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LASKAY Joseph Baldwin named the Town of Laskay and along Aurora was known as Mac- hell's Corners and was re- named in 1854. GLENVILLE A town called Glenville once existed on Highway 9; a place where water gave pow- er to the flour and lumber mills in the wooded valley, and where a new felt hat cost one sheep skin. The Holland Marsh was of great interest to William Day who saw the agricultural possibilities of the land. Snowball (Dufferin and the Aurora Sideroad) was started in 1849 as “Coat's Corners", named after James Coats who had a blacksmith shop there. At this'point Mrs. Gillham stopped to reflect “I get so carried away. I often miss something". At one time in history. all of Temperanceville was in King Township, but only the west side of the town remains in King now. Nobleton was named after Joseph Nobleton (although the Town of Maple disagrees with this) who had a store on the northeast corner of Lot 5. Nobleton had a skating rink with gas lights built in 1906 and had its first school in 1820 on Lot 2, Concession 9. Harry Wright closed the town hotel in 1913 when pro- hibition came into being. MOUNT S'l‘. FRANCIS Mount St. Francis is what we now know as Sacred Heart with the name change taking place in 1934. TEMPERANCEVILLE Temperanceville was called “Love's Corner" until 1877, and we had a town called King Creek started by Chris- topher Stokes with the open- ing of a post office in 1866. Holly Park was named by Michael O’Neil and is located on the 16th Sideroad. be- tween Concession 10 and 11. Linton was named after Joseph Lynn and is located on the corner of Concession 9 and the 17th Sideroad. Schom‘berg Was originally called Brownsville after Grant Brown who opened the first bank in that town when the population was listed as a mere 100. SOUND OF HAMMER Hammertown was named after the sound of the black- smith's hammer hitting the anvil; Mr. Elmer (or Aylmer) was the smith. Mrs. Gillham had a series of old pictures and newspa- per articles mounted on two sides of the room and used them as aids to her speech. In a photo of early Pottage- ville was a picture of Mrs. Black, the grandmother of TV Personalityfred Davis. Interesting items in her report were: Mrs. Gillham was born on a farm near Nobleton and has lived her life to date exclusively in King. “The largest township in York County". She said that the Indians of the area sold King Township for 147 barrels of trade goods and 97 barrels of rum. In 1809 the first meet- ing of council took place in the Village of Armitage, By 1823. King had a daily stage coach service to take pio- neers through York. A sawmill was once located on the Eaton Farm. now Sen- eca College. Armitage is now part of Newmarket. Elizabeth Gillham, former teacher and local historian, gave a most interesting two- hour talk on the township’s early days at the. February 14 meeting of the King Town- ship Historical Society in the public library. Tells Many Highlights King Township's Past Elizabeth Gillham Singers who wish to take part should call 832-2389 or wrilte to Box 596, King City. The next re'hears‘al will be February '27 at 8 pm. Church News IMs. Cassel looks forward to The group performing some of their selections in various concerts to be ‘held this spring. The choral group recently established under the musi- cal direction of Caut'hy Cassel is getting more organized at each session. At the Februa- ry 13 rehearsal. held in the pontalble classroom behind King Senior Public School, 28 people harmonized their way through madlrigals, mo- bets, Bach chorales land spi- rituals. Music The Men of All Saint's. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1974 mas Time in the Mushroom Planet". “Floopity Coop Land”. and “The Spotted Space Spock's Child". We've come a long way! President Bill Poulis re- ported that one of the soci- ety's projects for 1974 is the restoration of the Eversley Church. which the York Pio- neers now control, (The YP’s were meeting on this same evening to vote on whether or not to turn over the cusfi todianship of Eversley Church ‘ to the KTHSJ A short reporti was given by John Sinythes1 who said that the object of! his committee‘s endeavors for;' the year will be the physical marking of the Carrying‘ Place. Mr. Van Dyke asked; that the date for the annual; celebration of Rebellion Day' at Lloydtown be reconsidered 1 Tentative date now is Octoâ€"‘ her 5. i As we listened to Mrs. Gill- ham relate all those dates and facts, I noticed that one side