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J A MOUNT PLEASANT The Mount Pleasant congrega tional meeting will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs Bern ard Davidson on Monday Feb at with Dr Forbes of presiding Mrs Brown tick is better who has been Mr and Mrs Bernard David son spent Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Harry Morton Mr George Davidson had the misfortune to hurl his arm on Saturday night at he hockey at Mrs Davidson celebrated a birthday on Friday Mrs Lloyd Kay and Mrs Wit- lard spent Friday af ternoon with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Davidson Mrs Ross Stiles spent Friday afternoon with Mrs Bernard Davidson Our sympathy goes out to Mrs Stanley on the death of her siser Mrs Gibney New market Mrs was one of our Mount Pleasant girls Mount Albert News RICHMOND HILL LIONS GO Monday February GOLDEN LINE NUMBERS CALLED I LIONS HALL 8 ALL CASH PRIZES JACKPOT 425 i 56 Numbers Called ENTIRE PROCEEDS FOR WELFARE WORK SATURDAY EXCURSIONS to TORONTO by CNR 10W FARES EVERY SATURDAY TO AMD APRIL Tickets good going and returning some Saturday only EXCURSION FA It US FROM ALLANDALE LINDSAY AURORA 120 NEWMARKET VILLK IAD BRADFORD SUNDERLAND HOLLAND LANDING Corresponding Fares from Intermediate Points INTONATION Christian Youth Week is being observed in the United church from Jan to Feb 3 Miss Bet ty Rolling was soloist at the Sun day morning service On Wednesday evening the Senior group of the CGXT will entertain the Intermediate group at a skating party and later at the church for refreshments On Sat urday Feb 2 members of the Ex plorer group will deliver dough nuts throughout the district Pro ceeds are to go toward sending girls to camp On Sunday Feb 3 the Chris tian Youth Week theme Ven- Faith will be carried out in the morning church service The presidents of both CGXT groups Misses Maris and Elva Harrison will take part in the service CGXT girls and members of the Explorer group will attend church in uniform The Young Peoples Union will meet on Sunday evening On Sunday Feb the Young Peoples Union is holding an evening church service Mem bers of the congregation and all others interested are asked to keep this date in mind The annual meeting of the Mount Albert United church will be held on Tuesday Feb 5 be ginning with a Pot Luck Supper at pm The Church of the Nazarene will have special music at the evening service on Sunday Feb provided by the Rose family Mount Albert Womens Insti tute is sponsoring a euchre and 500 in the community hall on Wednesday Feb 6 beginning at a pm Lunch will be provided Ice at the local rink is in good condition It is hoped that after the amount of work involved in building up the ice the weather will remain favorable Mr and Mrs Guy Williamson spent Sunday in Manilla with Mrs Williamsons father Mr Al bert Madill and Mrs Madill Mr and Mrs Seymour Harper spent several days last week with Mr and Mrs Roy Harmon in Kitchener Mr and Mrs Robert Bone and family visited his brother Mr Douglas Bone and Mrs Bone Be verley Acres Richmond Hill on Saturday Mr and Mrs Clement and Miss Clement Toronto were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Bruce Rolling Mr and Mrs William visited Mr and Mr Sam Harper and Mr and Mrs Seymour Harper on Sunday Mrs Esther Boyd Orillia is visiting her sister Mrs Mary Rol ling A bus load of Scouts and Cubs accompanied by their leaders at tended a hockey match in Maple Gardens on Sunday after noon The annual meeting of the Ce- metery Plot Holders was held at the office of Mr Theaker last week Mrs visited Mrs on Wednesday afternoon Mrs Esther Boyd Orillia is visiting relatives in Mount Al bert Mrs Stewart Reesor Toronto spent the weekend with her mo ther Mrs George Mr and Mrs Don Loach To ronto were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Ernest Davis Miss Mildred Dike Toronto spent the weekend at her home in town Mr and Mrs Wm Card and I three children visited Mrs Cards parents Mr and Mrs Robert Pyke on Saturday Mr Walter Draper has been on the sick list The Cheerio club met on Sat urday evening at the home of Mrs Ernest Davis with a good attendance Two musical num bers by Sandra Davis a reading by Mrs C Sweet and pictures shown by Mrs James of their trip to Florida as well as many local pictures and ones of and the Santa Clans parade of 1956 all News Of for home improvements THE BANK During the slack winter months skilled labour is easier to obtain than at any other time of the year Thats why right now is the best time you can choose for making those longwanted repairs and improvements to your home If you need help to finance this work ask about an NHA Home Improvement Loan Any TorontoDominion manager will pleased to give you all the details THE TORONTODOMINION BANK Manager Main St Branch AN THAT LOOKS SNYDER Manager Mount Albert Branch New Houses Built For Residents i On Georgina Is Indian Reserve Er per home and an additional 1500 many house was drawn from the In- A housing project financed by the federal government and the Indian Bank Fund has given nine Indian families on Georgina Is