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Wading For Thornhill's Stornoway Park ‘ By * MARGARET HOUGHTO Exciting plans from a well-informed committee fell on very few ears at Stomoâ€" way Crescent Public School Wednesday night of last week as Ted Foster, Chair- man of the Markham Town Parks and Recreation Com- mittee arrived to meet, resi- dents of the Bayview Lane area to discuss their parks development. Skating, Ball Diamond, Adventure Playground Beautiful drawings with immediate and future plans Were explained. All questions forthrightly answered. But besides Thornhill Council- lors Roy Muldrew and Gary Kay, Regional Councillor Bob Adams, Unionville Councillor Carole Bell and Parks and Recreation Director Bruce The trustees of the Thorn- hill Cemetery have com- pleted the arrangements for the annual Memorial Service which is to be held Sunday at 3 pm. The officiating minister this year will be Reverend Ernest John-s, B'A, BD, of Thornhill Baptist Church. The Salvation Army Band of the North York Temple, under the direction of Band- master Tom Le Grow, will take part. Although there will be some chairs there, please bring a lawn chair if possi- ble. If the weather proves ihclement, the service will be held in the Thornhill Baptist Church, 8018 Yonge Street. at Boulevard. “Come to the library on [Colborne Street, Thornhill, this summer. Put your head down- on the grass . . . and listen . . . and dream." Thornhill Cemetery .Stories for the pre-school- ers will begin at 2 pm and will be followed by the story for older children. “We will hope for good weather on Wednesdays since the stories will be told out- of-doors under summer skies. Mrs. Scargall’s ability to tell stories will make characters from such books as “Stuart Lit t '1 e ’i and “Charlotte’s Web” come right out of the book covers and onto the library lawn," says the an- nouncement. 20 The Town of Markham Public Libraries announce the children’s librarian, Mrs. Jean Scargall, will be at the Thornhill Library on Wed- nesday afternoons during July and August with stories for pre-schoolers and for older boys and girls from age 5 to 10. Public Libraries Amesbury Park Library, 1565 Lawrence Avenue West 2:00pmâ€"Soliloquy of a River; Summer Bird Hike Bayview Library, 2901 Bayview Avenue 10:15 amâ€"Below Zero; Toys from Nuremburg; Toot. Whistle, Plunk and Boom Black Creek Library, 2141 Jane Street 11:15 amâ€"Come Clean; Hampsters of Hamster- dam; A Visit From Space Brookhanks Library. 210 Brookbanks Drive 3:30 pmâ€"Bozo‘s Adventures in Asia; Ride; Smallest Elephant in the World Centennial Library, 578 Finch Avenue West 2:00 pmâ€"Petunia; Moonbeam Princess; Mr. Motto Takes a Walk; Mother Goose Stories Victoria Village Library, 184 Sloan Avenue 2:00 pmâ€"-Bozo's Adventures in Asia; Ride; Smallest Elephant in the World Woodview Park Library, 16-18 Bradstock Road 2:00 pmâ€"Children’s Films York Woods Library, 1785 Finch Avenue West .. 11:00 amâ€"Blueberries for Sal; Adventures; Rich & 2 pmâ€"Cat, Poor Cat; The Grasshopper and the Ant June 7â€" Black Creek Library, 2141 Jane Street 1:30 pmâ€"Way Out West June 13â€" Amesbury Park Library, 1565 Lawrence Ave. West 1:30 pmâ€"Cuckoo Birds; Festival in Edinburgh; African Village EAT & MEET The fourth in the “Eat and Meet” series of noon- hour gatherings at the YORKDALE LIBRARY (York- dale Shopping Centre) will discuss the problems of skyjacking at its June 7 meeting. Flight Officer Kenneth Maley will begin at 12:05 pm discussing skyjacking problems and international terrorism. As vice-president of the Canadian Air- line Pilots Association. Mr. Maley will be emphasiz- ing the threat to safety of both passengers and crew and will explain the attempts being made to combat the problem both nationally and internationally. A question and, answer period will follow. Designed specifically for Yorkdale employees, patrons are invited to bring their lunch. The Lib- rary will serve coffee. No admission charge. SOCIAL HOUR AT FAIRVIEW For the past couple of years, the senior citizens in the Don Mills and Sheppard area have been meet- ing twice monthly in the St. Matthew the Apostle Church on Tuesday afternoons. This group has been disbanded for the summer months and the North York Public Library is attempting to bridge the gap. Kathy Lambert, head of the Fairview Library has opened the library at 5 Fairview Mall Drive for seniors to watch films, play a game of euchre or bridge. work on crafts and talk with friends over a cup of tea. This social hour will be held every Thursday evening at 7 pm beginning June 21. No admission charge. No registration is necessary. Also at Fairview Library this month will be an afternoon of folksinging for the family on Thursday, June 14. Lois Lilienstein will begin the program at 2:30 pm. No admission