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The Liberal, 29 May 1974, p. 24

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24 Neighborhood Notes Clarence Steckley is again a patient in Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ---vr,,,, David Nelson, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson, played the piano in his usual excellent manner on the Tiny Talent program on Channel 11 Sunday after- noon. A number from our com- munity attended the Men- nonte Central Relief annual auction sale at New Hamâ€" burg Saturday._‘ ‘ ,__.1 vunh you- _ Miss Linda Thiessen and Kim MacDonald will be guests of honor at a bridal shower May 30 in the fel- lowship hall of the Missio- nary Church. .. .d ALA -1..." v ,, An auction sale of farm equipment and stock was held Wednesday afternoon on the farm of Harold Don- evr. This farm has been sold for commercial uses and several factories are to be erected there soon. Miss Shirley Empringham and Bill Bradley will be fe- ted May 31 at a miscellane- ous shower in Victoria Square ban. a p, ,,_A Sympathy is expressed to the Earl Reesor family and the Smith family in the pas- sing of Mrs. Carl Reesor at Parkvlew Home Thursday. The funeral was held Sun- day afternoon from the Wideman Mennonite Church. Nine Gormley ladies at- tended the district annual of the WI at the community hall in Nobleton Tuesday. Rev. Donald Parx‘, minis- ter of St. Andrew’s United Church Markham. retired as president of the local To- ronto Conference of the Uni- ted Church, at its annual meeting in Orlllia May 23â€" During the past year Mr. Parr has visited the ten pres- by’terles which he heads. It was a grass roots encounter, to determine the mood of the man in the pew. "It has been a year of accomplish- ment. The church is not dead -â€" it never was â€" the church is relevant and this is the versatility of the Gos- pel that it is able to meet man at his individual level." he said. "I was very much impressed by the eagerness of the laity to ensure that the church is there to meet needs. There is a mood in our church that says ‘where is it hurting and how can we h e l p?’ Personal Christian nurture will be a priority of Toronto Conference, as I sense that we all need op- portunities for growth as Christians," said Mr. Parr. With regard to church union. he sees. “apathy, mostly." The approval of union is more noticeable in urban areas, and co-opera- tion between churches, he says is “shamefully poor." The 50's were the decade of church expansion. the 60's of social action, the 70’s should be a time to recoup and strengthen. REV. DONALD FARR U. C. Leader Retires Toronto Conference in- cludes York Region and has 432 preaching places, with a membership of 148,420. Geographically it starts in Toronto. goes north and west to Hearst Ontarlo. and east to Noranda. Quebec. The women’s work inVolves 22,471 .volunteers. Mrs. Russ Ellas, Mrs‘ Let Us Do The Baking When it comes to made-to-order wedding cakes and fancy sandwiches we do a lot of fussing to make sure they’re just right for that special day. You'll find our prices very competitive â€" why not order now? Specializing in GERMAN FOOD Products 22 Levendale Rd. â€" South Block Richmond Heights Centre â€" Telephone 884-6691 “ " * OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK “ " * THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Wednesday, May 29, 1974 aorlfiley Neighborhood Notes ‘Rail Transit Starts Out Well LEVENDALE PASTRY 8: DELICATESSEN PS. We also rent False Cakes CORRESPONDENT: MRS. CHAS. MILSTED Norm $1,400. From the quilt sale Mrs. Deb Baker. $43,000 was raised for relief G’retta Noble, Mrs. Brown, 889-5 Mrs. Jack Gamble and Mrs. work. Ferne Jeffels enjoyed the annual bus trip with Van- dorf WI Wednesday to the Erland Lee Homestead at Stoney Creek and the Horti- cultural Gardens at Hamil- ton. The young people's group re-organized at the Missio- nary Church Thursday eve- ning with the following of- ficers elected: President Miss Donna Bolender, Sec- ];etary Miss Karen Bolender. Miss Velma Brillinger spent a week with her bro- ther-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Sider of Wainfleet. Mr. and Mrs. George Bar- rett spent a couple of days with Mr. and Mrs. Hans Koopman and family of Lyndhurst. Donna had to have a cast on her left arm. ch‘ihn Meads is in Cente- nary Hospital. West Hill. undergoing tests. W Several from our commu- nity participated in the Bond Lake Arena spring fair May 25. “Mrs. D. C. Henry of To- ronto Spent the weekend with Miss Genevieve Bryce. Wini‘iCEntre WI is cele- brating its 25th anniversary June 6 at a picnic at Van- dorf hall. A number of Gormley young people attended