wall and rear wall were covered with hand drawn posters. These were the rem- nants of the last Saturday Morning Program held at the Library and they showed “a spotted space spook". “Christ- Strange. located 011 Conces- sion 6, north of Laskay was named after Dr. Strange of Aurora who secured the post office and changed the name from Williamstown. Sam Car- son, father of TV star John Carson, lived in Strange. KINGHORN Kinghorn, situated at the corner of Jane Street and the King Sideroad, boasted a large tannery in 1847 but it burnt down. Aubrey Davis, father of the Honorable E. J. Davis, lived there. EVERSLEY We were told a tale of a wedding in the Eversley Church in which the'groom never showed up. much to everyone's embarassment. One of the older school boys in the congregation walked up to the bride and asked her to marry him. She accepted and apparently they lived happily thereaft‘ir. SPRINGHILL Among the many slides Mrs, Gillham showed was a photo of Arthur Brown as the gas lamplighter of Springhill (King City) who used to com- plain about kids following him and blowing out the lamps as fast as he could light them. Another slide showed the original King Railway Station taken by a photographer about 1908. The station was moved to Black Creek Pioneer Village in 1968. Official history records show many conflicting facts and dates and Mrs. Gillham said that her information was as correct as possible. She asked for people to correct her if they knew of any error. (And your Liberal reporter, in an attempt to write notes during Mrs. Gillham’s fast- speaking talk, might have erred on some points.) This cheerful historian who taught school in the township for many years, is a walking history book. encyclopedia, atlas and certainly a hard- working speaker. Listening to her talk on King were 43 residents including Mayor Margaret Britnell. Refresh- ments were served after- wards in a room decorated with Spanish momentoes, a current library theme. with David Reesor planned the town. The post office opened in 1854 on Concession 6 and the settlement offered 10c haircuts and 5c shaves. Mrs. Gillham said “You’ll notice that every town had a tavern”. Our estimation of aItJten- d‘a-n'ce was about 80 persons but larf‘ficial count was appa- rently 114. The music was a real variety with the 'polka, Gay Gordon, chadc‘ha, fox trot, and rock all forming the background for fancy footâ€" work. George Oowie and his or- chestra played a pleasing medley 'of music including a lot of Glenn Miller oldi'es 'as King residents “did their thing" on the floor. for this "Sweetheart Dance." ry 8 . . . band came! (At a previous dance, the musi- cians didn't arrive much to the dismay of the organizers and guests alike.) King (MASK) held anothef successful dance in the Church Auditorium, Februa- STRANGE In co~operaflon with the Women’s Interâ€"Church Coun- cil of Canada the World Day Of Prayer Service in King Mrs. Bruce Hall showed slides of her |trip to Aruba in the Dutch West Indies. Next meeting of the WI will be March 12. World Day of Prayer The King Branch Women’s Institute ‘held Itheir regular meeting February 12 at the home of Mrs. Ross Walker. Mm. Verdun Gordon read a poem entitled “I Am a Ca- nadian" and Mrs. Allan Gel- latly conducted :two quizzes â€" Canadlian Facts on “Ca- nadians in History" and one on Valentines. All men of Sacred Heart parish are invited (to a re‘treat at Mary-lake from March 29 to 31 and are asked *to com tact Hank Pynenburg for further information. The re- treat master will be Father Cyril Smetana, a member of the Augusttinian Community. The election of members to this year’s Sacred Heart Parish Council will take place soon and parishioners are asked to seriously consi- der the candidates whose names were published in last Sunday’s bulletin and vove! A public meeting, one in a series of five to be ‘held in King Town-ship, will take place, February 28 in the King Arena Hall. The meet- ings have been announced 'by the King Townslhip planning technician and apparently are to obtain public com- ments and input regarding the proposed Comprehensive Zoning By-Law which will if approved) implement the township's official plan. Women's Institute In our wni‘te-up last week about 'the CWL Public Speaking Contest. we forgot to give our congratulations to runner-up winners Sandra Philips (second) and Anne Pynen‘burg (third). Rezoning February 27 is Ash Wed- nesday, the first day of Lemt. February 26 is Shrove Tuesday and All Saint's Ang- lican Church will hold their annual