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It has other features too. For example there is a large deli- catessen centre with most at- tractive looking foods. Its situ- ation among the many town- houses at that location will make it most convenient for the residents. And judging by this week's sales, the residents are The A&P (WEO) Store at the shopping centre at Bayview Avenue and Romfield Circuit, was opened Tuesday of last week. The manager was most pleased with the attendance on the opening day and the num- bers of people who have visit- ed and shopped since. It is a very roomy store. with wide aisles. much easier for shopping cart traffic! ‘ Refreshments will be avail- able both days. The customary sale of plants, garden produce, etc. will be held. Everyone is most cordially invited to attend. A 8: P Store Opening The horticultural society holds is annual flower, fruit and veg- etable show Saturday and Sun- day ln the North Thornhill Community Centre (Heintzman House). Baythorn Drive and Royal 0 r c h a rd Boulevard. There will be competitive class- es, decorative designs and dis- plays. The show is open to the public free of charge on Sa- urday from 3:30 - 9 pm and on Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. Flower, Fruit, Vegetable Show 10 THE LIBERAL However, at the Tuesday of last week meeting of council, Thornhill C o u n- cillor Bob.Adams insisted the matter not be dropped without a proper hearing. “Grants are handed out regularly to hockey players and plowmen, among oth- ers. It’s about time we helped out these folks,” he Thornhill and District Senior Citizens Club will get a $200 grant from Markham Town Council thanks to the persistence of one councillor and despite the change of heart of an- other councillor. The appeal by the club for assistance in club out- ings and to help provide Christmas dinners, was or- iginally turned down by the finance committee. Adams Pushes Vote For Senior Citizens In this case, having much of it to themselves are Lise Berjeron of St. George, Quebec. and 21, 13-year-old Barbara Meltz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Meltz, 39 Romfield Circuit. Lise is spending the summelfiwith the Meltz family in Thornhill, and although she was anxious to get in the water on this particular day, her young friend was less enthusiastic. However, she wasn’t alone during the summer. Except for the first couple of weeks after the pool opened May 24, there were few days the pool was really crowded. There was also another 20 days in which inclement weather closed it altogether. The annual swimming meet was held Satur- day, and Labor Day will see the last of the swimming for another season. The swimming season is just about over and it's been a poor one 'at that, with attendance at Thornhill Swimming Pool down some :25 per- cent from last year. However, cloudy skies or no, good weather, or bad, exhibitions. _and other aptivities. there’ll always be somebody in the pool. Thornhill and District News AI), C 'mon, It's Not So Bad Council Grants $200 VI IIADLLv-Iu ociety holds Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Watt of was also the g1 lit and veg- London, England, recently paid down to the I y and Sun- a most enjoyable month-long Often to see and Thornhill visit to their daughter and her the rolling surf‘ (Heintzman family, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley 0n the other Drive and Finch of Arnold Avenue. tains were 31w; Boulevard. Whilst here they were (IE-the land lying titive ClaSS- lighted to reestablish contact apple, bananas, is and disâ€" with friends they met on pre- are grown. T Jpen to the vious visits, as well as to make stretches of 53 'ge on Sa- some new friends. Some of the only recently bt pm and on local residents who entertained full of minerals pm. lthem were the Bernard LaW- tle farming am he avail-’rences of Thornridge Drive, were there um customarlers. Pat Many of Arnold Ave- It is spring 5x0“ Richmond Hill Dr. Elizabeth Govan, Dean- bank Drive, has just reported a bus trip to Brisbane in Northern Australia. It was a two-day affair from Sydney, ‘MriwganVMrsA Watt returned to London with a great fond- ness for Thornhill and its resi- dents. nue and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spafford also of Arnold Ave- nue. One of the highlights was a “Watt‘” tea party with host- ess Mrs. Edith Watt (Mrs. Spafâ€" ford‘s mother) and attended by other Watts 01' former Watts. These included Mrs. Harry Spaffo'rd and Mrs. Ron Spafford (also a former Miss Watt) and Mrs. Wilfred Lennox. another Watt, and of course Mrs. Finch and her parents! Mrs. Helen Penny also attended although she was a Miss Wynn. making use of it Of Interest Mr. and Mrs. E said Councillor Murray Hend- erson, who approved of the request when it first came before council earlier in July. objected this time. He said that. unless council was prepared to give grants to all the senior citizens’ groups in the area, the Thornhill request should be turned down until it could be further investigated. Mayor Tony Roman felt the request should be made at the regional level, while Councillor Keith Kennedy suggested that it go through proper channels, ‘ A subsequent vote, in- sisted oh by Councillor Ad- ams. resulted in four Y'n favor. two against and om> abstention. Ontario, Thursday, Aug . Stanley On the other side the moun- rue- tains were always in Sight- 0“ Were de‘ the land lying between pine’ 1 contact apple, bananas. and sugar cane t 011 Pre' are grown. There are also itQ make stretches of sand which have he of the only recently been found to be Itel‘tained full of minerals. Dairy and cat- ard Law- He farming and horse ranches "The Liberal” is always pleased to publish items of interest its readers in the Thornhill area. contributed by 14 Deanbank Drive, 889-5372 Please call Miss Margaret Gavan, September Bus Trip To Huntsville Visits Innisfil, Holland Landing Before the sugar cane is cut. the dead leaves are burned off to clear out the réts and dan- gerous snakes; The guide in- formed his passengers that it By MARGARET GOVAN My work took me up to Huntsville constantly. In the old days I went by train and enjoyed 1he trip immensely. Latterly I drove myself, but one September smneone had taken me down to Thornhill, and so the bus was the answer for the return journey. vu tains were always in s.g..., the land lying between pine. apple, bananas, and sugar cane are grown. There are also stretches of sand which have only recently been found to be full of minerals. Dairy and cat- tle farming and horse ranches were there too. It is spring there now and the trees and flowering plants are all starting to flower again. Some of the towns are holding flower festivals. Strange and exotic birds are to be seen everywhere. The shore areas are very popular summer resorts: Sur- fers‘ Paradise is the name of one such place. But the water is too cold at this time of year. Dr. Govan was driven by friends to the rain forest while she was at Brisbane, It rained .but the leaves were so thick that the water never reached them. There were beautiful views right out to the sea. They also visited an orchid grower’s greenhouses. He had hundreds of orchids of many, many varieties. Some keep “You’ll have to be on the alert. The driver doesn‘t al- ways notice passengers,” 1 was warned. ' WSo I was on the alert and had no difficulty in flagging down the bus. It was a local \Vifll a night in a very pleas- ant hotel. The bus driver who was also the guide, took them down to the Pacific every so often to see and hear and smell the rolling surf. as far as Barrie where we would change to the express: Toronto to Timmins. The local trip was most in-i _“W teresting: into Newmarket, into “he” Holland Landing, into Innisfil.1‘?Wed I had always wondered aboutxtlme1 Innisfil, and,never seemed to us, 3‘ have the time to turn off. OnlYel‘y this journey I saw it. There Ide- was very little to see. ‘ ' At Barrie we were expected to eat lunch, and were given almost an hour to do so. When we went in search of the Tim- mins bus we learned it already had its quota of passengers and the 11 of us who were going further north could not be ac- commodated. “Don’t you worry: we’ll get another bus to take you to Orillia,” we were assured. The officials were as good as their word. Eleven of us were soon (Photo by Stuart‘s Studio) BARRIE BUS FULL 31, 197 DRIVER WAS LOST I; V It was not until we reached , 1the outskirts of Bracebridgefi THORI‘HILL 1that the driver announced forK all to hear: “This is my first} trip on this route. I'm an ex-é perienced bus driver but Sud-n bury is my regular trip. lisi know I am to go to an E550 Service Station which is the] bus stop. Is there anybody here-â€" from Bracebridge who knows! _ I » - -- . t. . where it is?” _ /' 889-7783 x MLLeWWL‘: W 3 7783 YONGE ST. i i The cane is taken down the rivers or in flat cars on the railway to points where the sap is removed. The stalks make good fertilizer. The sap then is transported to the refineries. is the burning which produces the brown sugar They also visited an orchid between Lafm I Ontario and grower’s greenhouses. He had their villages which lay to the hundreds of orchids of many, south of the present day Mid- many variEtieS- some keeplmd. Besides walking the 28 their bloom from two 10 Sixuniles. the distance of the Port' months- . {age via the Humber to the H01- She iS making the return “"P land River did not bother them. by an ipland route through 1116;. SIMCOE WANTED ROAD mountalns. . \ noummm _ nnmmm Rimnnp We learned about each other quickly. One middle aged coup- le were on their very first journey to the mainlandâ€"they came from Newfoundland. They had had a delightful holiday with a married son. Now they were going to visit a brother in the north. - DESTINATION GARAGE “We have to leave the bus at a garage before we reach Timmins,” they told us. “We do hope the driver knows itâ€"of course we don’t.” We explained that drivers were most knowledgeable, and we shared their chocolates. rattling round in a large, elder- ly bus. The other bus was still full when it left Orillia, so we fol- lowed it to Gravenhurst. This time there was room for all of us, and we transferred into a very modern, comfortable veh- icle. There was no one there from Bracebridge. We visited three Esso Service Stations before we reached the right one! The same request