the district youth convention Monday at Emmanuel Col- lege in Kitchener. At the annual meeting of the Gormley WI the follow- ing officers were appointed for the coming year: Presi- dent Mrs. Russ Elias, lst Vice-President Mrs. Roy Smith, 2nd Vice-President Mrs. Alex Chalmers. Sec- retary-Treasurer Mrs. Gret- ta Noble. Assistant Secreta- ry-Treasurer Mrs. Norm Brown, District Director Mrs. Deb Baker, Branch D1- rectors Mrs. Jack Camble, Mrs. C. Cruickshank and Miss Alma Heise; convenors of standing committees â€" agriculture and Canadian in- dustries Mrs. R. C. Baycroft, citizenship and world af- fairs Mrs. Fred Munroe, edu- cation and cultural activi- ties Mrs. Gretta Noble, fa- mily and consumer affairs Mrs. Ferne Jeffels, PRO Mrs. Norm Brown. Tweeds- muir History curator Mrs. Deb Baker. We see a for sale sign on the lovely home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mooney. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Baker and three daughters of Buck- ingham, England, were din- ner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Campey. In the Sunday morning service at the Missionary Church. Geoffrey Campey gave an excellent report of the recent annual church conference held in Kitche- ner. Congratulations to Mrs. Roy Smith who was elected recently as the new presi- dent of the York Centre Women's Institute District at the 25th annual meeting held recently in Schomberg Community Hall. Mrs. Ken lBaker visited her grandmother, Mrs. Ella Ger- rle in St. Joseph's Hospital in Toronto on Sunday. Church News Gormley Missionary Church hosted the annual Stouffville-Whitchurch Sun- day School Convention May 25. Rev. Lloyd Deeks of Willowdale and Rev. David Bell were the guest speak- ers. STOUFFVILLE: Town Coun- cil has instructed legal council to “take all neces- sary steps to force the Min- istry of the Environment to A number from Heise Hill Church attended the de- dication service Sunday af- ternoon of the new adminis- tration building of the Nia- gara Christian College at Fort Erie. Quilts donated by the Heise Hill ladies’ group to the MCC sale at New Ham- burg Saturday netted $1,600. Another quilt, the highest priced one, was sold for . . . curtail the violations by York Sanitation. . ." Council has escalated its battle to force York Sanitation to slow down its dumping on lots 14 and 15. Concession 8. The young people's group re-organized at the Missio- nary Church Thursday eve- ning with the following of- ficers elected: P r e s i d e n t Miss Donna Bolender, Sec- retary Miss Karen Bolender. Treasurer Doug Elliott, Group Leaders Bruce Bacon, black cape and moustache), Errol Mortimer. Any- body could see the grade twelves worked very hard with staff advisor Mr. Andrew on this assembly, and we really appreciate their success- ful efforts to entertain us. YEARLY ATHLETIC BANQUET TONIGHT Our Athletic Banquet is also to be, or has been, held today (Wednesday) featuring a dem- onstration by the Tramp Champs. This is a yearly event in which all the school’s athletes are presented with trophies, crests, ribbons, etc. for their work during the year. Dinner is in- cluded and more will be said about this next week when the results are determined. Regarding the intra-mural track meet, which was held May 14, not many people turned up to support it, especially Stewart house. But the results were as follows: Richmond placed first with 24 points, Miles had 16, Harrison came third with 11 and Stewart (l!) trailed with only 5 points. We'll beat them next time! YOUTH CONCERT BAND PREMIER The very successful Youth Concert Band, organized and conducted by Mr. Bob Thiel, held its premier concert on Thursday, May 23 at 8 pm in the auditorium of RHHS. It went very well, with a good turnout, and a really enjoyable var- iety of music, ranging from classical to folk. Lots of luck to them in the future. Don’t forget about Variety Night, and enjoy some of that sun we’re always hoping for! Less than one month left of school? It seems impossible â€" it feels like we’ve just started. But everyone at RHHS appears to be getting all theyican out of _these last fevq vgeelgshege: _ For example, our annual Variety Night is into rehearsals and will be presented on Friday of next week at 8 pm in the auditorium. There will be a lot to see (music, “theatre”, etc.). So if you’re all for an exciting, or maybe better, an enjoyable evening of entertainment (and we’re working hard to achieve it!), support RHHS on June 7. Bring a friend or two! The tickets cost only a dollar for adults and 50 cents for students, and can be bought either from students or at the door. YEAR 4 ENTERTAINS While on the topic of entertainment, RHHS’S year four