pancake supper bet- ween 5:30 and 7:30 pm. The word “S'hmve” comes from an old English word “shrive”. When people go rta confes- sion, they have been known to say they have been “shri- ven". The day is often cele- brated as one of merrimen't as indicated: by the word "carnival" meaning “farewell to meat", as originally ap- plied to the festival preced- mg Lent. The French refer to S'hrove Tuesday as “Mar- di Gras” which many of us know as a masquerade festi- val which :takes place in New Orleans. The candidates preparing for their communicate life in the church will meet, Februa- ry 2‘2 for supper at 5:30 pm and a rehearsal following. On ‘the same evening, Iuhree persons will 'be baptized with the confirmation cl‘aSS acting as their sponsors. Those to be baptized will be Judy Ballard, Michael and Cory Glas‘sfo‘rd, with the service beginning at 8 pm. Confirmation Sunday at All Saint’s Anglican will be this weekend, at 10:30 am, com- bining both the service of confirmation, and the con- iirm'ee‘s first communion. Performing the l‘aying-on-of- hands will be- the Right Rev. Lewis Garnswonnhy, Bishop of Toronto; and music for the service under the direc- tion of Ithe organist, James Leonard. A reception will follow in the dhurch audito- riulm. MASK is a community orientalte-d group such as rthe Good: Morning Group, Help- mate Information, Meals-on Wlheels, Alcoholics Anony- mous, Senior OCitizens, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, and Personal Counselling. Different than most com- munity dances, there was no spot dance nor a door prize \even though they put ticket stubs into a draw-drum). A change of pace came when they held a Chinese Auction with 25c accumulating bd-ds. Among those who attended was Mayor Margaret Brit- nell. Sinclair Steven-s MP York Simcoe and' his wife, and All Saint’s Rector Rev. Neville Bishop and wife Noreen. “The Liberal” requires a responsible boy or girl for an established paper route in the North Road area of Lake Wilcox. This is an excellent opportunity to earn some extra pocket money. Please Phone Dinah Darlington at 884- 1105 for further details. CARRIER As I’ve mentioned before, it's about time the post office notice of upcoming council meetings was updated. Sure- ly someone must care when {these meetings are held! Theatre Aurora Members of Theatre Aurora will aJtit‘en'd the presentation of “Fiddler on the Roof” to- night at St. Andrew’s College in Aurora. Every Saturday morning from now on will be clean~ up morning at the future ’I‘h'eatre Aurora building. Harry Show welcomes any help he can get on Inhese mornings. Bring a broom, a mop or some other cleaning ulbensil. So far, most of the work at the building has been done by a valiant few. Now is the time to come for- ward and give Harry and this gang a few hours of your time some Saturday in the wear future. Starting time 9:30 am. Mary Jamieson, who direc- ted “The Music Man" for Theartre Aurora in 1971, died suddenly recently in Sa-mia. Mary was a wo-m'a'n of tre- mendous spirit and warmth. A floral tribute was sent on behalf of Theatre Aurora. A man without a plan for the day is 10-th before he starts. Tlhe Good Morning Group will have Mrs. Frank Reeves of Reeve’s Florists in Pine Grove as their guest speaker. At 9:30 am. Belated birthday greetings are extended to a grand old gentleman, Raymond Burt of King Si‘deroad who celebra- ted his 90th birthday Feb- ruary 9. Happy birthday to Michel- 1e LaF‘onrd, daughter of Jean and Ray LatF-onvd of J Oihn Streelt. Michelle is 12 years old today. February 22 is «he tenth wedding anniversary of Brian and Sandy MacDonald. Con- gnautul’atioms! Happy birthday to Connie Geer, daugh'ber of Keith and An‘nemta Geer of Patrick Street. Connie will be 13 years old February 22. And: last but not least, happy birthday to Lady Flavelle, found-er of King- craft February 24. In the evening, the Haka- mu Group from Aurora will conduct a you‘rt-h service at All Saflnlt‘s Anglican Church at 7:30 pm. Refresh- ments will ‘be served follow- ing the service. Donna’s Bits And Pieces Men. never learn anything about women, but they Ihave a lot of fun trying. February 27 at 9:45 am the York Pines Lecture Group presents Mrs. William Reid of *Newmau‘ket Ohild- ren‘s Aid. Film â€" “Pressures on Today’s Youth". Committee :meeltinlg alt mhe township offices February 25 at 7:30 pm. Also on ‘uhe 25th the Uni- versity Women‘s Club of York County hold their regu- lar monthly meeting at King- craft House at 8 pm. Klin‘gcraft Groui) holds its regular monitth