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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 14 1951 happiness college teaches rural boys and girls handicrafts in thefr community koss mcphail of cromarty is drawing woodcutting plans he is head or junior farmers association at mitchell ont myrtle stewart of primrose ont finds wooucarving inter esting and has become ex tremely adept at that form of handicraft john madsen shown with lege in barn on his property his wife and daughter karen on no 7 highway just east of has started happiness col- unionville there 21 farm boys and girls take twoweek course in handicrafts folk dancing and leadership at keyboard having fun in the lounge located in the barn are rita madsen 12 warren mcdougall perth county janet edwards napanee and elva english of kingston students carry on as instruc tors in communities ruth barnes of norval was chosen by the ontario feder ation of agriculture alons with others to take the course she finds booklets invaluable in training enterprise is on nonprofit basis starts out with forty cents has school in twenty years twenty miles from toronto on john anchor madsens rambling cherry hill farm near unionville canadas folk school movement is passing an important milestone aad congenial john madsen is watching the fulfilment of a life long dream when madsen a stocky shock- iaiircd dane landed in halifax in 1929 outward indications of a promising future were nil he had 40 cents in his pocket he spoke not a word of english and the immediate future held only a low- paying job on a prince edward island farm but the 26yearold newcomer had one more asset an asset which has now firmly established him among leading figures in the field of canadian adult education be had an allconsuming desire to acquaint canada with a movement torn in his native denmark a century before the folk school movement now twenty years later mad- jian has parlayed his meagre funds and singularity of purpose into a project unique in canada a folk school completely equipped with gymnasium meeting hall work shops and dormitories the entire project has been constructed and will be maintained by revenue from a sprawling twostory sport ing goods factory that had its be ginning 15 years ago in madsens basement now in progress at cherry hill farm is one of the largest folk schools ever operated in canada thirtyfour young people from farm communities throughout on tario and beyond have gathered to spend two weeks together studying arts crafts agricultural sciences forms of recreation and various academic subjects on a co operative basis there are men and women single and married and of many creeds and races these yomig people says mad sen will leave cherry hill farm trained as community builders each will take back to his own district a new conception of com munity living and each will play an important part in the job of building sound contented com munities out of scattered farm districts madsen feels his students will use their knowledge of arts and crafts to start schools and classes in their own communities and hej feels the knowledge of agriculture politics and applied philosophy they gain at cherry hill farm will equip them to serve as leaders it will be their job he says to get people working together play ing together and planning togethj er from his first job as a pei farm laborer madsen rose to become a leading recreational worker a- mong danish groups on the east coast in 1932 he was brought to toronto to teach danish dances i and gymnastics and from that dayj his whole life has been directed toward achieving his one goal in toronto madsen met and married betty hansen a young danish artist and together they began saving and planning for the day when their dream of a cana dian folk school could be made a reality in a few years they built one of the most successful dancing clas ses in toronto and the john mad sen folk dancers won fame across the continent they launched the john a madsen manufacturing co and its sportsgoods products found ready markets among schools and athletic clubs soon the madsens met others who were interested in the same movement and together they formed the ontario folk school council by 1915 cherry hill farm had been purchased by the madsens and donated at- no cost to the movement which by then was growing rapidly to this day madsen now 16 and his wife 10 still refuse to accept remunera- tion instead they offer a grant of 5 to every student at their school remainder of expense is paid by farm organizations and by stu dents themselves latest step in the movements growth came just as the madsens opened their latest twoweek school the ontario department of education announced the appoint ment to its community programs branch of a fulltime folk school administrator ray hergott of waterloo white eggs wanted a 2c premium is being paid p hutton for grade a large whitb eggs cases supplied free pickup and prompt return 40 kenworlhy ave toronto grs970 l whats the sleepiest animal many common animals hibernate during the winter the familiar woodchuck has a cousin called the hoary marmot which certainly holds a marathon sleeping record in the northern part of his range this creature sleeps nine months out of the twelve i this series of advertisements is designed to acquaint yoo with some of the unusual features of our natural scene and to promote your interest in the conservation of our wildlife yours t o enjoy carlings the carling breweftleslimited watiiioo ontatio 4 j happiness college is housed in this barn main object of unique venture is to stress cooperation teaching rural youngsters howto help others enjoy themselves montreal up to your eyes in christmas shopping then heres a timesaving mealgetting tip for you prepare several delicious jell0 dishes fruit salads n desserts and keep them in the ice box readytoserve at a moments notice i so easy to prepare jell0 jelly powder dishes are al ways welcome and as gay and merry as christmas itself and you have jellos seven lockedin 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