came at Huntsville. This time I was able to do the honors and to steer him round a block to the entrance of the Empress Hotel. I left the bus and started‘ north up Main Street. Three+ blocks further north I met the Timmins bus travelling south. I have wondered ever since just where the two Newfound- landers eventually left the bus! HUNTSVILLE HOTEL ' The ideal companion for your furnace is one of our Texaco oil powered water heaters. She heats water fastâ€" 27 imperial gallons in 20 minutes flat.This may be some kind of record for any kind of water heater. Of course, that’s the edge you’ve got with oil. It’s much faster than gas, and considerably faster than electricity. And very dependable. How much will your Texaco oil . powered water heater cost? You can rent the average installation for pennies a day, secure in the knowledge We bring oil furnaces and water heaters together. Simcoe started his road byK‘I remember that, and many having a survey made. It took others do, for it functioned until the road up hi11,and down dale. 1930. It followed Yonge Street Then he offered the land on exactly, being built beside it, both sides to respectable set- until it turned east to service tlers. One stipulation was that the small places along Lake the settlers Would clear the Simcoe_ ' roadway and maintain it» Cars and buses do the trans- Historically Ontario Main Artery Traffic Now Avoids Yonge Street By MARGARET GOVAN Thornhill Correspondent Do you avoid Yonge Street on your way to Toronto these days? I do. In fact it has not even been mentioned on the traffic broadcast as far as I have heard, for a long,.10ng time. It seems Yonge Street has had so many ups and downs during its life of 1'75 years or thereabout<. and yet it is Yonge Street which opened up the north. Two hundred years ago there were only Indian trails, and these trails followed the rivers. but not the Don. The clay soil in the vicinity of the Don River was just impossible in wet weather. (Have you ever tried to make a garden with that clay for a base. or inadvertently stepped into a puddle? The In- dians were wise), They travelled from Lake Ontario to Lake Sim- coe, either following the Hum- ber River or the Rouge. The Indians preferred to use canoes naturally. but neither river was navigable. And if they went by foot they could cut off many paddling miles Lieutenant. - Governor Simcoe tried it once and decided that a road from York (Toronto) to Lake Simcoe was a neCCSSity. He wanted- one further away from the border . . . the War of Independence was still in every- body‘s mind . . . and also it would make the fur trade route much easier. In spite of the settlers agree- ing to do so, it didn't work out as he planned. There were the Crown lands and the clery re- serves and the land belonging to absentee owners. None of it was being looked after. Farmers would clear to the middle of the road if forced to, but left BYRON E. RING Ring Funeral Home 2T GOVAN respondent onge Street on [to these days? has not even on the traffic ; I have heard, :ime. ! ;e Street has is and downs. 1'75 years or set it is Yongei yened up the; ears ago there‘ 11 trails, and‘ red the rivers. The clay soil the Don River sible in wet on ever tried with that clay inadvertently Iddle'.’ The In-‘ They travelled o to Lake Sim- iing the Hum-‘ Rouge. eferred to use . but neitherI able. And if lot they could >addling miles nni‘orin and the other side in its uncleared, state. One way and another: Yonge Street was in a bad way.‘ The North West Company» the great rivals of the Hudson Bay Company. agreed with Sim-v coe that Yonge Street would be‘ a great saving of time, and time‘ meant money even in those days. They gave large sums of; money to assist in the clearing and soldiers were sent in to do‘ the work. Eventually they had‘ ’made a road which was able to; take huge drays carrying batâ€"‘ eaux over the portage to the‘ Holland River. What a trip that; must have been! | L'KNGSTAFF TOLL GATE People travelling from Thorn~ hill south still preferred a. horse to ride or their own two feet. Sometimes it was neces- sary to use a wagon and hay 'made up somewhat for a lack of springs. However roads im- proved and so did wagons. There were some toll gates. There was one a Langstaff and one at Yorkville. 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It followed Yonge Street exactly, being built beside it, until it turned east to service Cars and buses do the trans- porting now. What will be the next step? The subway will only run as far as Finch Avenue. I expect that somebody will come up with a new invention completely changing our old modes of travelling. They’d better get to work on it. We need it right now! STORE HOURS: CLEARANCE n l I l" 6085 YONG! 51'. 226-2810 YONGE CENTREâ€"'6 Dentures Ilelines Repairs '7th Concession Line 5 McCowan Ph. 294-4440 100 yards north of Hwy. 7, Turn North at Unionville Nurseries Hours: Mon:, Tues., Sat. 9 am. - 6 pm. Wed., Thurs., Fri. 9 am. - 9.30 pm. Member of Denturist Society of Ontario ’ As an accredited member of the Denturist Society, our fee schedule conforms with the ethical price range established by the society. 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