meeting. Fe- bruary 28 at 1:30 pm. will be held March 1, at. St. Andrew's Presbyterian unureh, Keele Street North, at 2 pm. Every-one is invited Lo come and worship with their friends and neighbors. Guest speaker will be Mrs. Nanette Digan-gi of Willow- dale. Mrs. [Digangi is the wife of the director of the Bible and Medical Missionary So- ciety. Refreshments will be serv- ed following the service and ba‘bysittting will be provided. For ALL Occasions Rice's Flowers CENTRE 884-1812 Phone 889-1812 - At All Hours - Flowers Wired Anywhere RICHMOND HEIGHTS We Deliver to Toronto & - Surrounding Districts The five-week winter sports elective program has now finished and is deemed an unqualified success. The pro- gram was designed to give the pupils a continuing inter- est in sports and physical education outside of school. The principal and staff hope the pupils will continue to use their newfound skills. Winner of the oral comâ€" munication festival at this school was William Mitchell, grade 6, Principal Ed Burlew and John Niddery. chairman of the festival, presented the winner’s cgest to the young A welcome is extended to Mrs. Patricia Montgomery. four-year veteran teacher of Scarboro Board of Education, who has joined the staff at Oak Ridges, teaching a grade 3 program. Mrs. Montgomery finds her new class most stimulating and ’is looking forward to getting to know them She will be continuing her studies at York Univers- ity in the fall. The Oak Ridges hockey team placed second in the Richmond Hill Winter Carni- val contest. Both Lake Wilcox and Oak Ridges Public Schools will be closed tomorrow (February 22). This is one of five pro- fessional development days scheduled for the 1973-74 school year. Help in a t e Information (North Branch) invites all residents of this area to a public meeting tonight at 8 pm in the gym at Lake Wil- cox Public School. The agenda is as follows: 0 Progress report from Chairman of the Board Frank Mount 0 Staff report â€" Beth Len- thall and Karin Lumsden 0 Sharing of social issues and concerns 0 Guest Speaker Richard Ed- munds, credit counsellor, Richmond Hill and Thorn- hill Area Family Services 0 Report of nominating com- mittee and nomination of new members Coffee will be served. School News Public Meeting Tonight Oak Ridges Open 9:00 to 9130 Weeknites SI'IDE LUDFIU HURON SOUA RE SHOPPING CENTRE Hwy. 5 and Hwy. 10, MiSSIs sauga (Open late Saturday) FINCH WEST MALL 3467 Weston Rd. (Open late Saturday) SERVE YOURSELF TO SHOES AND SAVE Services for the World Day of Prayer will be held March 1 at 2 pm in Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel, Bond Avenue. Mrs. M a r g a r e t Kearns will be guest speaker. All denominations are cor- Don’t forget to order your Easter Eggs early. The UCW eggs have got to be the best bargain in town. The quarter pound fondant-filled, choco- late-dipped, hand - decorated beauties sell for only 60¢ each. Order yours now. Call Diane Foster at 773-5021 or Helen Lang at 773-5493. At the Brethren In Christ this coming Sunday Bishop Roy Sider of the Canadian Conference from Sherkston, Ontario, will give a special message to the congregation at the 7:30 evening service. The meeting was consid~ ered very informative and challenging and members were urged to attend the public meeting February 21 at Lake Wilcox School Gym. Both Mrs. Reid’s and Wil- liam Jay's classes have been making winter bird houses and feeders. These have now been installed in the shrub- bery at the north side of the school, Church News St. Paul's United â€" Bible study Thursday 10 am and 7:15 pm at the manse,‘36 Elmgrove Avenue. The UCW meeting Febru- ary 12 had as guests repre- sentatives of Helpmate Infor- mation (North Branch). Chair- man Frank Mount of the board of directors and Field Worker Mrs. Beth Lenthall gave the background of the centre and discussed the services now provided and those aimed for in the future. orator, a pupil of Mrs. Mari- IYn Reid at a classroom gath- ering. Miss Jean Watson’s grade 3 class recently had a special program of language arts. The pupils did art work, cre- ated poems and decorated the room. Parents were invited to the presentation and were served refreshments and cookies made by the child- ren. 330 YONGE ST. N. WARDEN SHEPPARD al Oxfovd St. Richmond HIII SHOPPING CENTRE RIVERDALE PLAZA Gerrard 8. Carlaw (Open lake Saturday) Lake Wilcox News The club is holding a St. Patrick’s Dance March 16 and is hoping the members will come out 100% strong and enjoy themselves. The carnival is just