgenial and jovial Americans. himself to the communities in which he lived, died suddenly at his home 57 Thorm‘idge Drive, Thornhili, Christmas Day. He had suffered a coronary earlâ€" ier in the fall from which it was thought he had made a good re- covery. William Edward (Ed) Butlin, a man who gave unstintingly of “Hero” of the story was Lei- sure Lane resident Peter Whit- tall better known to television audiences as “Mr. Fixit”. What the viewers saw was a re-ea'act- ment of a day in his life, June 2, 1964, when he suffered a nearâ€"fatal stroke. With the camera the eyes of Peter Whit- tall, his terrifying footsteps during the day were retraced, from the time he rose in the morning, to his choice of tools The auxiliary would like tc take this opportunity to wisl all members and friends, a very happy and successful New Year )k _ t _ 4x >:< A delightful contingent fronr the States â€" Miss Barbara Rey- nolds, BA, Miss Fran Hill MA and George Bulger BSC, all oi [Boston and Miss Sue Older BSC from West Virginia, arâ€" rived on Saturday to spend the New Year weekend at the home to repair an eavestrough, to am Mr. and Mrs. Neville Cross harrowing car drive to the local post office and finally to a hos- pital room where he believed he was about to die. Wenlock Street. Onva Year‘s Eve, they along with other guests of the f‘nnnnno nn‘lnl‘nntnfl {n 41". n‘r‘ William Edward Butlin Many residents of Richmond‘gifts an Hill had the opportunity of General seeing familiar sights (including until th their own homes) on television The t1 last week when CBC’s nightly success TBA program presented a ser- ing, E: ies of three programs on “The Tanner, Story of a Stroke.” minmnn Their daughter, Elizabeth Ann. has returned to her duties at Trent University. Peterboro. after spending the holiday sea- son at her parents’ home. Story Of A Stroke" Pictures Hill Man's Near-Fatal Illness Mr. and Mrs. N. W. McLeod, Richmond Street. attended the Giles-Ellis nuptials held at Kingston on December 30. Their daughter, Elizabeth LATE W. E. BL‘TLIN Died Suddenly Christmas PETER WHITTAL On Saturday afternoon they were entertained at cocktails at [the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Postlethwaite, Paliser Crescent, and in the evening friends dropâ€" jped in to the Crosses home, to lmeet their guests, view slides of Boston (where several local residents have holidayed during the past few years) and 1ate1, ijoin in a singâ€" song, with eve1y~ one singing heaity 1enditions of field Ame1ican and Blitish songs. The junior choir of St. Mary's EAnglican Church .under .the leadership of Vaughan Tower sing regularly at the evening services. Next Sunday evening two of its most faithful members. Melanie Thomas and Stephanie ,gAgg, m‘ll /receive medallions :from the rector. On New Year's Eve, they, along with other guests of the Crosses, celebrated in the old English tradition, with Mr. Bui- ger courageously playing the dark stranger, who enters the house with coal, salt and bread, bringing in the New Year. This nearly had disastrous results, as the hostess'momentarily forgot that she had looked him out! On Monday they went on a sightseeing trip, and in the evening attended a party given by Mr. and Mrs. Len Jones, Knollside Drive. He was a member of the Rich- mond Hill Lions Club, transfer- ring to the Thornhill Club, and of the local lawn bowling club. He was active in the organiza- tion of Teen Town, Richmond Hill Square Dance Club, the track and field club, the Ric/h- mond Hill Recreation Commit- tee, the day camp, the boys’ club and the senior citizens, and he was the first president of the Richmond Hill and District Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society. He also served on the local public school board as trilstee in the early 1950‘s. All committees reported work completed for the month. The Sunnybrook Hospital Committee. (Audrey Apperley) reported the Christmas visit completed with gifts and cigarettes distributed. General busineSS was held until the January meeting. The