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Thornhill High School students who have been considering tea- ching as a profession were invit- ed to attend public school classes as observers. and then, a few days later, return to practise teaching the same classes for half a day. In a letter to the board, Mr. A. S. Elson, Principal 01 the Thornhill High School commend- ed the fine co-operation accorded the experiment, and said that it had given the students some dir- ection as to whether, or not. they Would choose teaching as a car- January and February ac- counts totalling $81,302.82 were passed for payment, and the code .of ethics for hiring teachers, as outlined in“ the February Infor- mation Bulletin of the Ontario School Trustees’ council was, ad- opfied- _ Letters will be sent to each of the schools thanking them for their efforts in observing Educa~ tion Week. ‘ Due to the absence through ill-1 ness of Trustee George Chandler of the finance chairman. it was not possible to complete the 1959 budget and Chairman Roy Bick, Ind Trustees Parker, Taylor and 1:30 T0 5 P.M. RUMMAGE SALE BAKING SALE HOMEMADE CANDY FISH POND REFRESHMENT BOOTH Under auspices Ross Doan Mr. Sand reported that illness had taken a toll of both teachers and pupils in February, when the total area attendance was 91.15 per cent, but the picture is im- prgvlng rnow.~ Weldrick Rd. (formerly Mill m1.) AT ‘ ROSS DOAN SCHOOL The portables have been inspected, and approved by the insurance company. The fire marshal will be asked to inspect the schools, giving special attention to the fire alarm systems. Mr. Sand was authorized to request water services for Thornhill School. Saturday, Mar. 2] _ Home & School Come & Bring Your Friends The roofs of all school buildings have been checked for safety since the Listowel Arena tragedy, Supervising Principal E. J. Sand told trustees at the School Board meeting of Township Area 1 Markham-Vaughan Tuesday last week. Although a letter warning of flash floods, and seeking the co-operation of parents in ensuring the safety of children getting to and returning from school, had been sent to all parents on February 13, Mr. Sand was still very concerned about the matter. Because of the many creeks, ditches and culverts he wanted to stress again the import- ance of parents being “on guard” at danger spots until conditions returned to normal. 'Fhornhill and istrict News Check Roofs 0f Area School; For Safety Following Listowel Tragedy ' LIBEBAL', Richmond Hm, Ontario, Thursday” March 12, 1959 ,Mart”'Kenney's Ranch TELEPHONE AV. 5-3555 The Area school board has in- vited members of all the Area home and school associations to attend a meeting in Thornhill School, on Tuesday, March 17, at 8 pm. The meeting will take the form of a regular board meet- ing with minutes read and dis- cussed, and reports from commitâ€" tee chairmen, supervisors, and the Public School Inspector, Mr. Maynard Hallman. Questions from the floor will be answered by the board, and at the close of the meeting refreshments will be served by the Langstafl Home and School Association. Seen above Is the Totem Pole which received one of the top awards at the York Summit Boy Scouts Hobby Show held at the Richmond Hill Lions Hall on Sat- urday, February 28. The Totem Pole was entered by the Thornhill troop. Also seen is a signalling device for the morse code and a miniature of a scout bridge. It was also announced that the next area teachers’ meeting will be held in Henderson Ave. School on March 25, when Mr. H. R. Cross of the Teacher-5’ College will speak on Science. The show was a great sixccess with Scouts throughout the dis- trict taking part. Skinner, agreed that a special me_e_ting would have to be called. THROUGH LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS PHONE TU. 4-1105 SELL, BUY. BARTER â€" Photo by Tucker Our representative in Thornhill ls Mn. Domld Smelue. whp mni be ruched by phoning Av. 5-3555. The Liberal ll alway- pleased to