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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1953 NEWS FROM THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS Did you know that the Toronto Childréen‘s Aid Society. began as part of theyToronto Humane Soâ€" ciety 68 or so years ago? That is what the members of the Hardâ€" ington Home and School Associaâ€" tion learned at their meeting last week. Miss H. Carscallen, Assist« ant Director of the Toronto Chilâ€" dren‘s Aid and Infant Home was guest speaker. She gave a brief history of the society and its work The social evening held in St. Bernard‘s parish hall on Friday, Feb. 13, with Mr. E. Gauthier as master of ceremonies, was & great success. Movies were shown by the Alea "le 000 0 eect Cole e Eemczza O‘Keefe Brewing Corporation, folâ€" lowed by games for the children, and dancing to records and acâ€" cordion music by Mr. Frank Hauck. Refreshments, buffet style, were sérved by Mrs. N. Schneider, convener, and members of the Catholic Women‘s League. Square dancing and a singâ€"song concluded the evening‘s entertainment. As this column has not been appearing very regularly, a numâ€" ber of birthday greetings have been piling up. So here is a great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to the following who celebrated theirs during the past couple of weeks: Bobby Fairlie, Feb. 4; Margaret Day, Feb. 2; Gregory McNeill, Feb. 12; Pat Smith, Feb. 10; Faun Colâ€" ling, Feb. 13; Sandra Dalrymple, Feb. 16 (she célebrated with a joint party with her sister, Donna, whose birthday was in January. Welcome home! to Mrs. Jean Green, The Wishbone, and to Donny Parker, Héearst Circle, who recently had operations. Both on the mend now. i; tARM g uipacuntht ’HARDINGTON HOME AND sCHOOL ASSOCIATION Friday, Feb. 27 _ Featuring Jack Chapman, ‘C.N.E. Old Time and Modern Prize Winner MODERN APPLIANCES® in YOUR FARM K/TCHEN ? CARDSâ€"8.30 Sharp DANCINGâ€"9â€"12 Novelty Dances and Prizes SINGLE TICKETSâ€"T5c HARDINGTON SCHOOL Music By "THE HARVESTERS" 10MNS EUCHRE DANCE to be held in 5 â€" /he Mrs. A. Macdonald, Phone CH AND Yes, why not? A Farm Improvement Loan can be used for farm electrification end for buying certain electrical appliances for your farm kitâ€" chen. Ask your friendly ‘Royal‘ branch manager to tell you all about the many things you can do with Farm Improvement Loans. SEND FOR IT TODAY! Ask for this $ booklet at your friendly ‘Royal‘ branch. OF CANADA Iou can bauk on the" Zoyal" HARDINGTON and concluded with some coloured slides showing examples of the society‘s work with children from broken homes. An entertaining skit on the founding of Home and School was presented by members of the Brookhaven Drive Home and School Association. Don‘t forget to purchase your tickets for the preâ€"spring euchre and dance being held by the Hardâ€" ington Home and School Associaâ€" tion on Friday, Feb. 27. Tickets can be procured from any execuâ€" tive member. On February 9th, 1953, the 196th Brownies met in St. Philip‘s Parish Hall.. During the meeting, two Brownies received their Golden Hands:â€"Lorna Aruning and Gayle O‘Halloran. Congratulations girls! The mothers of thase girls were present and they acted as testers for othér Brownies who were tryâ€" ing Golden Hand tests. The 196th Brownie Pack at St. Philip‘s Parish Hall, had two more Browniesâ€" receive their Golden Hands on February 16, 1953. These Brownies were Marilyn. Bell and Eleanor Watts . Congratulations girls. The four girls who have won Golden Hands during the past two weeks will be "flying up" to the 196th Guide Company on Febâ€" ruary 26, 1953. This ceremony will take place on the day mentioned, in St. Philip‘s Parish Hall at 7 p.m. Several Brownies will be getting Golden Bars also. All Brownies of the 196th Pack are to be present and all parents are welâ€" come to come. Don‘t forget the church parade on Sunday, February 22, 1953 at 3 p.m. at St. Philip‘s Anglican Church. All Brownies and Guides of the 196th Pack and Company and Guides of the 167th Company and Humber Heights Scouts are requested to turn out in good numbers. The 167th Brownies and Humber Heights Cubs are to go to St.â€"Andrews_Presbyterian Chureh for the morning service at 11 a.m. Parents all cordially invited to attend these services. Mothers and Fathers! A bridge and euchre is being held on Friday February 20, 1953 at 8.30 p.m. in St. Philip‘s Parish Hall to raise money for the Brownies and Guides in this district. There will be prizes and a door prize. A good turn out is hoped for, so bring your friends. ADVERTISING PAYS â€" TRY IT! Humber Heisghts . 