turkey dinner was a great success and following the meet- ing, Executive Officer Grete Tanner, organized the enter- tainment. A delightful contingent from the States â€" Miss Barbara Rey- nolds, BA, Miss Fran Hill MA, and George Bulger BSC, all of Boston. and Miss Sue Older, BSC from West Virginia, ar- rived on Saturday to spend the New Year weekend at the home He was a charter member of the Curtain Club, an active member of the Anglican Mens Club, and guided the teen- -age Bible class of ’St. Mary’s A gleat influencing factor in his life was his affiliation with AA. Through this organization his sphere of service stretched over a wide area of York County and the City of Toronto. The auxiliary would like to take this opportunity to wish all members and friends, a very happy and successful New Year. Next Sunday evening at 7 pm the Reverend Donald Bone will preach his farewell sermon as assistant curate as he takes up his new duties as rector of Roche‘s Point. A parish reception will he held afterwards in Wi‘ixou Hall for the Rev. Bone and Mrs. Bone. The ladies’ auxiliary to Branch 375, Royal Canadian Legion, held their December meeting at the home of Treasurer Anna Lehtonen. tion to generation. Richmond Hill certainly benefited from his stay here. Mr. Butlin spent his busines years in the field of finance am for the past year had been asso ciated with the Investors’ Syndi cate. He is su the former daughter. muuI‘l\tuuI\ummumummmuunwnmuummInumnummm Passmoreb and a son Georgia. uIumuuuummnmumml“mummmuummlmmmmmuumm The funeral service was he] December 28 in St. Mary‘s An; lican Church. with Rev. Jame O‘Neil officiating. Interment f0 lowed in Thornhill Cemeter; Pallbearers were: Charles Bu lin, Frank Winfield. J. J. M Laren. William Beatt)’. Jon Be sure you have yours out for collection on this date. By the New Year nothing is sadder than a natural Christmas Tree which has shed its needles, and get- ting rid of it in some com- munities may be a problem. But not in Richmond Hill. Town officials report old Christmas Trees will be picked up January 9. Christmas Trees Collected Jan. 9 more and rvived by his wife Edith Winfield; z Dinny (Mrs. Johr of Richmond Hill Dr. Win of Atlanta 1 service was held in St. Mary‘s Ang- with Rev. James Ling. Interment fol- Contributions to the Peter Gosling Fund have now reached $545.85, Donald Philip, 212 Church Street, who started the fund, reported last week. ' Contributions Mount in Policeman's Fund The money is being raised for the family of the late Peger Gosling, a Richmond Hill police constable, who died suddenly a week before Christmas. The 36-year-old policeman left his widow and seven children. Reeve Donald Plaxton, Mrs. Plaxton and family, Sugar Maple Lane, accompanied by her mother. Mrs. D. Palmer, drove to Kingsville on Saturday to attend the wedding of Miss Linda Scratch to Mr. John Bodkin at Kingsville United Church. A highly successful New Year’s Eve Party was held by the Richmond Hill Golf and Country Club. Over 130 members danced to the music of the Hi Hats. en- joyed an excellent dinner and gave an enthusiastic welcome to the New Year. Donations may be sent. or brought in to the Bank of Mon- treal, 15 Yonge Street North, Richmond Hill. A Happy New Year A colourful Spanish mural was the attractive background for New Year’s Eve l‘evelries at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Postlethwaite, Paliser Crescent. The hostess, seen above, third left, painted the mural and decorated the whole room in authentic Spanish style â€"â€" many of the pieces collected from a recent visit to the south. out A MESSAGE for Thank You PlISSY Please phone us if you want a Pussy Cat. Please phone us if you have an unwanted Pussy Cat. We will act as a Pussy Cat Clearance House. No charge -â€" just another service from public spirited 01d Tom â€" (get it?) We have lots of Color TV, Portables & Stereos too! Brenan Color Plaza, 8116 Yonge St., Thomhill N. 889-2624_ THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, January 5, 1967