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Proud mamas, grandmas, and a few papas were present as the King City Co- Operative Nursery School presented their annual Christmas Pageant at King City United Church on the morning of December 20. After much “peeking through the curtain” by the cast. Mary (Kelly Cart- wright), Joseph (Douglas CroEsléy) ana the baby came onstage and took thâ€" New Year’s Eve party Watch Night service at St. John’s Anglican Church news St. John‘s Anglican is planning a New Year’s Eve party and Watch Night Service. The party will begin around 10 pm, and the Watch Night Service at midnight, followed by a buffet supper. Sam Neil. a student at Oak Ridges Public School. seems to be giving Santa (‘laus a couple of more ideas just in case the jolly. old gentleman plans to stay in the neighborlde for a while Peopleiaire asked to bring a contribution of food for the buffet. At the Brethren in Christ Church, Aubrey Avenue, a Watch Night Service will begin at 9 pm December 31 and continue until after midnight. Refreshments will be served after the service which will consist of reading, testimonies. and special singing. For awhile now I've been promising myself a holiday and that‘s why there‘s not much in the column this week. iEveryone is welcome News items welcome However. keep the news coming and I’ll sharpen up the quill again for next week. I‘d like to take this op- portunity to wish all my readers a happy and prosperous New Year. Thank you for your help and encouragement throughout the year. If you have any news, about trips taken over the holidays or out of town visitors. and you‘d like to mail it to me, my box number is 186, Oak Ridges. School concert Oak Ridges School Con- cert held on December 19, saw a packed auditorium despite a snowfall of several The thing uppermost in most people’s minds was the heat and the lack of The musical parts of the concert under the direction of Miss Mullen were very well organized and per- formed beautifully. inches traffic. “breathable” air, due to 600 or more closely-confined people and all the gym doors closed. It is a pity the school doesn’t possess microphones. because although most of the younger children had ob- viously been coached to “speak up" and did 59 King City Coâ€"Operative Nursery’s Christmas Pageant at United Church And another thing, Santa . . . which disrupted came onstage and took their place. Mary was very Baby Jesus arrived in his cradle long before Mary was persuaded to continue. The shepherds (Michael Alexander, Richard Wilkin, Andy Parkin, Duncan Newland, Charlie VanGorder, Colin Warner. and Peter Faegerstrom) followed carrying their offerings of a blanket and soft cuddley toys. beautifully, the older grades tended to mumble or lose their stage voice after a short while and become inaudible to those parents sitting at the rear half of the hall. Not being able to hear well, large portions of the audience became restless and who can blame them? The whole concert lasted two hours or more when an hour would have been plenty. Those parents who brought their young children suffered the most, as the infants became more and more irritable; many left before the finish. Aurora East Gwillimbury Georgina Oak Ridges - Lake Wilcox AURORA HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY. JANUARY 7th. 1975 THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Bands Art Display Choirs Came to our inaugural party! INVITES YOU to meet YOUR trustees Aurora Newmarket villimbury Richmond Hill Georgina Vaughan King Whitchurch- Markham V Stouffville longer. At the time. Santa. sometimes known as S. Burns. had just presented Master Neil with a present at the school concert. A packed auditorium took in the show. 8:00 pm. A host of wee angels in silver tinsel trimmed gowns provided a lovely background. The angels were Tania Lary, Harriet Noel-Smith, Kristi Kanitz, Rachel Greenspan, Rebecca Greenspan. Leslie Heyink, Denise Green, Monica Goodin, Vaness Blout, Sheri The Kings, all bearing gifts were Kenny Davis, Michael Howe, and Kevin Anderson. ‘ There were several times when the audience was offered some light relief ~â€" even if unintentional. Once when a Santa lost his “tummy”, that had us in stitches for some time. And another when several pieces of furniture seemed to have a life of their own and kept falling off the