publish items of interest contributed by its readers in the Thornhill are: . . . . ' After both an evening and a daytime tour of the school, in- cluding a peep in to Custodian Percy Simpkins new office under the front steps, we still felt daz- zled by the colour, originality, and scope of the art work shown in every room, beginning with the soap paintings and paper sculp- tures in the kindergarten prim- ary, and ending with the poets corner in grade 8, which showed favourite poems transcribed and illustrated by the students. In each room there were also lay- outs, or murals, based upon cur- rent studies, and upon which the whole class had worked . . . . the farm scene in grade 1, the Eskimo enterprise in grade 2, and the story 01’ Balboa in grade 5 to name only a few. Silhouettes of the class, and posters for \the concert which the junior grades are giving on March 18 and 19, were also much admired. During the day time we were especially impressed with the bright and spacious rooms, and the orderly way in which the classes carried on despite the in- trusion of visitors. The seven groups of the W0- men’s Association of the United Church are sponsoring a contin- uous Easter Bonnet Tea on Sat- urday, March 14, from 2.30 to 4.30 pm. The 50 gay Easter Bon- nets are on loan through the courâ€" tesy of the Belina Shop and will be modelled by ladies from each group, some of these being Lorâ€" etta Dean, Ann Bull, Mina Tam- blyn, Lois Curtln, Betty Head- rick, Ruth Ann Walker and oth~ ers. The commentator will be Mrs. Stanley G. Robinson. The group leaders will hostess for the first hour and the co-leaders for the second hour. Dramatized Sermon The neat note books displayed came in for a lot of scrutiny. In grade 8 an interesting little mim- eographed bulletin, “The Class- mate” written specially for the occasion by members of the grade was also on view. ‘ The Sunday school teachers and the choir of Thornhill Unit- ed Church are presenting a dram- by Doris FitzGerald ' ' Shooked by the high percentage of illiteracy revealed when men were drafted for service in the first World War, the American Legion started Education Week in the Un- ited States in 1921, in an effort to promote interest in the schools and in education in general. The idea was intro- duced to Canada in 1935 by the Canadian Teachers Feder- ation, and has since received strong support from many Provincial and Dominion Associations concerned with edu- cation. If Thornhill Public School is any criterion the public is now well aware that “Education Is Everybody’s Business". Expressing, himself as very much pleased with the interest shown, Principal John D. Martin said reports from the teachers indicated that one or both parents of all but two or three children in each grade were present at the “Open House” on Monday evening, March 2, and many of the 480 pupils enrolled came with their parents to intro- duce them to the teachers, and guide them through the school. The day-time periods on the following Wednesday were also very well attended by mothers. In the kinder- garten primary. where children first enter the public school world, observation periods were held daily all week. Groups of mothers were invited at specified times, and were served a cup of tea by the girls of grade 8. ‘ Other exhibits included bird houses and feeding stations made in woodworking classes; and an electric magnet, electrically oper- ated quizz games. model fire exé tinguisher, space man, diorama, and fish bowl terrarium made by science students. While art and handicrafts, mu- sic and sports are all important, and desirable school subjects, there is more to education than meets the eye, From Mr. Martin we learned that the levels system, being used with success at Thorn- hill and other area schools, per- mits brighter pupils to progress in their academic studies at an accelerated pace, and, without skipping a class, finish the course in seven instead of eight years. By the same system slower