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4& §3 NEWS OF SURROUNDING DISTRICTS The young people of the Thistle town Baptist Church will hol& their first gathering for the New Year on Wednesday, January 19th. Try and be there. â€" The Women‘s Guild met at the home of Mrs. Yearsléy on Tuesday, January 11th. Mr. Bell is back with his Baptist eq{regation and on Sunday last spoke on "Getting Back to Life". Misses Cooke and Rockwelt of Toâ€" ronto, rendered two duets during the service, The Sunday School reâ€" port that the attendance is: still very good but teachers are needed. The Superintendent would apâ€" preciate you giving him a call and saying ‘I‘ll Come‘. The many friends of Mr. Elmer ‘Matthews were sorry to hear of his mecident At work and wish him a speedy recovery, . : Mrs. Marquins and Mr. Bruce of Vancouver, B.C., are guests of Mrs, Yearsley, Second Avenue. Rev, Gregson of . the Scripture &,licu was the guest preacher at it, Andrew‘s Church on Sunday, Jan. 9th, He preached a wonderful ::fimon from the text "Thou shall His home wonderful", In his opening remarks Rev. | Gregson thanked Mrs. Berrill, who has conâ€" tinued in Scripture Union instrucâ€" tion for the past two years. day, Jan. 24th, Please try and be out as there is always a lot of church business to be discussed. The annual Sunday School of the Thistletown United Church was held on Monday evening, Jan. 10. All reports <were received and proved to be .very satisfactory. Last Sunday evening, Rev. Kell held a .celebration of the Lord‘s supper and preached a very inspiring sermon on "Symbolism." The annual Vestry meeting for St. Andrew‘s will be held on Monâ€" NiteP thage ihe spoeia) rigondhildicg Rest comiing They thank the , Beshâ€"build) Tolkh Coven 9 phice sbwoine evutrniore E. A. FOSTER Skinny men, women gain 5, 10, 15 Ibs. m and nourlshment: put Geth on bare bones. ‘s foar mg too fat, when you‘ve gained w 10, 16 or Ih.ywmdbrmrmuwni&'m. little, New "‘get acquainted"‘ aize only 60c. Try famous Ostrex Tonle Tablets for new viior and r7"~ nounds, this very day. At all drosst‘ PHONE WESTON 462â€"W 1 LITTLE AVE. 54 JOHN ST. WESTON PHONE 1438â€"W "Satisfied Customers Are Our Best Recommendation" BRAEMAR AVE. Roofing And Sheet Metal Work at a thrilll Bony limbe 411 out: usly hollows Wp; neck no longer screwny : body loses halt, â€" _ â€"Specializing in New Residences Repairs to Irons, Toasters, Lamps, Washers, Motors, + Fans and Fixtures Called for and Delivered women, men, who never could gain before, J. H. WALLACE & SON FURNAC ES CHIMNEYS, CEMENT WOR&[NSULATION. s GARAGES, E EAVETROUGHING â€" ROOFING VENTILATION â€" ASPHALT SHINGLE _ AIR CONDITIONING â€" SKYLIGHTS FURNACE WORK â€" MASTIC TILE FLOORING Get New Pop, Vim, Vigor B. E. HAIGHT Household Repairs " FIREâ€"AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Thistletown ROOFING AND SHEET METAL EAVESTROUGHING â€" INSULâ€"BRIC SIDING ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR â€" Base Plugs â€"â€" Wiring for Electric Stoves REPAIRED â€" VACUUM CLEANED INSTALLATION TO ALL MAKES Cortespondent: MASTIC TILE MODERNIZE YOUR KITCHEN, BATHROOM, ETC. > FRANK STEWART B. L. ROSE JARY 18, 1949 _ + Estimates Free prove It has been brought to our atâ€" tention that some of the people here are under the impression that the community pays to have this columh printed every week. Also that the ideas, and thoughts exâ€" pressed herein are those of your executive committee. To put your minds at ease, such is not the case at all. The paper has given us the ‘apace for anything we wish to say pertaining to Humberlea. The perâ€" son who writes each week, uses his or her ideas with whatever maâ€" terial that they are able to garner. Some of you folks who* have been around the skating rink lately may have noticed there now sits in all its glory, an unpainted wooden shed. To the question of "Is this a place to change our Once again a new year is started on its way with a bang and your correspondent hopes that the next fifty weeks may give you‘ and yours all the best with happiness, ‘5’,,; ""7".’ & 5950 6 Puul s fi?‘?"‘ /~MUMBERLEA! ANysixds qi‘ f* i â€" F lip o.\ 4 \ c ... F ; & w;(; B 9 w% * * C k P f ... "~"~~,. 1 s f * = es .‘ t *;?