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"The speculations became a question on Tuesday. Aug- ust 27. I remember the date because I left the house later than usual even though I was up before dawn. After two calls to the police who had heard the bell too but didn't know how to get it turned off, I had breakfast and walked across the road to the office on the construction site. The building superintendent on the site, Domenic Calde- rone. greeted me courteously but seemed oblivious to the “The bell has rung inter- mittently all summer â€" often very early in the morn- ing and often for long periods at a stretch. No one may legimimately complain about a device which pro- tects prowlers and young- sters (who may wander on to the site and attempt to climb the crane or to tam- per with electrical switches) as much as it protects the property of the developer. But when the device begins ringing somewhere between four and five in the morning and continues to ring with- out interruption until after 7.15 (when the construction crew starts arriving for work) then residents in this residential community begin wondering what the bell is for. A Thornhill resident is very annoyed about an alarm hell that has been creating a nuisance all sum- mer at a construction site overlooking the Don River. So far all his efforts to have the nuisance removed have been fruitless. ear] “The Midway" â€" a design showing motion â€" Marion Jarvie. Evelyn Calladine, Kay Qually. "Dinner at Eight" â€" a table setting on a 36" area with appropriate appoint- ments â€" Marion Jarvie, Ethel Benson, Kay Qually, Evelyn Calladine. "After the Auction Sale" â€" individual interpretation -â€" Doris Butterworth, Ev- elyn Calladine. Ethel Ben- son. Barbara Wade. Thornhill Nuisance Bell Raises Resident's Anger “The Seashore" -â€" using treasures from the beach â€" Marion Jarvie, Barbara Wade, Ina Meares, Betty Saito. “The Cottage Country" â€" using materials from the highways and byways, in- cluding weathered wood â€" Evelyn Calladine, Marion Jarvie. Phyllis Bishop. Forty-nine competitors, a record. entered the decora- tive design classes, providing imagination and artistic cre- ations ranging from tiny miniatures to elegant table settings. complete with cloth, china, etc. The winners and themes in this section were: “A Trip to the Orient" â€"â€" a design in the Oriental manner â€"â€" Marion Jarvie, Ethel Benson, Doris Butter- worth. SPECIAL AWARD The winner of the special award in this section went to Marion Jarvie for a spray of the floribunda rose. Eur- opeana. In the floral specimen section the high point win- ner by a considerable mar- gin was Marion Jarvie. Other winners who follow- ed each other in close suc- cession were: Joe Wain. Murray Smith, Evelyn Cal- ladine. Kay Qually, John Mitchell, Margaret Riley, Mable Mizen. Lucille Pher- rill. Ralph Whatley, Rezin and Irene Steele. Katy Ac- kerman, Ethel Benson and Andrew Brumelis and Jack Manning (tied), Dilys Cham- ney and Doris Butterworth (tied). A surprising feature of the Annual Show of the Thornhill and District Hort- icultural Society, in view of the long period of dry wea- ther, was the excellent dis- play in the floral sections, both specimens and decor- ative designs. This was larger than in many years, both in the number of exhib- its and in the number of ex- hibitors, possibly a record. The quality too. despite the drought. was excellent. “Ontario Place" â€" a mod- 20 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1974 “What irritates me and my neighbors about this alarm bell is that if it were mine or a neighbor’s bell. it wouldn't ring for very long more than once. The offend- er would be firmly nailed for disturbing the peace and quiet of the neighborhood â€" and a good thing too. But it isn't easy to nail an amor- phous entity like the Vincent Court Apartments. What I'd like to do is to rig that bell so that it rings for two-hour intervals in the early hours of the morning only in the ears of the building superin- tendent or his boss. whoever he is. That shouldn’t be be- yond the ingenuity of 20th senior citizen who had moved into an apartment and was quite lonely, opened her window one day when a budgie was on the sill. He flew in and she has found him great company. Two children wanted a pet in the worst way. but the parents weren't any too sure. Then a budgie suddenly arrived and nobody had the heart to refuse him a home. Somebody else lost a budgie and months later noticed a dirty little bird. species unknown, at her feeding tray. She took an- ‘other look. It was her own budgie and he had come back with the intention to n... v..