pup- ils may take a year longer .than the average eight, without repeat- The guest speaker for the af- ternoon was Miss Jane Scott, well known religious writer, who was introduced by Mrs. M. Wea- ving. Miss Scott brought a very inspiring and thought-provoking message on “Faith”, going back into her childhood and telling of her many experiences since. She was_ thanked by Mrs. V. Pine]. The afternoon closed with re- freshments being served by the members of Group I. United Church W.A. Mrs. Tom Barrow conducted the meeting in the absence of the president, Mrs. Ralph Thomp- son. Mrs. Stanley Robifison has reâ€" turned from a trip to New York. Hofiicultural Society Mr. Robert Calv'ert, landscape architect, will speak on Lands- caping for the Suburban Garden, and there [will be a small flower show featuring daffodils and flowering branches. United Church Hear Jane Scott The W.A. of the United Church were very happy to be able to welcome so many of .the ladies from the local churches to their March meeting Thursday after- noon of last week. Dr. and Mrs. M. Honey. Mrs. E. T. Johns and Dr. E. Sparks have returned from a vacat‘ion In Mexico. The March meeting of the loc- al Horticultural Society will be held on March 17, in the Thorn- hill Public School ,at 8 p.m_. Gary Reid," Elgin St., has re- tugqed {rom_ a holiday in Cuba. aJucafion Weé ./4l 3L0rn£iff pug/5c Sfioo/ Thornhill Notes Thornhill Softball Team, coach- ed by Miss V. Bursik won, the Area Trophy last spring, and on March 2, in the playoffs. In Un- ionville Arena, the senior boys, coached by Mr. Doug McElhinney defeated Thornlea 5-2 to win the F. Morris Hockey trophy. This game, played between five and six o’clockmeant that the teach- ers who attended went without dinner in order to be back in time for the “Open House” at 7 o’clock. ing a grade. Between the two grade sevens, and the one grade eight, to whom Mr. Martin tea- ches science, there is an arrange- ment of teacher rotation. There are also two remedial classes at Thornhill School â€"- the junior for children under 12, and the senior for those over 12. These children requiring special help and attention are brought in by bus, and eventually most of them will be returning to their own schools in the area. ‘One of the school projects this year was the making of several hundred valentines to be used on trays in the Hospital for Sick Children, and included were a number of very nice ones from pupils in the remedial classes. On Tuesday, March 3, the reg- ular semi-monthly meeting of the Parish Guild was held in the church hall. The meeting opened with the president. Mrs. Kay Shaw, leading the members in the Guild prayer, followed by the prayer for the parish given by Mrs. Marilyn Lamb. A short bus- iness meeting followed the read- ing of the minutes by Mrs. Bar- bara Manning, secretary. The members then broke up into groups to work on bazaar items. Tea, coffee and light refresh- ments were served by the host- Thornhill School also benefits from the part time services of specialists such as Area Art Sup- ervisor Mrs. Kathleen Elliott; Area Music Supervisor Mr. Hugh Martin, Area Psychologist Dr. Ralph McCaw, and Public Health Nurse Mrs. Phyllis Campbell who is in attendance every Thflrsday morning. A regular toxoid ‘lm- munization program is also being conducted. ‘ Assisting Principal Martin in welcoming and chatting with par- ents were the following: Mrs. M. Bornhold (grade 8), Miss V. Bur- sik, Mr. D. McElhinney (grade 7.), Mrs. B. McDowell (grade 6), Mrs. Jean Hill (grade 5), Mrs. Isobel- Bowen (grade 4), Mrs. A. Mc- Bride (grades 3 & 4) Mrs. L. Ach- eson (grade 2) Miss H. Urowitz (grades 2 and 3), Miss G. Wes. ley, Miss A. Cleverdon (grade 1),. Mrs. Dorothy Buckingham, Miss M. Linton (kindergarten-prim- ary), Mrs. Hazel Hill (junior-re- medial), Mr. John Armstrong (senior remedial). The meeting on April 8 will take the form of a chicken curry dinner. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Reg. Bennett. Presbyterian Church News The Fortnighters of the Pres- byterian Church will be spon- soring a spring tea at the home if Sir Robert and Lady Watson- Watt on Saturday, March 14, from 2:30 to 5:30 in the after- noon and from '7 till 9 in the evening. Receiving guests with Sir Robert and Lady Watson- Watt, will be Mrs. Gordon Pat- terson, president of the Fort- nighters, Rev. and Mrs. Calvin Chambers and Mrs. Gerald Cul- ley, vice-president of the Fort- nighters. Holy Trinity Parish Guild The Mission Circle of Thornhill Baptist Church held their March 4th meeting in the Sunday School room with Miss Gladys Stevens presiding. After open- ing hymn and prayer, the busi- ness was discussed. The treasur- er gave her report reminding that there is still a large amount to be raised. Special prayers were given by Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Twine for missionaries and Miss Stevens read three letters from missionaries in Bolivia. Mr. Ellam gave a report on the wom- en’s conference when the Rev. Mr. Pryse was the guest speaker. A radio skit entitled, “A Visit to Oshweken,” the Six Nations In- dian Reserve was portrayed by four of the ladies. After closing hymn and prayer a social time was enjoyedh atized sermon on Sunday even- ing, March 22, in the church, en- titled, ‘Did» You Know Jesus?" This will be very worthwhile seeing and all in the community are most welcome to attend. Baptist Church News Thornhill’s contribution of a rustleco'medy was highly praised for its sets and costumes, which were made by the students, head- ed by Mrs. Trott and Pat Dinotf. Saint George, played by Winston Smith, appeared» in shining ar- mour on-his “horse”, which show- ed independence of spirit by throwing its rider and leaving the fight in disgust. A large green dragon, played_-by Bill Dawson, "The Reluctant Dragon”, the winning play from Thornhill High School’s drama night against Earl Haig and Northern Second- ary School held recently went on to compete in the Simpson’s High School Drama Festival at Earl Haig Collegiate, Thursday even- ing, March 5. First place went to Earl Haig’s polished and beau- tifully dressed production of: Act II o! Mo'liere's comedy,» 5‘The Im-» agLnary lnvalidj’ ’ - A . We :were 'pleased to' have five members from Mark-Vaun visit- ing with us, also Mrs; L. Zuefelt, a former member of Richmond Hill branch who now resides in Midland. Mrs. H. Mizen took charge of the program with songs ,and contests enjoyed-by the mem- bers. She also had-an elocutlon- ist, Anne Ward, give a couple of» The roll call, "He who borrows trouble‘hever lends smiles,” was responded to, and Mrs. Cole ‘read a birthday wish â€"“â€" It’s mighty nice to know you For folks like you are few. It’s“ mighty nice to think about The pleasant times with you. It's mighty nice to'greet you; In this "friendly sort of Way, And ’specially nice to wish 'you Many happy returns of .the- day. \ Mrs. W. H. Cowan, the district president, who was- visiting our branch brought greetings from East York District. 7 ‘; High School Pregentation 'The' Thornhill W.I. held its 57th birthday party at Mrs, R. E. Fugle'r’s home with 19 members and; 10 Visitogs _g;‘esent. r ' “The Reluctant Dragon" Carries'ThornhiII To Finals On April 1. 2 and 3, the Foot- lights Club of Thornhill, under the direction of Mrs. Betty Priest- man is presenting a Yorkshire comedy, “When we are Married” by'J. B. Priestly at the Holy gylilnity Anglican Church, Thorn- 1 . Wit celebratesjflh Birthday esses, Mrs. Bonnie Cox, Mrs. Mabel Crawford. and Mrs. Doreen Marks. The next meeting, which will be past presidents’ night, will. be held on Tuesday, March 17, in the church hall. 