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Monday. November 21, Continent Wide Charity Overall winners were Joe and Lorri Coen: Woman Pair‘s Trophy Winners were Ruth Browning and Kathy Rawlinson; Theresa Tierney and Ann Man- ning; Marjorie Nkekchuk and Edna Dunn. North-South: Peter Osborne and Hank Sharp; Fred and Theresa Tierney; Jack and Billye Maver. Friday, November 18 â€" Men’s pairs Trophy winners were Bob Manning and Victor Cronshaw; Ross Jenkinson and Fred Dieken; Jacob Van- dervalk and Fred Strang. East-West: Joe and Lorri Coen; Victor East-West: Joan Orlando and Barbara Lariviere; Jean Goodwin and Marg Melnichuk; Marie Ryan and Lil Thompson. By CLETA DIEKEN 727-5789 Wednesday, November 16 â€" North-South: Mable Howe and Edith Windsor; Heather Burling and Marg Davis; Marina Basman and Ingrid McMurray. In short, as Capt. Frank Barrott ex- plains it, the young people who join our Legion squadron are offered instruction in just about everything â€" and it comes from professionals. So . . . What is the Legion? Next question please. A boy or girl normally join the Air Cadets when they reach the age of 13, or upon entering high school. The complete training syllabus calls for four years of squadron instruction, plus a fifth year of advanced study in specialist subjects. These include summer camps, a senior leaders’ course, technical training course, bush familiarization course, glider training and coveted exchange visit trips abroad. As each phase of training is completed, cadets may qualify for higher rank and added responsibilities within the squadron. They also become eligible for the special activities and training awards sponsored each summer by the Canadian Forces and Air Cadet League of Canada. After signing with Squadron 778, the new cadet is given a uniform, taught to wear it with pride and to keep .himself looking neat and tidy at all times. The cadet training year, which coin- cides with the school year, provides for 60 periods of two hours each for instructional purposes. ' Cadets learn about drill, first-aid, photography, meteorology, aircraft engines, rockets, missiles, high speed flight, electronics, theory of atomic energy, driving safely and ham radio. A wide range of optional subjects is also offered. For several years now, the Air Cadets have paraded regularly at Legion headquarters on Ohio Road to learn from accomplished volunteer veterans, the various attributes of life. Frank Barrott, Commanding Officer, states the purpose of the locally-sponsored Corps is to develop in youth good citizen- ship, leadership and physical fitness. He’d also like to stimulate an interest in the air element of the Canadian Forces. He says the Legion and Cadet Corps will always welcome new recruits for training, and offers the following: Take one service it supplies to youth for example. If you’d been present at the recent Richmond Hill Remembrance Day parade, you would have witnessed a column of youngsters wearing air-force blue mar- ching proudly alongside veterans of the Legion. ‘ No medals here, only eager faces 70 strong, aiming to do their best as members of the Legion-sponsored 778 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Or would you say, “Oh, they‘re the guys with medals who march down Yonge Street every year to the Cenotaph”? It‘s surprising the number of people who still think of the Legion in that manner. A bunch of blue bereted beer bellies en route from glory. It is, indeed, true that the old sweats down the odd pint on Ohio Road, and annually besiege the local memorial bearing Wreaths. ' But what is not generally recognized is that the Legion also plays a very great part in community affairs. By ERIC CHAPMAN What is the Legion? If someone asked you that question, how would you reply? Would you answer, “Oh, that’s the hall down the street where the old sweats drink beer.”? Bridge winners L egion Report community new§ For information or partners call Ann Payment 727-3873. Tuesday December 13 â€" 4 pm. Office of Deputy Treasurer Finance Committee Meeting. Wednesday December 14 â€" 7 pm. Office of Deputy Treasurer Finance Committee Meeting. Cronshaw and Bob Manning; Ingrid and Roy McMurray. Dec. 4 join us for the Charlotte Ingram Memorial Swiss Teams Game. Starting time is 12 noon. Wednesday December 7 â€" 7:30 p.m. Committee Room “B” By-Laws, Procedures, Fire and Personnel Committee Meeting. Thursday December 8, â€" 8 p.m. Committee Room “B” Social Planning Committee. The following Meetings of Civic interest have been scheduled during the next two weeks: Civic C orner Wednesday, November 30, 1977 Tickets at $10 