over a month away and if all mem- bers sold as many tickets as they could it might be pos- sible to raise some money on an event normally considered part of the skating season and not a fund-raising ven- ture. Another fund -raising effort coming up is selling tickets for the Ontario Sports Lot- tery, starting March 15. The club receives 40c for each ticket sold, so be sure to get some books from Brenda and SELL! SELL! SELL! Oak Ridges and District Minor Hockey Association is holding a “Hillbilly Bash" February 23 from 8 pm to 1 am in the Bond Lake Arena Hall. The disc jockey will be Don Holdgate. Admission is $6 per couple, which includes a buffet. Beverages will be available at reasonable prices. dially invited to attend The fund raising commit- tee of Bond Lake Skating Club is having a hard time this year. Support from mem- bers either in a financial or physical way has been poor. Members’ attendance at dan- ces is also down from last year. The committee feels that members may be a little shy or may not realize the problems encountered by the club. The Ladies' Guild will meet March 5 at 7:45 pm in OLA Chapel for the regular monthly meeting. Community Events A teen dance will be held February 22 in Bond Lake Arena Hall from 8 to 11 pm. The'disc jockey will be Don Holdgate, If you feel you can help with some of the events com- ing up please contact Brenda Neil at 773-4378 or Mary Near at 773-4050. Newspaper Classifieds offer advertisers a combination of unbeatable advantages. Phone today â€"884-1105-6. Fast results! 579 MARKHAM RD. at Lawrence Open 9-9-30 Weeknites The Evening Unit of the UCW went to York Manor this week for their meeting, and after visiting with the residents, returned to the home of Kathie Prentice for business and a cup of tea. The Couples Club held their Valentine Party at the Vandorf Hall on February 9. There were 40 persons on hand to enjoy the fun even- ing. with square and round Dancing, games and refresh- men'ts. Music for the square dances was supplied by the Rev. Artshur Thomson, Bill Morley and Ann Phillips at the piano. The Morley fa- mily played for round dan- ces. as well as some records. Convenors for the event were Ken and Helen Holtz, Bill and Margaret Morley, Stuart and Helen Burnett, Ralph and Aldla Carr. and Everett and Ann Phillips. Wilbert Jennings did the "Calling". «Many thanks to all who worked to make mhis a real fun night. Announce- ment was made that Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Burnett Iha-d wel- comed twin grandchildren to their family during the week. Congratulations. ‘ Ten tables of players en- joyed the euchre held at the church school room on Feb. 13. Prize winners were la- dies: lst, Ann Hutchinson; 2nd, Leona Dickson; 3rd, S'hirley McLean: gentlemen: 1st Wilbert Jennings; 2nd. William Orr, and 3rd, Ed Dickson; travelling prize was won by Evelyn Jennling‘s. Church News “The Liberal" is always pleased to publish items of interest regarding peo- ple and events in Oak Ridges - Lake Wilcox and King City districts. Our news correspondent ' for King City is Donna Mat- thews, 832-1579; and for Oak Ridges - Lake Wilcox please call Janet Russell at 773-4105. TEMPERANCEVILLE NEWS Correspondent: Mrs. W. G. Jennings Phone 773-5892 The lowest or an}; tender not necessarily accepted. H. G. ROSE, Clerk. Township of King Nobleton, Ont., 833-5321 KING CITY AREA and SCHOMBERG-LLOYDTOWN Specifications and tender documents can be obtained from the municipal office on King City Sideroad just west of Highway 400 and returned by 4 pm Monday, Febraury 25, 1974. Sealed tenders plainly marked as to contents will be received by the under- signed until 4 pm Monday, February 25. 1974, for a municipal garbage collection in the communities of King City and Schomberg-Lloyd- town. Hugh Orser has returned homeoafter spending some time with his sister in Pow- ell River, British Columbia. Convenors were Margaret James and Edna 'Hearsome. The next euchre will be held on February 27, at 8:00 pm. The Afternoon Unit of the UCW will meet at the home of MRS. Fred Hare on Feb- ruary 21, at 2:00 pm. Neighborhood Notes Mrs. Frank Bell and Mrs. Audrey Boyle visited with Norman Rumble at Elmwood Manor during the week. Mrs. Wilfred James spen¢ Wednesday of this week visi- ting with Mrs. Lance Beatlh Toronto. The 4}! Homemaking Clu'bs are well into their project. “The Club Girl En-tertains" with twenty-three girls parâ€" ticipating in «he rtwo clubs. TOWNSHIP OF KING TENDERS FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION