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Then young Andrew went to teachers' college at North Bay. That was because teachers were scarce in the north and bursaries were available there. After graduating he taught in the north a year, finally coming back to leach near Markham. Father died when he was two. There were seven children of which the eldest was 12. November 25 â€" N-S: 1. Bob Dunn and John Inglis; 2. Katherine and Jack Coats; 3. Marjorie Nekechuk and Edna Dunn; E-W: 1. Theresa Tierney and Bev Jones; 2. Fred Dieken and Ross Jenkinson: 3. Kathy Charlebois; 2. Mable Howe and Phyl Mount- joy; 3. Jack and Billye Maver; 4. Gerry Browning and John Hunter. For information or partners, call Ann Payment at 727-3873. g"llIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll"IllIIIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE Mother ran the farm until a son was 16 and able to take over. November 23 â€" N-S: 1. Grace Saunders and Rose Morrell; 2. Lil Thompson and Marie Ryan; 3. Hank Sharp and Sherry Vogan: E-W: 1. Joan Orlando and Barbara Lariviere; 2. Jack and Roberta Robilotti; 3. Patsy Bean and Mable Howe. His was the one»room country schoolhouse in the community of Eliza, now lost and buried in urbanism at Keele and Finch. Honest-to-goodness local boy Andrew Snider. retired and 0f ever-young age, was born in Vaughan, Lot 2 Cone. 3 (rear). But most of all he’s old Mr‘ Maple Lion‘ one of the club‘s original three dozen and two, And he‘s old Mr. Maple general storekeeper. police village trustee. Masonic past master, and many other things too numerous to mention. Bv HAL BLAINE He‘s old Mr. Maple postmaster.. By (‘LETA DIEKEN 727-5789 Andrew Snider Grey Cup game score was a bit confusing By MILLIE STEWART 773-4424 Are you the person who holds a ticket worth $300? Someone in the com- munity is the lucky winnerin the recent Grey Cup Pool sponsored by the Oak Ridges and District Minor Hockey Association. The infamous game has E The Thornhill price is up $5,000 or 5.6 3 per cent. lellIIlllIIIIIIlllIIlllllllIIIIIIIlllllllullllllllllllIllllllllllIIIIIllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllll _' II Hicey Thornhi/l Thornhill still has Ontario‘s highest priced bungalows according to a trust company survey. » The average price in Thornhill rose 92 per cent from $76,000 in December, 1976 to $83,000 in October of this year, for the highest percentage increase. The second biggest increase was in Richmond Hill where prices went up 8.3 per cent from $60,000 to $65,000. Hill prices peaked at $66,000 in June. John Irlingworth of Royal Trust which makes the survey three times a year says the bungalow is supposed to be the “average workingman’s home." Townhouses and condominiums are not included. The survey reflects the company opinion of fair market value for a 1,200 square foot house on a 6,000 square foot lot five to eight years old, three bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms, one-car attached garage and full basement. Most of the highest prices are no longer in Ontario but in suburbs of Calgary and Edmonton. at $94,000: followed by Thornhlll and then central Toronto. The same house in Mississauga would cost $68,000. For the more expensive two-storey home in the survey, Thornhill does not do nearly as well. The two-storey four bedroom home, of which there are many in the village, would be worth $95,000 in Thornhill for the third highest price in Ontario behind Scarborough ($102,000) and central Toronto ($130,000). The highest priced bungalow in the country is in Mount Royal Scar- borough, a Calgary suburb at $98,000 followed by Kerrisdale near Vancouver Both are far behind Kerrisdale at $152,000 and Mount Royal Scarborough at $149,000. The price of such a house in Rich- mond Hill was placed at $90,000, up $3,000 or 3.4 per cent from December of 1976. This man is Mr. Maple Bridge W/nn ers £112 Z‘Iihtral ' Maple Lions Club's‘30th anniversary comes next He and wife Dorothy, a Toronto girl. enjoy club activities to the full. They have one daughter. a nurse. who lives in Calgary and four grandchildren. Lion Snider was nade a life member this year and the club is his main in- terest now. LION IN l948 That led to the job of secretary-treasurer for the Maple Cattle Breeders Association. He was with the association from 1948 until he retired and moved to his present home at 3 Oldfield Crescent In that same fateful 1948 the Maple Lions Club was formed and he became a charter (founding)member. Only one other charter member is still active in Lions. member-at-large Lorne Wells, CA. Due to the high score, the tickets will start over again after 40 is reached: therefore. the winning ticket reads West 6 and Slorekeeping bothered his bad knee. so Snider went into the accounting profession. Rawlinson and Cleta Dieken. come and gone, but there is still some confusion over the winning ticket. The tickets only went as high as a score of 40. That seemed