land new modern homes Construction of the houses started last summer and by Oct ober some were occupied The new houses are one and two stor ey structures with siding They stand on the same lots For many Indians it is time they have lived in properly insulated homes the former ones being dilapidated one or two room log cabins which have stood for years or more Plans forthc project were started about a year ago when Lorenzo Big Canoe was chief of the Snake Island Bank residing on Island one of the were enjoyed by three islands included in the re serve Now working in Blind Riv er Lorenzo comes home about every third weekend and did not stand for reelection this year The project was carried out under ROY GALLOWAY Carpenter Free estimates on kitchen cup- boards additions or alterat ions Cottages or homes PHONE ROCHES POINT i Mr Big Canoe said it took some time to get approval for the ex penditure of public monies but an agreement was reached in time for the houses to be constructed in the past summer The federal j government contributed 1000 Mrs Davis Mrs Smith Mrs Wright and Mrs W Clark were in charge of the pro gram The club will be holding its annual bazaar this year as usual The February meeting at the home of Mrs Stirling is to be a shower of apron material by those who do not sew and other members will make them Mr and Mrs Stirling and Mrs If Harmon spent Saturday in Toronto Mr Kenneth Kong who is spending the winter in Toronto spent a few days last week with his father Mr Yce Kong Mr and Mrs Murray Kirton and Jimmy were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Beach Stouff- ville Mr and Mrs Roy visited Mr and Mrs Murv Keswick on Sunday Mrs Harold Hutchinson and two children Newmarket are spending a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Harrison Bank Fund Half of the is to be paid back by the in dividual home owners at the end of five years Monies in the Indian Bank Fund have been accumulated over the years by rent collected from nearby Snake Island which is owned by the Band Snake Is land is a summer resort and pro vides several thousands of dollars in rent each year The Band Fund originally started with money re ceived from the government for settlement of land treaties Former Chief Big Canoe said the supervision of the present many of his neighbors believed chief 21 year old Dick Charles the rents from Snake Island were now serving his first term of of- going to the government and they j were getting a raw deal receiv ing only per cent interest from rental fees Now that the money has been used to help them I hope they realize the fund use ful he said I believe the plan is to eventually build a home for anyone on island who is in need of one Of the nine new houses six were contracted for by a Sutton builder He supplied only fore men for the jobs all other labor being drawn from island men Construction of the other three houses were managed by the In dians themselves Most of the people with new houses are elderly many of them retired Typical of them is Albert who was born in a lit tle log cabin on Georgina Island years ago He lived with his wife in the same log cabin until his new home was completed in October The log cabin was built by his father over years ago Lorenzo claims there is not much of a future for the young people of the Island Most of them who have completed or have left high school have left for jobs on the mainland in the Sutton area or still farther afield There is good farming land here but the young people arent interested in farming any more he said He also thinks the Island would make a wonderful summer resort Only miles from Tor onto it offers no busy highways or crowded beaches KESWICK Mrs Clark Wallace of Orillia is visiting her sister Mrs Agar and Mr Agar Miss Gale Wright of Toronto was at home for the weekend The special services last week were all well attended and inter esting Mr and Mrs Ray of Stouffville were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Wm Lloyd and Mrs Herring Mr and Mrs Bruce Agar of Preston spent a couple of days last week as guests of the par ents Mr and Mrs Agar Mr and Mrs and Martin took in the Ice pades at Maple Leaf Gardens on Thursday The Bible society are holding a meeting February in hall with special colored pictures The fire department were call ed out Sunday to a fire at the former M Rye home on Bay View Drive Damage was not too serious visited Kes wick Young people Sunday even ing Miss Freda with three of her pupils provided the program HorKcuHwal Society Of Mt Albert Reports Its Projects Completed The annual meeting and ban of Mount Albert horticultur al society was held in the Sunday school rooms of the United church with a splendid attendance About sat down to a most enjoyable meal served under the convener- ship of Mrs Walt Case Following the dinner the chair man John Arnold reported on the work Various projects had been completed the main one be ing the work in the pioneer ceme tery and a most successful flow er show Marilyn Bone favoured with several solos and John Wal ker gave several humorous read ings which were enjoyed