charge. NORTH YORK LIBRARIES Thornhill and District News THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 7, 1973 SATURDAY CHILDREN’S FILMS Royal Orchard SENIOR CITIZENS FILMS The women of Christ the King Lutheran held their annual meeting on May )30 at the church. The annual reports were read: financial â€"Mrs. Grace Nicolaus, socâ€" ialâ€"Mrs. Ruth Keffer, pro- jects â€" Mrs. Trisca Kennel, Holsworth, there were not many more than a dozen peo- ple in attendance. There was also an art show, a fashion show, and a display of technical school projects which included a large number of architec- tural drawings. The gymnasts put on a display as well. It was all well done and a credit to the school. The Cantabile Choir, a newly formed community choir under the direction of Bob Richardson, will present an evening of choral music from Baroque to Modern Monday at 8:15 pm at Thornâ€" hill Baptist. Admission is $1 at the door. Large ads were carried in newspapers. All neighboring homes received individual notices. But only this small number of residents cared enough to attend. With the current mud surrounding the local school area, a huge crowd should have been ex- pected for this reason alone. FOR TINY TOTS A circular wading pool, to be used as a fountain, will be immediately started ad- jacent to the already exist- ing children’s playground. The wading pool tops the pri- ority list. This area is now a new young community. with many children not over the 45 inch height require “Arms. and the Man" by Bernard Shaw. was per- formed on the first two nights. Isaac Pfaff was pro- ducer and the cast was as follows: Bluntschli â€"â€" Gerald Martindale, Caflherine â€" Su- san Porter one night and Vivian MarCOVich the other, Sergiusâ€"Rob Salem, Nicola -â€"<Francois Ch-alifour, Lukeâ€" Denyse Brousseau, Major Petkoffâ€"Jéff Heslop, Offi- cerâ€"Terry Brousseau, Raina â€"â€"Ela1ne Mullay. And it was great! The Thornhrill Secondary Band played before the pre- sentation and Susan Porter sang a solo from the Choco- late Soldier. (The musical was based on this play.) The band gave a concert on Uhe Thursday night. It is conducted by Eugene Lazar: THHS News The Thornhill Secondary School Festival of Arts was May 29, 30 and 31. It proved of great interest to the visuâ€" ors, especially the parents of the students. “The Liberal” is always pleased to publish items of interest contributed by its readers in the Thornhill area. Please call Miss MargaretGovan, l4 Deanbank Drive, 889-5372 The local World Federal- ists are calling a meeting at St. Andrew’s United in Mark- ham Monday at 7:30 pm. The purpose is to discuss their approach to the Mark- ham Council. which is to consider the issue of “mun- dialization" at the next meeting. The action sought is the acceptance of a state- ment of approval of peace, and the twinning of Mark- ham with another city in anotlher part of the world. Further information may be secured from Mardi Tyndall at 887-5514. Of Interest Mr. and Mrs. Murray Smith of Thornhill Avenue attended the 50th anniver- sary re-union of his gradua- tion year at University of There is going to be a Church Bowling League in the Thornhill United. Any- one interested please con- tact Ron' and Irene Birrell 930-3435 for further infor- mation. “Mundialization” ment that enables them to use the Thornlea Pool. 3The wading pool would be filled only when life saving per- sonnel are on hand to super- vise. Council members assured a questioning audience mem- ber that there would be no water shortage this summer, with two more wells operat- ing, and another starting in August. WINTER SKATING A figure-“8" skating area is planned to surround the two areas in the winter. The walkways in the park will be paved and an adven- ture playground is soon to come. This will suit the eight to 14 year olds. There will be sliding tunnels, rope- swings, an obstacle course and climbing structures. A covered picnic area will also aid the supervised activities for the summer. The Thornhill PreSbyter- ian Congregational Picnic is Saturday at 2 pm at the Boyd Conservation Area. Bring your picnic. Coffee, tea, cold drinks and ice cream will be provided. This will be a fun picnic, as well as fellowship. With a plan conceived by Johnson, Sustran and Wein- stein, the Metro waterfront and zoo planners, flowering trees and evergreens will be planted this season along with the sod. A 60’ by 90‘ asphalt area will be added near the school, to include basketball and even hop- scotch. A soccer field is in- cluded in the plans. Skating and hockey rinks will defin- itely be in the park when the weather is suitable. OTHER PARK WORK Councillor Muldrew de- scribed the Romfield “Par- kette", an acre-and-a-half near the northwest corner of Romfield Circuit, to be sod- ded and have benches