a safe enough score at the time. November 28 â€" N-S: 1. Grace Saunders and Rose Morrell: 2. Peter Osborne and Henery Natale; 3â€"4â€"5. Sherry Vogan and Hank Sharp: George Newton and Omar Khamissa; and Paul Calib and Dave Rosati: Eâ€"W: 1. Ross Jenkinson and Richard Charlebois; 2. Mable Howe and Phyl Mount- joy; 3. Jack and Billye Maver; 4. Gerry Browning and John Hunter. But it was depression lime. Teaching with its low salary was hardly a life. So he bought one of Maple‘s general stores. He was postmaster eight years. East 1 If you are the holder of this ticket, or you' know who is. please get in touch with Tom Koteff at 773- 5193. Then id 1959 he became governor of the 42 clubs in the district‘ without ever Three hundred dollars would certainly help to make someone‘s Christmas a little brighter. spring. That makes it a young club in comparison with Canada‘s first Lions group organized in 1920. “The best thing about Lions is helping people not so fortunate as ourâ€" selves," says Snider. “I got involved." And did he ever! First made secretary in 1952 he's been chairman of just about every one of the club‘s active com- mittees. He was president in 1963. But being president was something of a “come down" because before that he‘d done something unusual which seldom happens now. ZONE CHAIRMAN While club secretary in 1953 he was elected zone chairman. becoming deputy district g6vern0r the next year. VMéplé founding president was the late Arthur Wells. ' HELPMA TE INFORMATION COMMUNITY CALENDAR 883-2234 88: December lilAPPY BIRTHDAY Thornhill Baptist Church presents “A Candle Light (‘ontata at 7 pm. In the Legion Hall “Jazz On Sunday“ will begin at 2 p.m. Dr. McJazz is featured. commumt y news 11 December 9. EUCIIRE RESULTS The seniors‘ euchre held recently had a good turnout. Two seniors are celebrating birthdays in December. Gert Connor won't tell her age. Cap Hawman will be 78 years old. being club president Lion Snider remembers many exciting. satisfying and wonderful club projects. In the second year. 1949, they held Maple Old Home Week in the summer and people r e l u r n e d f r 0 m everywhere. The Lions led the effort to build a new community hall in 1952, They donated furniture and much of the appliances for the kit- Chen. Before that the hall was quite small. It stood four doors south of where it is now in the park. It was moved and incorporated into the new hall. “Ii was a real reunion. the only one we ever had." he says. The club recently led in the effort to build Maple's arena, One big project he remembers from about 25 years ago when cars weren‘t so plentiful. was a car pool. Registration today and all week for craft & decoupage classes in January. Call 832-8841. York Regional Camera Club meeting at Richmond Hill High School. 7.30 pm. York Central Assoc. for Mentally Retar- ded. Ice hockey and skatingskills 4-5 p.m. Every Monday. Rich- mond Hill Arena. Both birthdays are Wednesday, December 7, 1977 Winners for the evening are: Gert Connor. Robbie Cook. Bet Davison, Sandy Cook, Mary Brown. The door prize was won by Wilfred Dion. Snider isn‘t as active as he used to be. “They give me the easy jobs. like chairman of attendance or inâ€" formation,“ says old Mr. Maple Liom. Although government has taken over some of the things Lions used to do. that has left more time for other work and for new things. A boy stricken by polio had to be transported to Toronto for therapy. They saw him improve and later get maried. CONVENTIONS The Sniders like Lions conventions. They've only missed one district gathering since 1952. they've gone was to the international convention in Tokyo in 1969. That was a nine-couple (our in- cluding six Maple couples. It ran five days a week for three months and then less often for six more months. nnerlng smce 12ml. - The furthes‘ away One-Parent Family A s s n . G e n e r a 1 meeting. Thornhill Comm. Ctre. 8 p.m. Golden Era (‘lub euchre. (‘oncord Comm. Ctre. 8 p.m. Over 655 vets & wives meet. Royal (‘anadian Legion. 2 p.-m. oak ridges lake wilcox SCHOOL CONCERTS All the schools in the community will be holding Christmas Concerts in the next week or so Oak Ridges Public School will hold theirs December 14 at 7:30 pm. Lake Wilcox Public School will hold their concert December 21 at 7 Our Lady of the Annunciation School will hold theirs December 20. Please watch school newsletters for the time. ST. PAUL'S . A new group for boys 9 to 12 years of age will be held at the church on Fridays at 4 pm The group will be called ‘Tyros'i Their leaders will be Ken Blyth and Zanis lordanous. Two weeks to relieve a friend who was ill, turned into a ten-year position [or Audrey Middleton, of Oak Ridges. who retired November 30 from the Oak Ridges Post Office. In 1967, she was called in to take the place of a sick friend. and ac- cidentally found herself with a full time job that Richmond Hill Recycling Committee general meeting. Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church Hall. Public is welcome. 8 p.m. Richvale Library display of beaded jewellery by Laura (honey. All month. Spinners & Weavers Guild organizational meeting. Burr House. (‘arrvifle Road p.m. Parent Concern Group. 8-10 p.m. 884- 3505. All boys are welcome to Adult Education Seminar “Forgiveness - the Healing of Fractured Man". St. Gabriel's Church. 8 p.m. L(‘W Christmas program and talent table. 8 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Adult Education Seminar “Forgiveness the Healing of Frac- tured Man." St. Gabriel's. 8 p.m. Thornhill Radio Amateur Club. Thornlea Secondary. Rm. 248. 881-2891. Bayview Secondary School concert ‘Sounds of (‘hristmas'. St. Mary Immaculate. 8 By MILLIH STEWART Two-week stint became long job 7.45 be at the church this Friday when the Tyros meet. 66 YEARS Sixty-six years of marriage is something special in this day and age. Congratulations to Frank and Rose Bell who celebrated 66 years of marriage December 5. Frank is a resident of Reslhaven Nursing Home in Aurora and his .wife still lives in their home on theKing Sideroad. This couple have been residents of our com- munity for 57 years. SKATING CLUB T h e f 0 l 1 0 w i n g youngsters passed their badge tests recently. Stroking: Terri Clark, Mark Dilworth. Leslie Ann Heyink, Margaret Ziffo. Julie Miller. Carolyn James, Michelle Beginner: Ronnie Murphy, Lorelei Barry, Andrew Ziffo, Elizabeth Marighetto. Mark Maisonneuve. Steven Reddy. Keith Redmond. was 1 years 7 Audrey has been a resident of the com- munity since 1947. During her first 20 waiting for Mr. MacLeod years here. she worked to take over from Mr. part time for the post Bunn. 2ff|eeasaclerk and as an Many children in the (udltor. . . commumty w111 recall In ten years, she has|being lifted up by Audrey worked for three pest to be weighed on the post masters: Cap Hawman. office scaled Air Cadets, Legion hldg. 7 p.m. “Fine Feathered Friends" films at Thornhill Community (‘entre branch library. 7 p.m. Social Planning Council meeting. Town office. 8 p.m. Wall hangings by Diana & paintings by Craig. Thornhill (‘ommunity Ctre. library. St. Paul’s United. Oak Ridges. euchre. 1.30-4 p.m. Rotary Club Travel & Adventure series with B i I I K e n n e d y . ‘Motoring Through Germany'. Bazaar at Elmwood Manor. 1-4.30 p.m. _ Blood Donor Clinic. Hillcrest. 2-8 p.m. Air cadets. Legion building. 7 p.m. Recreation club for disabled adults. Maple. 883-2087. 10 last the next ten Pickering. Margaret Barry, Barbara Marighetlo. Tracey James, Lauretta Hollingworth. Elizabeth Murphy and Tina O‘Meara were successful in the Novice I test. The Dance I badge was awarded to Kathy Murphy. Elementary: Susan Mohl. John Bly. Bonnie Waller‘ Barbara Waller, Kelli Cartwright. Successful in the badge test for Jump were: Lee Ann Hoover. Sandra Fraser: and Rosanna Farrell. Mark Shebhard and Michael Gervais passed Basic. Michelle Smith and Nancy Houghton passed Novice II. Sandra Desbois and Michelle Scott passed the Dance 11 badge. Two adults passed badges as well. They are: Kevin Bennett â€" Dance 11. and Marian Gervais â€" Free Style. She held the position of Acting Post Master for three months, while waiting for Mr. MacLeod to take over from Mr. Bunn. Ed Bunn and Ken MacLeod. Blood Donor Clinic. Bayview Secondary. 10 a.m.- noon. 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. Section C 883-2234 23 One aspect of the job stands out in her mind especially. The people are the most interesting part of the work. Her ten year job with the post o‘ffice, must surely be the longest two week stint in history. Gail Merydth Bren- nan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Brennan, 27 Cartier Crescent, Richmond Hill, received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the fall convocation of the University of Toronto last week. Gail was a student at Bayview Secondary School, before attending the university where she Audrey has found the residents of the com- munity to be the most friendly she has ever met. Geography. Christmas tea and bazaar sponsored by 8th Guide (‘0. Our Lady Queen of the World Church. 2-4 p.m. Can Save Christmas Cards & hasti notes. On sale at Hillcrest. Breakfast with Santa. 8 a.m. Hillcrest. White Elephant & bake sale. York Central Hospital 11 a.m. - 3 pm. Lecture Room. 2nd Maple Guides garage sale. Behind Maple Comm. Hall. 10 Bond Lake Skating Club Christmas dinner dance. 8 p.m. Bond Lake Arena. Christmas Dance. Viking Club. Oak Ridges. Christmas Crackers dance. sponsored by M i n o r H o c k e y Association at Lions‘ Den. 8 p.m. Richmond Hill Library special story hour. Pre-registration ne- cessary. 10.30 a.m. Christmas program 6.30 p.m. Hillcrest. necessary Crafts for 6â€"12 year olds- at Thornhill Community Centre branch library. Breakfast with Santa at Hillcrest. 8-10 a.m. Special story hour at main library. 10.30 Breakfast with Santa at Hillcrest Mall. 8-10 Guess who arrives tonight? Registration