by all Roy Stewart was master of cer emonies for Whats My Line similar to the TV version The panel consisted of James Mrs Bruce Rolling George Price and Mrs Herb Harmon John Davidson Newmarket and Smith Aurora were the guests who signed in and Rev rt Curtis was the mystery Rice our local land scape gardener gave a splendid talk on the propagation of ever greens Willing workers of Union The election of officers resulted church will meet at the home of as follows president John Am- Mrs Johnston Wednesday R1VERDRIVE PARK The 1st Park guide company are planning to attend the enrolment of Holland Land ing Girl Guides on Wednesday Jan 30 Getwell wishes arc extended to Bonnie Young River Road who is recuperating from appendicitis Best wishes are sent to Anne Walker daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Walker who will marry Ross Stark on Saturday Feb at Toronto A shower was recent ly held for her by fiends in Tor onto Mr Bowdcn who recently lost his home through fire visit ed old friends in the Park The newlyformed boys hockey team of Park Ave public school have done quite well in their games On Thursday Jan play at the ville arena This edit ir of CHRlStlAN MONITOR fat M students oil ver nod for emfructiv Special for the family ChriftfKW Monitor On for find my wnfn PINE ORCHARD Mrs George Wood has returned from a vacation in Florida Sam Gibney is ill in York Coun ty hospital He is wished a com plete recovery TOWNSHIP OF NORTH GWILL1MBURY TENDERS Scaled tenders will be received by undersigned on or before oclock noon Friday Feb for the delivery of a 1ton truck to the Municipal Garage at Specifications may be obtained Clerks Of fice or the office of the Road Superintendent Rye Road vicepresident Mrs Murray Stokes 2nd vicepresident Mrs Horace Brown directors for two years Bertha Harmon Mrs Hugh Price John Roy Stew art and Mrs Norman Oldham directors for one year Mrs George Walsh Mrs Hannah Parks Mrs Art Wagg Mr Frank Brooks and Harold Broderick auditors Reg Willbce and Jim delegates appointed to attend the horticultural convention in Ham ilton John Arnold and Roy Ste wart HOPE The East group of SharonHope United church will be held on Wednesday Feb at 2 pm at the home of Mrs Verne Smith Pro gram committee is Mrs Herb Wright and Mrs George Mrs Cowie Mrs Mrs Floyd and Mrs Smith are the members of the lunch committee Glenn Micks is a patient York County hospital in Feb 6 at 1030 am Pot luck din ner and quilting are planned Jeanne Armour of the home economics branch department of agriculture will conduct an ex tension course on brightening the home with color at the home of Mrs Howard McCIure Tuesday Feb 19 at 130 pm All women in the community are invited to attend this course under the aus pices of the WI In terms of constant dollars the per capita personal disposable in come of Canadians that is after payment of all taxes amounted to in 1056 compared to for Americans The people of Canada today en joy the cheapest railway trans portation in the world Grand Opening OK The Colonial Restaurant The AND Gold Room j- on MONDAY FEB CATERING TO BANQUETS Wedding Receptions PRIVATE PARTIES DAVIS DR EAST PROP R CROUTCH NEWMARKET Ronald and Keith Elm- Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Tommy Johnson nee Joan Baines on the birth of their son Thomas John a brother for Susan on Jan at St Michaels hospital The Baby Band Mothers will meet in the fireside room Friday Feb- at pm The new of ficers will be installed and a film will be shown Mrs Winch Mrs Agar Mrs M Rye Mrs Mrs J and Mrs K Boothby attended the WMS annual in Willowdale United church Tues day Jan Mr and Mrs Hugh Grant and baby daughter of Newmarket spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs C Rutherford and Mr Gordon Boothby at a birthday party last Thursday Gordon is ten years old zephyr Amos had to spend a few days in Newmarket hospital but is now home again Mrs Mereda Black is spending a few days in Toronto Mr- and Mrs Campbell family are moving to Mrs Campbell has been oh the staff at the CNR station Zephyr for the past two years and has been transferred to King their cousin John Smith Ronald and Guy Pottage also Sharon Walker are among those on the sick list Hope Hobby club was held at the home of Mrs S Walker on Jan with a fair attendance Mrs Wright opened and presid ed over the business part of the meeting Plans were made for the euchre in Sharon hall Feb Committee Mrs C Pinder Mrs Mrs Micklin and Mrs Mrs W Graham read a chap ter from the book Never A Day So Bright telling of Kate Aik ens Christmas at her home Mrs Alex member of Sharon Institute gave a most interesting paper on the progress of agriculture in the last 50 years Marj conducted a contest A social halfhour fol lowed Next meeting will be held at Mrs Grahams home Pro gram com Mrs and Mrs Please bring a suggestion for a bus trip Sorry to report Mr Glen Micks is ill in the York County hospi tal We wish him a speedy re covery fc YOUR CHAMBER COMMERCE IS BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY HARRYS ONE CENT 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