classes Friday presented the rest of the school with an assembly, illustrating their var- ious talents. It was a really enjoyable afternoon, consisting of things like a slightly “twisted” cooking class, the Tonight Show almost exactly like the original, a journey through Winnie the Pooh Land, an interesting version of the Enter- tainer from the movie “The Sting”, and beautiful performances by Jeff Queen and Tim Buell sing- ing songs they had both written and composed themselves. The hostess for this theatrical experience was Maggie-Belle, alias Mag Ruffman, hopping around the gym with a sparkler and being har- assed by that villain of villains (complete with Your fur is on investment. In looks, in warmth, in durability. 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Sherway Gardens Scarboroth Town Cemre and Barnum" Shoppers Worm RHHS Variety Night Friday 0f Next Week By PATTI DUFFY RHHS Correspondent Telephone 884-7837 889-9063 Arlene Boettger and Laurie Sayers Mrs. Yohanna Bernard of Ringwood was guest soloist Sunday at bot-h services of the Missionary Church. The life of a Nigerian girl in a native village was presented by tapes and slides under the direction of Mrs. Eldon Boettger in the evening zervice. RHL3IO Rail transit between Bar- rie and. Toronto is starting out better than the Stouff- ville-Toronto service did a number of months earlier. says Railroad Boosters ser- vice spokesman John Medcof of East Gwillimbury. “Patronage on the Barrie line has started out about 50% above the level on the similar Stouffville com- mgter run and appears to be ga'ning steadily," says Med- cof. MAPLE BUSY Maple is one of the more successful stations with an average of 10 ticket buying passengers boarding for To- ronto each day and one FRIDAY â€" SATURDAY â€" SUNDAY MAY 31$? â€" JUNE Ist â€" JUNE 2nd, ’74 PHONE 884-2720 624 YONGE STREET NQRTH $2444 4 Reg. $295.00 “THE ONE STOP POOL SHOP" daily evening passenger sengers each morning. The boarding for Barrie. There passenger total for the were also seven flash cards month was 3,485 people. sold for April daily use of ..B - Maple commuters. usmess appears to be , . graduallv ‘ninkinu un 1 628 “45 people bought monthly flash cards in April. If used every day, the rail fare would be cheaper than the (GO) bus," says Medcof. Aurora and Newmarket were the busiest stations with an average of 25 and 20 daily morning riders respec- tively. one of the total at each station being a passen- ger arriving from a point further north. 84 DAILY RIDERS Trains during April car- ried an average of 84 pas- DAYS ONLY IN GROUND POOL VINYL AND STEEL KITS % PRICE INCLUDES: 0 14 Guage Steel 0 “A” Frame 0 P.V.C. Bullnose Coping O Skimmer 0 Return Fitting SIZE 12x24 14x28 16x32 16x34 18x36 20x24 MILE NORTH OF ELGIN MILLS ROAD "Business appears to be gradually picking up. 1,628 fares were paid from April 1 to April 15. There were 1.857 fares sold from April 16 to April 30.” “If business continues to improve, we shall consider asking the Federal Trans- port Commission to have an extra stop at St. Clair Av- enue (in Metro) and to inâ€" stitute lO-strip tickets for those who ride frequently but not every day," says the York Region rail transit booster. REG. $2436.00 $2994.00 $3146.00 $3350.00 $3658.00 $3988.00 Ladder Wedge Anchors Main Drain Sanitized 30 Mil Liner Filter Telephone forums, cover- age of all-candidates meet- ings and in-depth interview- ing will be a part of this year's Cable 10 election cov- erage. The focus will be on the federal ridings of York North and York Simcoe. In the weeks prior to the July 8 election, viewers will be provided with numerous opportunities on live televi- sion to phone in, to directly confront their candidates with the issues that concern them. As the campaign progres- ses. Cable 10's production staff will be on the road. bringing their viewers a con- tinuous and extensive gover- age of open forum all-candi- Local Cable Television Covers Election 3 DAYS ONLY SALE $1418.00 $1497.00 $1573.00 $167 5.00 $1829.00 $1994.00 F01- further information on times and dates of programs. consult the pages of "The Liberal" or the Cable 10 daily public service board, or call the station at 884-8111. dates meetings â€"â€" another opportunity for constituents to see their candidates in ac- tion. On July 8, Cable 10's “Election Night ‘74" will pro- vide up to the minute poll returns and commentary on activities in the two local ridings as well as the natio- nal scene. Clas‘sicomm Cable 1015 the Southern York Region‘s com- munity broadcast station. bringing its viewers the full gamut of coverage on area activities. RICHMOND HILL

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