(ma h m H *"¢s «.L LX * 7 iopum=**23 ; ) . M nsl t tnie oc § #* lugk : 41 % fs. stk R C 2*"~ HM l & ig. w )’f. 3 s ‘ F % P 2 lt l & * ks 4 7 1 _ W s e l in . s e Wl o _ ® 1e : tm l on e t l o L1 7 u0 . Ne e" ;’, Ever hear of anyone swimming in the middle of winter just for the fun o. . l . / trees, C s l of it? Even with this soâ€"called warm spell, its still plâ€"lenty chilly to o0 t .: â€" wl >_~~ ds o doff one‘s clothes and take a morning dip in Ye Olde Humber.â€" Krikor $ P24 ... k > . Hekimian, self styled human Polar Bear, thinks this weather is just too ie t 4 ... ducky for swimming (no pun intended) and he‘s going to give an exhibiâ€" im . .. . . l tion next Saturday afternoon at the Lawrence Avenue bridge, 2.30 p.m. ... ho B ,,'A i 4 That‘s Krikor on the left just hoisting himself out of the Humber at 9 M K ‘?13 ie . ts '33’6 WWRt _ Woodbridge where 1,000 people watched him swim, roll in the snow and 99 ts o Cc crcnl it t é\’”, eat ice cream cones last Saturday. Above Krikor is shown getting a ,4»2‘ WWe e _ preâ€"swim warmâ€"up by pulling a 3â€"ton truck along by his teeth. This Cc w .9 _ _ _ . _ _ ks latter he is going to do Saturday also. Should be interesting to say the P “’, # w e ®. is o & s PHONE ZONE 4â€"514 19 THIRD AVE. * WESTMOUNT, ONT. ZONE 4263 ZONE 4â€"352 COLD WEATHER IS SNOW PROBLEM FOR HUMAN POLAR BEAR The above list of names includes some new members and it is hoped those that were absent will be orf hand at the next meeting, Jan. 14. Advertising Paysâ€"Try It! ~ The committee is very encourâ€" aged by the rapid progress being made . by the Juniors and feels that‘Weston will soon have a large and successful junior chess group. There were 14 present at the last meeting, namely: Gordon Ritchie, Tom Robinson, Jim Robinson, Bill Lynch, Tom Healey, Roger Fisher, Patricia _ Loose, â€" Fay Windsor, Betty Patterson, Irene Proctor, Keith Graham, Jack Harris, Nora Thomson, Bob Woods, Bob Dowâ€" ding, Barbara Cruise and Patricia Hawke. The Junior Chess Club held its regular meeting in the new Senior Public school last Friday evening. Mr. E. O. Cathcart, who is in charge of the training, together with his committee, were on hand to point up the game ofâ€" these young beginners. It is hoped to ready them for tournament play in the very near future. Plan To Hold Tournament For Jr. Chessmen _ a regular editor. Volunteers are welcome. Who will take the job? | _Please keep in mind the monthly meeting which will be held Januâ€" Ary 13th. hy Congratulatiens to Mr. and Mrs Roy Deugo on the birth of a son, January 6th. To Mr. Peck, Albion Park, Hum berlea wishes to extend its sym pathy on the passing of his wife. To end this column, may we u# mind you that we are still without l We regret that the rink has not a very good ice surface, due to snow, rain and warm weather. All we need i; a little cold weather to turn it‘into a first class skatâ€" ing rink. To those that are interâ€" ested in hockey, there are several men‘s teams who would like to play us here and I hope that we in turn will be able to muster a team and give them something in the way of stiff competition. The rink lights are up but, as yet, not connected. There are three in number and should be sufficient for night skatâ€" ing. Perhaps, when you fellows in the division have shovelled off your walks and driveways, you could amble over to the rink and‘ do your little bit in keeping it in decent shape. If not for yourâ€" selves, then for the sake of your children.. Your coâ€"operation in this matter will be greatly appreciated. skates?‘ Iâ€"must answer this: Some weeks ago, a Col, Armstrong from DVA attended our monthly meetâ€" ing for the purpose of listening to our repair .problem. Today you see th fruits of our labour, and standing. on the ball diamondâ€" is the contractor‘s office. The inâ€" spection and repairs, which every house will undergo, starts Monday of this week in Zone 1 and will carry right through to Zone 9. Reâ€" garding this repair matter, please don‘t expect everything to be done that was listed at the time you signed your conract. These chaps are going after the major repairs and anything that they think will need special attention. At a meetâ€" ing held last Thursday evening, we were infornfed that the London office rather than the Toronto ofâ€" fice is looking after all repairs in this section of Ontario. | ‘RE COMIN‘! ; Mr. McLean, who has a large staff to assist him with parking arrangements, assured the. Times and Guide that there will be plenty of pn?dn( space available at the Recreftion