\, u. y He told me why the bell had been installed, in some detail. but I never found out from him what the bell is for unless it is to scare the hell out of prowlers and to keep them scared until they have run clear out of the county. Century buifding venrgineers. Imdve ifiwégQâ€"i}; to No, the police had not con- tacted him. Yes. the police should have his home tele- phone number but, no, he himself had not given the police his number. No, his telephone number was not posted anywhere on the site where a policeman or a concerned citizen might call him in an emergency or in the event that his alarm were triggered by a crane snatcher. a raccoon or an electrical storm. low“! I COUNYRVE SQUARE VONGE A1 SHELES Member: Canadian Guild Registration for the Brown- ies (Thornhill 3rd and 9th packs) and a new Guide group at Henderson Avenue fact that his alarm had been keeping me awake for the best part of two hours or more since I don't get up before 7:30 if I can avoid it. For both visitors and mem- bers the refreshments pro- vided under the supervision of Debbie Bissell with assist- ance from Doris Butterworth and Sue Nishiyama and her daughters. were appreciated. So too were the bargains in fruit. vegetables and plants supplied by the plant sales committee â€" Norm Light- foot and Jack Manning. Both report a very good business weekend. Guides It was gratifying to those in charge to see a number of non-member visitors, both from the local area and fur- ther afield. One gentleman came down from Bancroft to see the show and discuss society activities with our members. For "The Barbecue" â€"â€" a buffet arrangement â€"- Pam Wade, Judy Nishiyama. VEGETABLE SECTION The vegetable section ap- pears to have suffered most from the dry weather. Over- all entries were down by about a third from those of a year ago, with several classes not being represent- ed by a single entry. Win- ners in order of points at- tained were: Murray Smith. Ralph Whatley, the Steeles. Lucille Pherrill, Andrew Brumelis, Margaret Riley and Joe Wain (tied), Gina Tommasini, Katy Ackerman and Sue Nishiyama and Jack and Alice Taylor (tied), Ma- bel Mizen and Phyllis Bishop and Evelyn Turner (tied). The juniors entered their competitions in good num- bers with prizes going to: For “Beetles. Bugs and But- terflies" â€" an arrangement using flowers and any or all of the theme items â€" Holly Jarvie, Pam Wade, Rose Nishiyama. Serena Meares. The award for the best arrangement was won by Marion Jarvie for “Dinner at Eight”. ' "Tiny Treasures" -â€" a miniature â€" John Mitchell. Doris Butterworth, the Steeles. Evelyn Calladine. “Stag Party" â€" for men only â€" Rezin Steele. “Percy Bone Award" â€" a luncheon table arrangement -â€" Betty Saito. Jack Man- ning, Ina Meares. “Centre Island” â€"â€"- a water viewing design (Novice) â€" Alice Taylor. em or abstract design â€" Evelyn Calladine, Evelyn Mitchell. Open: Mon. - Fri. 9:30 am - 9:30 pm Sat. 9:30 am - 6:00 pm EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTIONS FlllED CONTACT lENSES hard & soft MODERN FRAME STYlES CUSTOM MADE FRAMES SAFETY GLASSES FOR WORK 0R PlAY I have heard more about lost and found budgies these last few weeks. One nice senior citizen who had moved into an apartment and was quite lonely, opened her window one day when a budgie was on the sill. He flew in and she has found him great company. Two children wanted a pet in the worst way. but the parents weren't any too sure. Then a budgie suddenly arrived and nobody had the heart to refuse him a home. Now he has gone to a new home which he approves of and his owners know about budgies. (I might add that one of our two dogs was de- lighted to see him depart. Penny does not ‘believe in sharing any attention, and she considered the budgie a most unwelcome guest.) â€" just a house sparrow at that. But last Saturday morning "Blue-y” moved into the cage. Whether he was tired of being chased or the colder weather bothered him, we do not know. But he was quite content to have the door closed, and the cage carried inside. We had reached the point “f being sufficiently familiar with our exotic bird neigh- bor who was making use of our feeding tray to name him “Blue-y". He had given up his regular three times a day visits, and was now coming very early in the morning and late at night and eating as if he were starving! Also he had be- come very. nervous. We blamed the starlings! By this time we had bor- rowed a cage but all we had lured into it was a sparrow â€" just a house sparrow at that. But last Saturday Last Budgie Episode As Blue -y Enters Cage of Disgefising Opticians FIRST PLAYDOWN In the first game of the series. played at the Grand- view diamond, John Zubick's Squirts were victorious by a 4 to 3 score. Claremont got one run in the first inn- ing, when Norton hit a hard shot to left and came all the way round when the ball got past the fielder. Claremont scored another run in the second inning on two hits. Thornhill tied the score in the bottom of the second on threeeonsecutive hits, the big blow being a double by Greg Pacek. In the third inning, Claremont loaded the bases with none out. Jonathon Angel struck out the next two batters, then Maillett lined a single to right to score one run. The Thornhi‘ll Canac Card- inals. playing in the York Simcoe County League South Division for the first year, finished the regular season in first place, and meet the third place Claremont team in the semi-finals. Thornhill Presbyterian is also holding a Rally Day on Sunday for the Sunday school at 9:30 am. This is for all classes. There will Thornhill’s Cardinal Squirts Finish First The Sunday school Rally Day will be held on Sunday. Those attending are urged to bring their lunch and en- joy each other’s company for a period of fellowship. 