are available from Ivor Arnold at 773-5056. LIONS There are still spaces left on the turkey shoot cards. MINOR HOCKEY There will be a Christmas Cracker dance in the Lions Den at Bond Lake Arena starting at 8 Tickets are $12 per couple and are available by calling 773-5201 or 773- 5564. The admission price includes a sit down dinâ€" ner. Tickets are available at Rudy’s Fish and Chip store in the Oak Ridges Plaza. SKATING CLUB Bond Lake Skating Club will hold their Christmas dance on December 10 in the Lions‘ Den at Bond Lake Arena. The tickets are $10 per couple, the music will be supplied by a disc-jockey, there will be a hot and cold buffet and prizes galore. The Viking Club will hold their dance on December 10 at the club. To help you make party plans well in advance please take nbte of the Christmas dances to be held in the next couple of weeks. The busiest season of the year is fast ap- proaching. Events abound as festive season nears By MILLIE STEWART 773-4424 HELPMA TE INFORMATION COMMUNITY CALENDAR 883-2234 ' 881 Widows & Widowers (‘lub pot luck supper. Special Youth Advent Service at St. Paul‘s Lutheran, Bayview. ll 11 This annual event, which proved so popular with business people last year, features a buffet of hot and cold dishes. York Region Family ‘Y’ will hold its Guys and Gals Luncheon Tuesday, December 6, from noon to 2 pm. at the Richmond Hill Lions Hall on Centre Street East. Decorations and music will be in keeping with the festive season. There are 12 circles on each sheet and each circle will cost $1.50. There will be a winner of a 12-pound turkey on each and every sheet. To purchase your circle, please call Keith Doran at 727-2382. CHRISTMAS TREES One sure sign that Christmas is on its way is the tree. The shoot will be held Dec. 17. The Oak Ridges Lions will be selling trees this year as usual. These are not just orâ€" dinary trees, these trees were selected by the Lions at a tree farm. They tell me they are committee officers. Rev. Keith Knill of St. Paul’s United Church will be joining the \first Oak Ridges Scouting as an York Central Assoc. for Mentally Retar- ded. Ice hockey and skatingskills 4â€"5 p.m. Every Monday. Rich- mond Hill Arena. York Regional Camera Club meeting. RHHS. 7.30 p.m. oak ridges lake wilcox Family ’Y’ planning luncheon November-Decem ber The trees will be arriving this weekend and will be on sale in the lot next to the Colonial Apartments next week. SCOUTS AND CUBS The first Oak Ridges Scouting Group Com- mittee will hold a meeting tonight at 8:30 at St. Paul‘s United Church for the presentation of the Charter by district representatives and in- stallation of group committee officers. Tickets are available from Pat LeClaire at 884- 3327 evenings. They may also be purchased at the door on the day of the>luncheon. Convener Shirley Cornish and committee members Ruth Charlton, Janet Whalen and Pat LeClaire are busy preparing for what promises to be a large turnout. the best trees ever sold by the Lions. Hydroponics at Thornhill Comm. Centre. branch library. 8 p.m. Morning Break -â€" R. Hill United. 9.30 - 11.15 a.m. 884-4294. Morning Out â€" St. Paul‘s United, Oak Ridges. 9.30-ll.30 a.m. Guys & gals lun- cheon at Lions Hall. Noon to 2 p.m. Sponsored by York Regional Family Y. One-parent Family A s s n. G e n e r a I Meeting. 8 p.m. Thornhill Community Centre. Golden Era Club euchre. 8 p.m. Concord Community Centre. Over 655. vets 8; wives meeting. Royal Canadian Legion. Ohio Road 2 p.m. Section C R Tickets are $2 each and are available by calling 773-5056 or 773-4626. There will be two performances at the King City Secondary School on Sunday. The seniors will be having their Christmas dinner on December 12 at 7 pm. This would be a good time to choose that unusual gift for someone special. Please bring a small gift to exchange. OUR LADY’S GUILD The ladies will be holding their Christmas party December 6 at the. home of Mrs. Silvestri at 10 Toscanini following Mass at 7:45 in the chapel. advisor. WHEELHOUSE CLUB There will be a Christmas Bazaar, craft and bake sale Saturday from noon to 4 pm. at the Wheelhouse Club. There will be a gift exchange. The tickets are $15 per couple and will be available at the door or by calling 773-5873. MAGIC There are still some tickets available for the magic show sponsored by the Oak Ridges and District Minor Hockey Assocaition. Our Lady's Guild will have a New Year’s Dance at Our Lady of the Annunciation School. Parent Concern Group. 8-10 p.m. 884â€" 3505. “Meet the Mayor" night. 8 p.m. Con- sumers' Gas bldg. Adult Education Seminar “Forgiveness â€" the Healing 0f Fractured Man". St. Gabriel's Church. 