Centre. "I‘m quite sure that with everyone‘s cooperation we can get carts away after the carnival with the minimum of fuss," he said. Other committee chairmen are: parking and â€"policing, Mr. J. G. McLean; ticket distribution, Mr. R. S. Scott; ticket collection, Mr. W. Christie; decoration, Miss G. Govenlock; property, Mr. G. Rusâ€" sell; publicity, Mr. F. N. Yeigh. The grand prize draw will~ be supervised by Mr, Arthur Heywood, while Mr. W. Ellison will be directâ€" ing the coronation of the Carnival Queen. The students who are to appear in the ballet and other numbers are being directed by members of the school staff, Miss Evelyn Roots is directing the ballet numbers, while Miss Rosalie Leckie is in charge of girls‘ sports. The boys‘ sports are ‘in charge of Mr. M. W. Thompson, while. master of ceremonies and program chairman is Mr, Robert Templeton, Contest judging will be in the hands of a committee of the Westonâ€"Mount Dennis Rotary Club. â€"Continued from page 1 Sheila Semple as the girl and Marâ€" jorie Ward as the boy; and "You Are My Sunshine," Three other ballet routines present the girls again in cowboy and cowgitl cosâ€" tumesâ€"in these ballets the girls ltlke the boys‘ parts too. These inâ€" clude "Buttons and Bows," "Irish ‘Washerwoman," and ‘‘Ridin‘ ‘Through the Canyon." The latter is a_ tricky pretision drill on ice, while the "Washerwoman" is in the form of a square dance, t A local resident who was among the many guests gathered for the occasion turned out to be a new member of the Legion before the ‘evem'ng's proceedings were comâ€" pleted. He was so impressed by the loyal ceremonies he had witâ€" nessed and the comradely spirit prevailing that he made applicaâ€" tion for membership there and then, paying a year‘s dues in advance. Ruth Watson ~â€"Continued from page 1 part of it was rapidly getting to the stage where it would soon be ready for occupancy. He assured them that the next installation would definitely be held in their own building. Mr. Shaw also remarked on the impression he had gathered of the good feeling toward the branch held by resiâ€" dents of the town, as indicated by their generous support during the year just past. .He exhorted the members to maintain and enhance this prestige during the coming years, A social evening will be held on Saturday, January 15th, in the form of a sleigh ride, weather per® mitting, Tickets for this sleigh ride can be obtained from Scoutâ€" master Harry Taylor, 52 Omagh Avenue, phone 1569â€"J and owing to the limited accommodation adults only can attend. Ticket holders will meet at 52 Omagh Avenue at 8.30 p.m. Friday and a dance (square and round) will be held at Erindale with refreshments included. Cars are available but if you can attend and can seat another couple in your car, please advise Mr, Taylor. _ The many friends of Mrs. R. ‘Fa'.ir will be glad to hear she is home from the hospital and is doâ€" ing nicely after her recent operâ€" ation. > ' Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reaman on the birth of a ;aon on Friday, Jan. Tth. Instal Officers 0 d F d ti eat ice cream cones last Saturday. rre-nriu warmâ€"up by puiling a 3â€"tor v.'!tfi' he is going to do Saturday also. ALBION PARK Correspondent : J. Pinnell Coui){Y councils and other‘ public bodies that are usually approached for grants at this time would do Its work among youth, through the medium of the Sea Cadet Corps, provides opportunity for an inâ€" dividual approach to such subjects as citizenship, physical training, social activity and encouragement of educatiom« Its educational proâ€" gram is continuous and entails the issuing of booklets and pamphlets, the release of newspaper and radio‘ articles and the general disseminaâ€" tion of useful information relating‘ to Canada‘s naval and maritime interests. 1 of equal, if not greater, importance. Mn one way or another, these activities touch the lives of every man, woman and child in Canada. Its work among merchant seaâ€" men helps to ensure the continuity of shipments of Canadian farm and factory products to the buyers of other lands, thereby maintaining approximately oneâ€"third of our national income. This work is done at and through t))xg clubs and hostels which the avy League operates in Halifax, Sydney, Louisâ€" burg, Saint John, Vancouver and Victoria. Today, the Navy League has branches in every province and its influence extends from coast to coast. Great as were its contribuâ€" tions to the war effort, its peaceâ€" time activities are considered to be The Navy League of Canada was formed in 1896 and was modelled after a similar organization that had been started in England in the previous year. . Its objectives were, (@a) to conâ€" duct â€" educational campaigns | in matters pertaining to the navy and merchant navy upon which depend Canada‘s trade and national existence; (b) to provide hostels, comforts and welfare to the men of the sea; (c) to organize and maintain Boys‘ Naval Brigades (now known as The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps). Campaign For Funds To Carry OnLeagues Work Ask HelE From County Councils And Public Bodies him swim, roll in the snow and bove Krikor is shown getting a truck along by his teeth. This Should be interesting to say the If It‘s Electrical Try | ANY MAKE ® ANY MODEL TRY U$ FOR â€" WASHER =â€" SERVICE r '!ult for the fun plâ€"lenty chilly to Humber.â€" Krikor man‘s Association . of Downsview United Church was held at the {home of Mrs. Burry on the afterâ€" noon of Wednesday, Jan. 5th, Mrs. W. Young conducted the devotional exercises. She took the programme topic, "The Christian Home and Family Life" and gave comments on same. Mrs, Allen read a poem which was followed by the Lord‘s Prayer. Offering was taken and & dedicatory @erse was repeated. The president, Mrs. Hill, presided at the business period, After a short reading entitled "Patches", Mrs. Hill offered prayer. The treasurer, Mrs, Allen, gave ‘the annual report. Business for the New Year included plans for monthâ€"toâ€"month activities. A Valâ€" entine social will be held in Febâ€" ruary, The monthly gift of a food parcel to the family in England will be continued. A letter was read from a member who was absent due to illness. Mrs. Burry read exâ€" tracts from & temperance address given by a young lady at the youth temperance gathering. The travelâ€" ling apron was brought in at this meeting and the money it had gathered during the year removed. Many amusing quotations were found with the money under the patches on the apron. The meeting was closed and ‘a social half hour followed. well to give serious consideration to the Navy League‘s appeal for financial support. The extent to which these appeals are met deterâ€" mines the extent to which the work of the Navy League may be effecâ€" tive in 1949. A public school meeting will be held in the school, January 24, for the discussion of amalgamation of the school section, Come on, out and hear for yourself the pros and cons of the matter. It was revealed plans are under way for a skating rink at the school which would afford much recreation to the district, Grade II won the attendance prize. Leaf School enjoyed a musical night at the regular meeting of the Home and School Association. Miss Margaret McClure, music teacher, told of the benefits of music in school life and the home. "Good music never fades and stitrs the emotzons of mankind to greater triumphs, while great music stirs the soul," she told her audience. Music is an essential part of the child‘s life from the first to the last grades, she asserted. Grandview with the firs day. Last T lowing won 1 respectively: Whitton and The friends of Mr. J. Pitt, careâ€" taker of the United Church, will be glad to know he is progressing after his recent operation. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Pender, Jane St., in the arrival of a son last week. Happy birthday to Ronald Harriâ€" son, Albert Barker, Elizabeth Ann Bennett and Keith Bennett. Congratulationsâ€"to Mr. : Alan Prat, Russell Ave. g‘nh of a daughter Nev y. Correspondent: Mrs. The Janua.r.y meeting of the Woâ€" hitton Pn-d Mrs Parents and | DOWNSVIEW THIS ‘N‘ THAT || Why over * '“5'.'..5‘#‘;.:" and Keith Bennett. iew euchre got under first game after the t Thureday night the on first, second and { POLLARD‘S friends WESTON ie after the holiâ€" ay night the folâ€" second and third _ J. Cowie, Mrs. Hearl. d stirs the to greater music stirs of Phone of Maple musical ng of the ion. Miss : teacher, music in â€" "Good stirs thef 1 2 and Mrs, , in the w Year‘s HBUSENOLD APPLIANCES 36 Main St. S way VALUE VITAMINS VARIETY . . . it‘s modern science‘s greatest boon to goo and good eating! 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