stage. All in all, it was not a very memorable evening. I do appreciate the fact the staff and children work hard at their individual parts, but organization on the whole seemed lacking. The high spof of the whole night was the music. Miss Mullen take a bow. (PIToto by ‘Elbern Morrison, Kim Smith, Julie Katona. Stephanie Lamb. Sian Davis, Justin Kanitz. and Tanja Zoebelein. The children then sang the simple children’s Christmas Carols while enacting the Nativity. There was also the little Drummer Boy with Peter Faegerstrom as the enthusiastic Drummer. The costumes were then shed and the children gathered round a Christmas tree for the second half of their presentation. All the children were given a decoration and in turn hung it on the tree. Mrs. Christine Van- denHeuvel, principal of the nursery school. thanked the guests for coming and in- vited everyone to stay for coffee and cookies. All ‘the students of the nursery school and their younger brothers and sisters present were given marshmallow snowmen, candy canes, and small inflatable Santas, com- pliments of Tim Horton‘s Donut Shops. Donna‘s Bits & Pieces Mrs. Mary Scott is very happy to have her parents visiting with her and her husband Lorne. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are from Fowler, Ohio. Happy birthday to John Gilmour on January 5. January 6 seems to be a very popular day for bir- thdays. Best wishes to Donna Hutton of Humber Crescent, Cecil Lawson of Hollingsworth Crescent, and Jeff Adamec, son of Ed and Marlene Adamec. Jeff will be 9 years old. ' For a finale, they sang “Jingle Bells" in the dark. with much ringing of bells. Mr. and Mrs. Hector MacDonald are visiting with their daughter and son-in- law Heather and Ernest Wallner of Pottageville. Have a safe and happy New Year. ' GET YOUR Y.C.A.M.R. "soo" lil IIUII LOTTERY TICKETS NOW! ” | l $26, THE COST? Only $2.00 per draw. Total of $104.00 for 52 weeks payable in up to four instalments. With your participation, you will help the York Central Association for the Mentally Retarded to finance its services. Tickets can be obtained at the Y.C.A.M.R. Office, 4 Centre St. west, 884-9110 Evenings and weekends, call 884-1810, 884-3329. 884-2706 Hurry, the first draw is on Jan. 2, 1975. - Members of the Beynon and Phillips families spent December 22 at the home of Mr and Mrs. Ross Kirby of Arthur for their annual Christmas get-together. In honor of the Installation as Master of Robertson Lodge, King City. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred James held “Open House” at their home on Sunday last. Some 40 Masons and friends at- tended. Miss Millie Umehara of Toronto is spending the Christmas Holidays with her mother, Mrs. John Umehara. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Phillips held Christmas for members of their family at their home on Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Holtz have arrived home from a pre-Christmas holiday in Florida. Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Thomson are spending the Christmas holidays at the home of their parents in Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Jennings attended a family Rev. Thomson in Calgary for Christmas holiday Calgary. Keith Cambden of King City will be taking the church service on December 29. Mrs. Fred Hare spent the holiday at the home of her daughter and family, the Fred Weirs of New Ham- burg. Jan.6 King inaugural King Township Council’s inaugural meeting for 1975 will be held January 6 in the Nobleton Community Hall at 7.30 pm. The inauguration will see the induction of new Ward 5 Councillor Doug Brookes who defeated Ben Rough in the last election; and of Dr. David Harper of Nobleton who won out over Risdon Atkinson, RR 1, Schomberg, in the Murray Sheardown vacated Ward 2 riding. "The Liberal" is always pleased to publish items of interest regarding .people and events in Oak Ridges â€" Lake Wil- cox and King City dis~ tx'icts. Our news corres- pondent for King City is Donna Matthews, 832- 1579; and for Oak Rid- ges - Lake Wilcox please call Janet Russell at 773-4105. YOU MAY WIN MORE THAN ONCE! THE CHANCE OF WINNING? GOOD! ONLY 500 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD! 52 WEEKLY DRAWS FOR $500. York County Board of Education Monday night set January 7 as the date of its inaugural meeting. But even that probably won‘t be soon enough for some of its new members. Correspondent: Mrs. W. G. Jennings Telephone 773-5892 gathermg at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon’ Johnston and family of Bradford. Norman Rumble of Elmwood Manor, Richmond Hill. spent Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rumble of Hamilton. that probably won’t be soon _ Even though they _don‘t Howeyer, when the enough for some of its new formally take over untll the committeeâ€"of-the-who]e members new year, they proposed a meeting moved to adjourn '---------------------------' Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Lloyd of Delhi spent Sunday visiting their parents, Mr. Norman Rumble and Mr. Wesley Lloyd and had supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Jennings. Friends will be happy to know that Mrs. Ray Jen- nings is improving during her stay in Wellesley Hospital. Mrs. Lloyd West of Cobourg is spending a few days with her daughter and family, the Arnold Winters of Oak Ridges Farms. Public school board inaugural set for January 7 Temperanceville News Foneasy reference, cut this handy calendar of events out along the dotted lines and pin it to your kitchen bulletin board. IN PRIZES January January January January January January January January 9 January 11 January 14 January 15 January 16 January 18 January 22 January 22 January 24 January 26 WOSOSOEO’MH January 25 January 26 January 29 LIBERAL CALENDAR OF KING EVENTS FOR JANUARY The final 52nd winner in 1974 MR. FRANK WILDE RICHMOND HILL TOKEN N0. 061 New Year‘s Day. Figure Skating Lessons resume. Back to School. c Epiphany. All Saint‘s Worship Meeting â€" 8 pm. Cancer Society Meeting. Good Morning Group. All Saint’s Anglican 9.30 am. The Odd Couple by Theatre Aurora at the Factory Theatre The Odd Couple Women's Institute Meeting at King Library. Good Morning Group â€" All Saint’s Anglican â€" 9:30 am. The Odd Couple. . The Odd Couple. Good Morning Group â€" All Saint’s Anglican â€" 9: 30 am. Kingcraft General Meeting â€" 1:15 pm. York Regional Symphony Orchestra â€" St. Andrew‘s Aurora. Holy Eucharist followed by Annual Congregational Meeting at All Saint's. King, 10 am. ’ Robbie Burns‘ Day. Septuagesima Sunday. Good Morning Group â€" All Saint’s Anglican â€" 9: 30 am. 1) Weekly draw for a $500 prize, starting on Thursday Jan. 2, 1975 at noon. Total prize money for 52 weeks is $26,000. « , 2) Only 500 tickets numbered 001 to 500 participate in the draw. Thetoken of each weekly winner is re-entered for all the draws that follow. 3) Each ticket costs $2.00 per week. 4) The weekly winner will be notified by mail. Also. weekly announcements will be made in the Richmond Hill Liberal and on radio station CFGM 1310. Quarterly lists of all winners will be mailed to all ticket holders. 5) The lottery is open to members and friends of the York Central Association for the Mentally Retarded Tim Henshaw, King City. was the recipient of two awards at the end of the second semester of his course at the ()AC Awards Presentation. University of Guelph. recently. Tim. on the left Most of the newlyelected were there, and not just as visitors. They wanted to participate as well. King City student wins 2 awards Summary of Rules Er Regulations caucus meeting beforehand to take place 7:45 to 8 pm. The board’s regular meeting starts at 8 pm. THE LIBERAL. Tuesday. Dec. 31, 1974 â€" ll Province of Ontario License no. 171204 above. is seen receiving a Junior Farmers' Association Prize from President Glen Ruegg. He also won an ()AC Alumni Foundation Un- dergraduate Scholarship. at 7:45 to allow the new members to take their seat in caucus, they ran into some opposition from one of the veteran, but now retired. members. Mariane Gillan, the Georgina Township member. who didn’t seek re- election this year. refused to relinquish her seat. “I didn't think they had any right to come in like that,” Mrs. Gillan told The Liberal afterwards." Especially when I hadn't even been defeated.” “You can have your meeting," Mrs. Gillan tok‘ the gathering, “But I’m not going to give up my chair." She didn’t, either, and the new board to be had to adjourn to another room for its special meeting. For ALL Occasion: Rice's Flowers CENTRE 884-1812 Phone 889-1812 - At All Hours - RICHMOND HEIGHTS Wired AnyWhere (Guelph Universi'v Pnoio) We Deliver to Toronto 8.- Surrounding Districts