added this season. There will also be small tot playing equip- ment soon. The Royal Orchard Park is being improved with the addition of a bridge across the ravine in the south area and an adventure playground for older children near Kirk Drive. On June 14 there will be a barbecue for couples at the Keffer's cottage on Lake Simcoe. The softball diamond will be moved closer to the school, as soon as it is dry mough to put heavy equip- ment in the yard. The com- mittee agreed Thornhill needed a second lighted dia- mond. After the business they made cancer dressings for the Cancer Society. The following evening a kitchenware party was held at the home of Mrs. Jean Zurowski, Apple Orhcard Park. The proceeds will be spent on kitchen ware. programâ€"(Mrs. Gisela N eitz- ert. Councillor Muldrew was pleased to say the tender was ready for the “midi” bus service to serve the Thorn- hill area. An attractive mid- sized bus is planned. With the province to pay 75% of capital cost and 50c of oper- ating deficit, the bus service is planned for the fall. ARENA COMPLEX CERTAIN Regional Councillor Bob Adams was asked to confirm that the arena complex was definite. With the $900,000 purchase of the 15 acres at the Bay- view and John northeast cor- ner and with former chair- man of the parks and recre- ation committee Al Jessop hired as architect It appears I‘homhill hockey will have a home in the fall of 1974, Councillor Adams said. He T born/rill Of special interest to long- time residents of Thornhill will be the marriage of Bar- bara Jeffery. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffery. and Robert Fenn of Keswick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Fenn. The Fenn’s were the first family to live on Arnold Avenue. They were followed shortly by the Jeffery‘s who have lived on Arnold Avenue for more than 25 years now. IBlarbara graduated from Thomhill Public and Thorn- hill High. then went on to York University to study music. She has been teach- ing organ since the age of 16. \lll\lll\lllllllll“ll“Ill\lll\\\ll\lll\\llllll“ml“lllllllllmllllllll“ll Area YWCA Day Camp The Fenns moved to Keswick and Bob attended Sutton High, then went to Seneca College. He is now a real estate salesman. His parents are retired and spend much of their time on their yacht at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They will be com- ing up for the wedding, Which will take place at 5 foresees the arena as the cul- mination and fruition of many years of personal work, with the .Thorn'hill Hockey League. the Thornhill Lions Club and then as councillor. The centre will include two rinks, a community hall, ‘a resource library and day care centre. It should give this area the focus it lacks, he said. pm Saturday, in Holy Trinity Anglican. Mr. Smith is an outstand- ing iris grower. He does his own hybridizing and exhibits widely. , During this week alone he is going to judge at Richmond Hill, speak on Iris growing at another hor- ticultural society and attend the Guelph Conference on Horticulture. SUMMER DAY CAMPS A listing of the summer programs of Parks and Rec- reation Director Bruce Hols- worth will be delivered soon to all families, with the sum- mer day camp an important feature. Markham has exciting plans for Thornhill’s parks. More residents are needed to show support at these meebâ€" ings to voice their sugges- tions or opposition and to encourage and ensure fur- ther development of parks in T‘hornhill, it was said. Toronto. It was a gala occa- Sion. There were three peo- ple whose 60th anniversary it was, and a goodly number who had graduated with Mr. Smith. They were given a guided bus tour through the university grounds and saw all the changes and new buildings. They drove as far as Dr. Evans' house, the residence of the president, in Rosedale. It was an ex- ceedingly satisfying reunion. TRAINED COUNSELLORS The Richmond Hill and Area YWCA â€"â€" the area includes ’I‘homhill â€" in conjunction with the Richmond Hill Parks and Recreation Department, is holding a day camp for the fifth summer. It is called Park “Y” Camp and is held in the wooded area behind the Mill Pond, Richmond Hill. There are three sessions: July 2-13, July 16-27, and July 30 - August 10. It will be carried on rain or shine every day except Saturday and Sunday. There are both junior and senior camps, and the age span is 5 to 13 years. EXCITING PROGRAM Camp means fun and friends, games and sports, campcraft, . handicrafts, and trips. The session will include four lessons in crafts per week, two rec- reational swims, one day trip, and an over-night for the older children. Each camper brings a lunch and milk will be provided. The camp lasts from 9 o'clock until four each day. The Richmond Hill bus will stop at the camp site. Last year the parents of Thornhill