223-5168 Thornhill Baptist is plan- ning a visitation in the dis- trict surrounding the church in the very near future. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Henry who have lived on Elgin Avenue for 13 years, have now gone to Ancaster. Mr. Henry has recently retired. Church News Public School wés‘hâ€"elaâ€"Wed; nesday evening of last week. 0! Interest By MARGARET GOVAN North Thornhill Correspondent By MARG BOUGHTON I do hope “Blue-y" is also content to stay in a cage again, and not look with longing at the tree tops! We miss him, but we are having warbler visitors, night hawks, and yesterday we saw a great blue heron making use of the Don. say she was delighted GREAT PITCHER Jonathon Angel pitched a great game, allowing nine hits, striking out seven, and walking five. He also had three hits in four trips to the plate. The two Clare- mont pitchers allowed seven hits. fanned eight and al- lowed no free passes. Claremont left 11 men on base while Thomhill left only five men stranded. The second game was to be played in Claremont on the fifth. the third if necessary in Thomhill on September 10. The program itself will start the following Tuesday 9:30 - 11:15 am with "Keep Fit" and Discussions. On the Thursday at the same time, there will be crafts, bridge and coffee. There are arrangements for babies, toddlers and pre- schoolers. There is a need for persons to be responsible for the child-care aspect. If you are interested please get in touch with Mrs Judy Flow at 889-6807. Thornhlll scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth on two singles, and two errors. The final three innings were scoreless as both hurlers pitched good ba'll. Claremont got a run- ner on in the sixth and seventh innings, but could not bring the tying run home. next batter was out, pitcher to first for the third out. The bottom of the third and top of the fourth were score- less. Registration for the Mo- thers’ Break Program, which is held in Thornhill United, will be taken on Tuesday at 10 am in the narthex of the church. 9 AM. TO 10 P.M. Every Week High Saturday-9mm. to 6 pan. Sunday-Noon to 6 p.m.} be a guest spefir: The erend Anthony Capon Scripture Union. PRESCRIPTIONS DISPENSARY OPEN Aurora Oak Ridges YONG! AT WELLINGTON S'I' YONG! AT THE KING RD THE GREEN POPE â€"- by Miguel Angel Asturias. In this novel Asturias. a win- ner of the Nobel Prize for literature, tells the story of George Thompson, a ruth- less American who founds a vast fruit empire in Central American. Thompson wrenâ€" ches the land from the In- dians, brings tragedy into the lives of two native women who love him, and finally becomes obsessed THE COMMON COLD AND COMMON SENSE â€" by Dale Alexander. Using material gathered from over 20 years of scientific re- search, the author presents a totally new understanding of the common cold. includ- ing nutritional secrets that he contends will prevent colds and promote overall good health. (Nonâ€"Fiction.) Alistair Maclean. This popu- lar author. long adept at in- Venting spellbinding plots and assembling interesting combination of characters, has set his latest story in 19th Century Nevada. (Fic- tion.) Shown (left to right) they are: back row â€" Jim David- son for the atom team, Don Roberts for minor atoms, Al The 'I'hornhil] Minor Hockey Association Thunderbird coaches gathered recently at a planning session for the 1974- 75 OMHA season which opens in the first week of October. This year there is an expansion in the organization from nine to 12 teams. ‘ TOWN OF MARKHAM ' EM PUBLIC LIBRARIES «’2 Nobel Prize AuthorfTeilis/gmry 0f Ruthless American In Central America BREAKFAST PASS â€" by s1. I I . 773-5431 Thornhill T hunderbircl Coaches Ready For Actiofi VIRGINIE OR THE DAWNING OF THE WORLD â€"â€" by Jasoph Majault. A taut suspense novel about the kidnapping of a little girl, and at the same time. a delicate poetic character study of the criminal and his appealing victim A par- able for any age â€" the story of a man in darkness'being led by the hand of a little child. (Fiction) LOOK FOR T H E S E TITLES AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY. by Jan Bartnell. Spindrift is the true story of a haunting. Soon after Jan Bartell. act- reSS, lecturer and poet, moved into a renovated townhouse in New York City. unseen things seemed to follow her and clutch at her in the dark. 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