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Gerry Reesor. John Do- naldson, Brian Carr and Laurie Stewart read the Christmas story, and mem- bers of the junior class, led by Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Stewart. presented a short skit: The Story of White Gifts. Speaking parts were taken by Laurie Carr, Diane Brumwell, Kim Webster, Trudy Craigie, Glen Donald- son, Donna Cunningham, Tim Newman and Brian Carr. The annual Christmas Concert will be held Decem- ber 19 and the CGIT vesper service will be held Decem- ber 23 at 7:30 pm. Illl“lull“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll The junior and senior choirs sang, with Mrs. Mar- guerite Jones leading the juniors, and Mrs. Don Ree- sor and Miss Gina Allen ac- companying on the organ and piano. Wendy Craigie was the candlelighter for the second Sunday in Advent. and Laurie Stewart read the cal] to worship. There was a beautiful white gift service at Brown's Corners Church Sunday, with the Sunday school children assisting Rev. Allen Hallett. There were handicrafts and home baking snapped up almOst as soon as the booths were opened, and 24 ftables of players joined in euchre playing. Winners were Mrs. John Brown. Mrs. Erlby .Gooderham, Mrs. Gordon Colton, Mrs. Gertude Simp- son, Andrew Wood, Ray Coffey, Walter Craig and Don Brodie. Lucky draws were won by Erlby Gooder- ham. Don Brodie, Mrs. Isa- bel Vance. Mrs. George Kel- ly, Mrs. Ed Williams, Mrs. Aileen Stiver and Mrs. Tina Hogg, and freezeout winners were Mrs. Bea Thompson and Mrs. Whiteoaks Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Swain. ‘ Church News mmnumummuummmummmnmnumnmmmumm SELLING YOUR BOAT? Find a buyer through a classified ad in "The Liberal" on sale every Thursday. It's easy to place your ad. Just call 884-1105 or 884-1983 FOR FAST RESULTS. 10 Successful Benefit When members of the Buttonville Branch of YCHA held a euehre and sale of goods at Buttonville WI Hall, Friday evening approxima- tely $200 was raised for the hospital. Following luncheon Mrs. Walter Craig chaired the meeting. and members gave Christmas readings. 'Mrs. Reesor played the organ and led in a carol sing. Hostesses were Mrs. Douglas Hood and Mrs. Fred Billingsley. Friends were sorry to learn that Mr. Russell Boy- ington was taken to Sunny- brook Hospital early Thurs- day morning last week when his heart pacer failed. A new one has been inserted and Mr. Boyington is making good progress. Successful Benefit Although public school Pupils will be returning to classes after the Christmas Holidays on January 3. Roman Catholic school pupils in York will not be back in the classrooms un- til January 7. It will be a different story for the teachers in the Roman Catholic schools, however, as they will be attending a two- day seminar on language arts and communication at the Finch Campus of Se- neca College. York Coun- ty Roman Catholic School Board learned December 0n the agenda will be literature. speech and oral language. theatre arts, grammar and spelling. writing, learning through listening. social studies and multi-media learning with a resource team of people from the Ministry of Education, the Ontario Education Communications authority and the Institute of Child Studies, bringing the latest information and developments in these areas Assistant Superintendent Frank Robesich is in charge of the arrange- ments and reported to the Board that he had been able to secure the accom- modation at Seneca for a nominal fee and that the cafeteria would be open for those attending. He stated the seminar is de- signed to meet the inte- rests and needs of the en tire teaching staff and is geared for all grades from kindergartento grade 8 inclusive. An unexpected flooding of the basement at Brown’s Corners United Church last Wednesday brought unexpec- ted guests to the Donald Reesor home for lunch that day. UCW members were in- vited to meet there when the water was discovered at the church that morning. (It is believed the rains this fall have brought thd general water level to an unpre- cedented high and re-acti- vated an old well at the church.) Neighborhood Notes Catholic Teachers At Work January 3, 4 BUTTONVILLE Correspondent: Mrs. F. H. Leaf Markham Telephone 294-5290 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill. Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 13, 1973 !n to Su early T] t week :'ailed. A inserted- is ma ll BOY- Sunny- Thurs- : when A new ed and