children ar- ranged car 90015.. The YWCA will supDLV the names of parents of reg- istered campers if you telephone. The counsellors have a training p e r i o d before camp begins. Rod Leonard will be director again this year. Charlotte Barber will be assistant director. She was on the staff last year. Robert Leversage of Al- mond Avenue, Thornhill, will be on the staff. Further enquiries can be made‘ at the YWCA, telephone 884-2667. The 90 public school students from Mascouche, Quebec. who were to visit Woodland Senior Public Fri- day have changed the date of their arrival to Wednes- day. Next Thursday, 180 Wood- land students will leave on a three-day journey to Otta- wa. where a tour of the Parliament Buildings will be a highlight. School News The area 3 inter-school track and field events will take place Tuesday at Lang- staf'f Public. Woodland Sen- ior athletes are, as usual, expected to be among the top competitors. Bayview Fairways Teacher Mrs. J'ean Churchill will take her class on a field trip to the Riverdale zoo. The baseball season has opened at Bayview Fairway with six boys teams com- peting. Church News Directions For Building Lightweight Folding Furniture For Travel NOMADIC FURNITUREâ€" by James Hennessey and Vic- tor Papanek. How to build and where to buy lightweight furniture that folds, inflates, knocks down, stacks or is dis- posible and can be recycled. Many easy-to-follow dia- grams and directions are in- cluded. (Non - fiction at Markham, Thomhill and Unionville.) The Presbyterian congre- gational picnic comes up Saturday. For further infor- mation please contact the church. Members of the UCW are participating in a Live Love project this year to rekindle the flame of the pioneer spirit in this, the congrega- tion‘s 170th year. Each wom- an using her own talents OH, W H E R E ARE BLOODY MARY’S EARN- INGS?â€"by Robert Player. An out-of-the-ordinary story, part mystery, part historical romp, spanning Tudor, Vic- torian and Edwardian times. Court intrigue is presented with humor and expertise as the title indicates, (Fiction at Th'ornhill and Unionville.) GERâ€"by Molly Burkett. One of the most charming of ani- mal sagas which has ever ap- South Thornhill Ratepayers Group Builds Membership Discussion reports. on several topics including the recent 'prophesie of a north- ward move of Metro to in- clude Thornhill were pre- sented Wednesday of last week at a meeting of 110 South Thornhill ratepayers at Henderson Avenue Public School Formerly the Meadowview- Highland Avenues Ratepay- er Association, the group has reorganized as the South Thornhill Ratepayers Associ- ation to include further residential development in the area bounded by railroad lines, Steeles Avenue East and Yonge Street. Handbills were distributed to all area homes before the meeting. The organizers were hop- ing for an attendance of more than (200 citizens to obtain a wide base of sup- port. But they now expect those attending last week's meeting to help extend mem- bership to the higher figure. according to spokesman. Ed- ward Patrick of 12 Brightbay Crescent. It is hoped a fur- ther meeting can be held June 19. The topics presented by selected spokesmen last week included the lack of fluori- dation 0f water in Thornhill, taxation and assessment. exâ€" perimental education. noise pollution and poor industrial housekeeping. Chairman of the group is John Galbraith of 9 Brightbay Crescent. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Shortt of Bayview Avenue, Thornhill, are seen above in a holiday mood at Sun City, Arizona, recently. Mrs. S'hortt was for several years employed in Richmond Hill offices of Ontario Hydro. Mr. Shortt, a member of the RCAF in World War II, and his wife are both intensely interested in flying. THE YEAR OF THE BAD- South Thornhill And Bayview Glen News CORRESPONDENT: DAVE BARBOUR â€" PHONE (Town of Markham Public Libraries) BOOK TALK Enjoy Arizona Holiday To register a project â€" baking, gardening, knitting, art, sewing. serving and baby sitting â€" members are asked to phone Norma Martin at 889-4257 or Kay Greenwood at 889-7280. and in her own way is asked to help raise the $2,000 UCW allocation to the mission and service fund. One woman of the congre- gation can proudly say slhe is the fifth generation of her family to attend the church. It is recalled that at one time all the women sat on one side of fihe church and the men on' the other. The first missionaries were sent and supported by the women using their talents. ' I'f you and your family are interested in forming a church bowling league in the fall, please sign the list on the south 'bulletin board, Thornhill United. For fur- ther information call Ron and Irene Birrell at 920- peared in print for young readers. The author who runs a wild like rehabilitation cen- tre in England. tells the rol- licking story of one year in Nikki‘s life, from her feeble, pathetic infancy to her bounding, mischievous, love- alble prime. (Non-fiction at Thornhill.) PLACESâ€"by James Mor- ris. ‘These informative sketches of “places” as far apart as Wyoming and Cal- cutta makes evident the ex- citement and pleasure now within the reach of most people in this jet age. (Non- fiction at Markham, Thorn- hill and Unionville.) 