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The actors, stage, set and costume crews, and their director, Miss Patricia Simpson, are to be congratulated on a creditable performance. was suitably “reluctant” about fighting, but served tea and sand- wiches and read poetry with gus- to. The boy, played by David Bare, was commended by the ad- judicator, Miss Esme Crampton, for the simplicity and sincerity of his performance. Linda Mac- Pherson as the mother endeared herself to the audience by mend- ing the dragon’s socks and feed- ing him hot soup.,David Iverson as the father, and Jim McTaggart- Cowan as the herald were sup- ported by a crowd of colourfully- dressed villagers waving banners and cheering the fight. Scouts met Monday evening in Thornhill United Church. Owing to the open house at the public school there was onlyva small attendance. Cubs The Cubs met Tuesday ,even- ing in Thornhill United Church. After the opening service the Cubs welcomed a new boy into the pack in Garry Hughes. The boys then practiced the ty- ing of various knots, and contin- ued the ways and rules of bas- ketball. - The Girls’ Auxiliary of Holy Trinity Church held its regular weekly meeting in the church hall. Hot chocolate and cookies were enjoyed by all before wor- king on their sewing for their Mission Study Badge. The busi- ness section of the meeting was then conducted, after which, Rev. Logan Varey discussed Mission notes with the girls. The hostess served ‘a dainty lunch including. a birthday cake which was cut by two senior members, Mrs. Brillinger and Mrs. Cole. ' lat selections. She is a pupil of Miss Bogle. I 7 7 2-DOOR HARDTOP LIBERAL CLASSIFIEDS BRING RESULTS PHONE TU. 4-1105 jfiornéif/ am! Cuéé Mf amt/m4” 5m” J’Wflf Vcould Take it for a run in the country or around the block. Enjoy _ the ride and the pride that is standard in‘~Pont'iac..v Then? you’ll know, that for your money there just isn’t any other car! In the Ceremony of the Keys, the following members took part. Mr. Alec Brown, a representative elder; Mr. Frank Cordon, chair- man of the building committee; Mr. .John MacKay, trustee; Mr. John Maver, chairman of the board of managers; Mr. Basil Hall. the architect; and Rev, C. Cham- bers, the minister of'the church. Rev. Frank Cpnkey, AM.'A.. led in the Pastoral prayer, Rev. Alex MacLea'n‘read the scripture les- sons. Dr. William Fitch. of _Knox Church, Toronto, preached the sermon, the theme being “The Function of the Church in the Community.” The choir rendered two selections under the direc- tion of Rudolph Heydens, the guest organist from First Pres- byterian Church in Orillia. The Opening Dedication serviceoof the nmflmnhfll Presbyterian Church Was held Sunday, March: 8733"" an. A capacity congregation occupied the sanctuary witj u large overflow congregation in the church hall. 61039 to 600 people attended the service conducted by theBresbytery of East'Toronto. Thexmoderetor, Rev. James Donald conduct- ed the dedicaion. ‘- MruDouglas Cooper Sn, clerk ‘ 7 Flowers ‘- For All Own-Signs Cut carnations . ...... $1.99fiozefi Cut Roses .-.. . 7 . . . . 7.9; . $1.99.: eingin ’Mums in 6in'ch pots .Â¥ . I, .m vea‘chfi, Salerof Peat MoSs' i ' Peat Moss, 6' cubic ft. . . .. . '. 5:33-39“ Peat Moss 4' cubic feet .A . . . . . , $2.99 Potting Soil' ....;... 59c bag, 98¢ bag 50 lb. bag Bone Meal '.”'. .j';‘. . . . ‘. .., 40 lb. bag of SowFGreen 7-7-7 ‘ with everyh$370061fdef g; V ' Delivery on prd‘ers of‘85.00'and Ofer' ' WATCH FOR EASTER. LILY Rosé'__Gar‘deljs :beclicafe flea) AVenue 5 - 42" ‘_”?‘-3% Stop 22A Yonge Street“ licate I Iew zedégferg'ép. Next “Sunday” March 15, will be a'-J“'T " ksgivj‘ng service and dedication " £,_, memorial gifts. Lieutenhnt-Gofiérfiqr,.the Honour- able .Kéiller and Mrs. MncKay‘“, ' en: this service. .. --â€" '1 wâ€"fvr- and Mums: limgmu M an organ recital. éllo'wing the ser- vice a Fellowship Hour will be held in the chi:me 11:11, when greetings will be extended from civic and church groups. Relrgsh- ments will follow. a .v i k ’ $1.353 community ' ‘jfi‘the ‘Commun- , ‘ 'e when the min- isters of in ches will? part1 glocal chur- . V , .7 Dr. Stanley Glen stigma? ‘ ' 392w?! In is invitéé‘fi)" ity Night'“ 01’ the Jessica; Funk Teasdale £001: pm in the cera- mony of the opening of the doors. 61M PL! 05”