8 Travel film night. “The Orient". 7.30 p.m. Richmond Hill Library. Parent Concern Group. 8-10 p.m. 884- 3505. Richmond Hill Recycling Committee general meeting. Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church Hall. Public is welcome. 8 p.m. Adult Education Seminar "Forgiveness the Healing of Frac- tured Man." St. Gabriel‘s. 8 p.m. L C W C h r i s t m a 5 program and talent table. 8 p.m. St. Paul's Lutheran Church. _-__r_ 7â€",. 1-- -_ ~.V.-__. In the earliest Form, these homes were of log and are characterized by their one and a half storey elevation, rectilinear plan and symmetrical facades. The clapboard house at 229 Main Street in Unionville is one such! example of an “Ontario Cottage” that was adapted for a duplex. The only concession to decoration was the central gable with its bargeboard trim. As it was a simple design used mainly on small houses, this style has been given the name “Ontario Cottage”. It was the settlers’ version of the Georgian style of architecture brought north of the border by the United Empire Loyalists and other groups such as the Berczy settlers. In the nineteenth century, there was a type of house which could be found all across Ontario. It is not known exactly what year the house was built. It may be that the house is really a log cabin later covered with clapboard siding, built by Andrew Eckardt when he first acquired the land in 1831. The proportions of the house are similar Richvale Writers‘ Club. Richvale Community Centre. 8 pm. 884-0855. Art exhibition at Rich- mond Hill Main Library. Also display of hand painted china. Elmwood Manor Nursing Home bazaar & tea room. 1-4 p.m. Air Cadets. Legion bldg. 7 p.m. Recreation club for disabled adults. Maple. 883-2087. . Recreational Club for disabled adults. Maple. 6.30 - 9.30 p.m. Social Planning Council meeting. Richmond Hill municipal building. 8 Coffee house. York Mental Assn. for the Mentally Retarded. 8- 10 p.m. St. Mary Immaculate. Air Cadets. Rich- mond Hill Legion. 7 Air cadets. Legion building. 7 p.m. Euchre at St. Paul’s United. Oak Ridges. 1.30 ‘- 4 p.m. This might be a log cabin By MERILYN MC KELVEY (Twelfth in a Series) Display of hand painted dishes at Rich- mond Hill library. All month. Also art exhibit. Ireland '78 Bazaar & flea market by the Richmond Hill Minor Soccer Club. Old Elks Store. Richmond Heights Plaza. Also Saturday. 9 am. - 6 Registration for YBA basketball at Family YMCA, Rich- mond Hill. Crafty Christmas Crafts at Charles Connor Library. Oak Ridges for boys and girls. 4 p.m. The house stayed in the Gormley family for 81 years until 1965 when Kathleen McKay, a grand-daughter of John Gormley, sold the property to a realty company. The property was later bought by Monarch Construction Company in 1969. The company has shown a keen interest in the conservation of heritage buildings and have donated the house to The Town of Markham that it might be preserved. Another theory is that the house was built around 1884 when John Gormley purchased the farm. The Gormley family lived in the red and yellow brick house on Victoria Street in Unionville and they may have built the house as rental property. At the turn of the century the Presbyterian minister lived in the house rent free. to a log cabin and the clapboard we see today could be a later im- provement to the early building added when the house was duplexed. Andrew Eckardt did construct a clapboard house for himself on another part of his property in 1863. Perhaps at this time the cabin was divided and rented out to farm labourers or mill hands. 883-2234 16 Wheelhouse Club bazaar. Oak Ridges. l- 4 p.m. Cantabile Chorale & York Symphony at Hillcrest Mall. 6.30 R.H. Kinsmen Club Christmas dance. Richvale Community Centre. 881-1873; 495- 0656. R . H . Y o u n g Naturalists nature trip. Meet at R.H. Library 8.30 a.m. Bayview Fairway Public School fun fair. 10.30 am. - 3 p.m. One-Parent Family Assn. Dance. Thornhill Comm. Centre. 8.30 Thornhill Town 8: Country Nursing Home Christmas Bazaar. 2-4 p.m. Bond Lake Skating Club Christmas dinner dance. 8 p.m. Bond Lake Arena. Children's Christmas films. R.H. Library. 2- 3 p.m. R.H. Horticulturai Society. Christmas Party. 8 p.m. R.H. Presbyterian Church. White Elephant 8: bake sale. York Central Hospital 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Lecture Room. Christmas Dance. Viking Club, Oak Ridges. Graham Townsend, fiddler. Hillcrest. 3 shows. 6.30 to 9 p.m. Christmas Crackers dance. sponsored by Minor Hockey Association at Lions’ Den. 8 p.m. necessary Special story hour at main library. 10.30 a.m. Registration