34-35 Good, clean, used clothing at an exceptionally low cost is available at the Helpmate Information clothing centre in Thornyhill United each Tuesday morning from 9:30 am to noon. For those who are unable to visit the centre at that time, please call Jean Bryce at 88945102 for special arrangements. WHAT DID I DO TO- MORROW?â€"by L. P. Davies. Howell Trowman is suddenly transported to the heart of London five years in the fu- ture. Slowly he learns the baffling and often horrifying truths about his new life, including the ugliest fact of allâ€"that he is suspected of murder and will probably be the next victim of the real murderer, (Fiction at Thorn- hill.) BYRON E. RING 7783 YONGE ST. THORNHILL Thornhill Lions Club Ring Funeral Home SUNNYHILL WALDORF PRE-SCHOOLS Every Wednesday YORK FARMERS’ MARKET Morning Classes for Children 31/2 to 5 yrs $37. per month 2 LOCATIONS: BROOKE STREET, THORNHILL 9100 BATHURST STREET. THORNHILL TELEPHONE 225-7177 889-7783 STARTING TIME - 8 RM. EARLY BIRDS â€" 7:40 P.M. MINIMUM JACKPOT â€" $600. BINGO 889-5205 - 366-1720 Tender ‘for Heating Renovations to Henderson Avenue Public School Town of Markham SEALED TENDERS, plain- ly marked as to content for Heating Renovations to Hen- derson Avenue Public School, Town of Markham, shall be delivered to the Director of Education. 22 Church Street, Aurora, Ontario not later than 12:00 o’clock noon E.D.S.T. Thursday, June 21, 1973 Drawings and Specificaâ€" tions will be available to Mechanical Contractors on Wednesday, June 6, 1973 at the office of the Consulting Engineers, Dane Limited, 5382 Yonge Street, Willow- dale, Ontario on the Deposit of a $50.00 certified cheque made payable to the Consult- ing Engineers. Deposits will be returned if drawings and specifications are returned to the Consulting Engineers in good condition within seven days of the closing of tenders. Neighborhood Notes Birthday wishes are ex- tended this week to Steven Laird of 7471 Yonge Street, who will celebrate his sev- entJh Wednesday. The Doncaster Community Ladies Club will conclude the season's activities with the traditional garden party at the home of Mrs. Harry Mizen, 70 Sprucewood Drive June 15 at 1 pm. This is an afternoon affair and the beautiful Mizen garden pro- vides a most serene and lovely setting. All local lad- ies are invited to attend. The John Barbour family of 136A Henderson Avenue, the Peter Harlick family, 138 Henderson Avenue and the Sheldon Janres family of 73 Morgan Avenue visited Mrs. Barbour’s mother, Mrs. Flor- ence Smith. in Hamilton Sunday, to help her celebrate her 84th birthday; Each tender shall be ac- companied by a Bid Bond in the amount of $5,000.00 made payable to York County Board of Education, an agree- ment to provide a 100% Per- formance Bond and a 100% Payment of Labor and Mat- erials Bond. The Board reserves the right to reject all tenders or to accept any tender not necessarily the lowest. Dane Limited Consulting Engineers J. Marvin Hunter Chairman YORK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION S. L. G. Chapman Director of Education MUNICIPAL OFFICES - 8911 DON MILLS ROAD. MARKHAM. ONTARIO Nolicfi 0*. Public Heating VICTORIA SQUKRE, BUTTONVILLE and BROWNS CORNERS 20mm; Bil-LAWS A Public Hearing will be held by the Planning Com- mittee of the Town of Markham Council as noted above to consider the proposed new zoning by-laws for Victoria Square. Buttonville and Browns Corners. the boundaries of which are as shown in the sketches below. These by-laws are intended to be transitional by-laws pending preparation of secondary plans for the areas to form the basis of later comprehensive zoning by-laws. You are invited to attend the Hearing and to state your views in support of or objection to the proposed by-laws. Should you be unable to attend. written submissions will be received up to the time of the Hearing. Copies of the by-laws and- more detailed map schedules are available for examination in the Planning Office at 189 Denison Street, Markham. Dated: May 23, 1973 R. W. Adams. Chairman, W. J. Power, Planning Committee. Planning Director. THE TOWN OF MARKHAM Wednesday, June 13, 1973 8:00 pm. Council Chambers, Municipal _ Building, Buttonville Scale l'I lo 400‘ TOWN OF MARKHAM to 400 TOWN _op MARKHAM BROWNS CORNERS Senna-m 'A' lo By-Law No‘ 84-73 Schedule By-Iaw No 85-73