1â€"2365 â€" Birthday greetings to Mr. Coughâ€" lan, Thistledale area, who celeâ€" brated his birthday on Feb. 10 Many happy returns of the day to Kathryn Ellis who was three years old on Feb. 15. Richard Chambers will celebrate his birthâ€" day on Feb. 22. The smell of good home baking pervaded Thistletown Friday mornâ€" ing as the ladies got ready for the sale on Friday night. The sale was sponsored by the grade mothers of the Home and School for funds for the good of all our school chilâ€" dren. There was wonderful results and a good turnout. Pléease be ready when your Red Cross Volunteer canvasser calls. They ask our money to be in by March 2. The Women‘s Guild met for the February session in the Sunday School on Tuésday evening of this week It is too bad there are so many careless drivers on the road. The signs, as you are approaching Thistletown, read 80 miles peér hour. Most of the drivers travel at 50 miles or more. We have some courteous drivers, but not all. Thanks to all for a nice job, of painting in the Sunday School and kitchen. This is one very good way of knowing how your cent & day helps. When you are discardâ€" ing furniture this spring, would you kindly> remember us with & nice book cupboard. We are in real need of one. We extend our very grateful thanks to Rev. S. R. Woods of Thornhill, who was our guest preacher on Sunday morning. He preached from St. Matthew‘s Gosâ€" pel on the Beatitudes in which appears these words "Ye are the salt of the earth."; "Ye are the light of the world"; "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.‘"‘ He pointed out our coming Lenten Season, not so much for denying yourself sugar, etc., but spare an hour or so to help a neighbor baby sit, etc., and show your Christian love to your God and to your neighbors. Messrs. Peach and Landon were our sidesâ€" men and Mr. Wynneâ€"Field was orâ€" ganist and choirmaster. â€" The choir sang, "Grant we beseech Thee". We of St. Andrew‘s Church were glad to respond to the call for funds for the flood disaster in Europe. The parsonage committee of the Thistletown circuit, namely Sharon, Ebenezer and Thistletown, met at the manse on Feb. 2. Mr. Frank Prior presided and Mrs. Lorne Barâ€" ker reported to the W.A. A tour of the manse resulted in some recommendations for a few minor repairs. Mrs. Kell served a deâ€" lightful lunch and altogether it was an enjoyable afternoon. The W.A. of Thistletown United Church met at the home of Mrs. H. Nattress on Thursday, Feb. 4. Mrs. Prior, president, opened the meeting with a prayer, and a hymn followed. Mr. Albert Barker read the scripture lesson and Mrs. Elâ€" dridge Kellam gave the explanaâ€" tion. The topic was "Prayer." She emphasized the power of prayer, the value m our lives in increasâ€" ing our fault, the making of our self consciousness of our sing and weaknesses and our reliance on God. She "closed the meeting with prayer. The business session folâ€" lowed. â€" The . treasurer reported $331.06 on hand. Mrs. Herson reâ€" ported for Temperance and anâ€" nounced that Temperance Sunday is on Feb. 15. Mrs. Lorne Barker ‘reported for the annual meeting circuit parsonage committees. Mrs Frank Prior presided, A véry agreeable time was held at, the manse and recommendations were presented to the meeting and were approve‘. It was decidéd to give $25 toward putting the United Church Observer in as many homes as possible. The magazine can be had at $1 per year. Pots of flowers were to be sent to two former members who are now shutins. Mrs. Robert Cooke took charge of the program and gave a talk on hymns. She gave an outline of the origin of both the words and .tunes Hymms are a part of our religious life. She spoke of the beauty of them, and of the inspiration of the great musicians, Handel, Bach, Haydn, and some of the important pieces such as "The Messiah," etc. She also gave stories of hymns written after great catastrophes and how these created greater faith to conquer. Such a very great subject could only be touched on as time was short at a meeting of this kind. Mrs. Lorne Barker and Miss Grace Fare followed out the topic of the day by singing as a duet, "Sweet Hour of Prayer." The meeting close with hymns and the Mizpah benediction. Mrs. Kell gave a vote of thanks to Mrs. Nattress for the use of her home, and to the hostésses, Mrs. Prior and Mrs. Cooke, and all who had taken part. Thistletown Many happy returns of the day to Mrs. Yearsley who celebrated her birthday, Feb. 17. Also belated birthday greetings to Mr. Yearsley for Feb. 7. Correspondent : Mrs. W. Dunning I MRS. J. DICKEY MRS. S$. PRINGLE l CH. 1â€"1575 CH. 1â€"4216 Pelmo Park Home and School the White‘s have sold their home will hold a social evening this on Kames Ave. They certainly Saturday, Feb. 21. There is the | will be missed a lot and we only promise of a real good time with |hope they don‘t move too far euchre, bridge and other card | away. games, and best of all refreshâ€" es ments. The proceeds will be used | _ a. happy birthday to Dave for prizes for graduating PUPi!S:| Kirkland for Feb. 20, also warm Those who can are requested to |birthday wishes to Mrs. Tuffy bring card tables, That‘s Saturday | Zidney, s evening at your school. ces Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burma on their first wedding anniversary, Feb. 23 The Flintoff‘s of Pelmo Crescent are enjoying a vacation in the south. We are very sorry to tell all the good friends of Ross and Marie White and their two children that Corr: M. Beebe \ T5 St. George‘s Blyd. I CH. 1â€"8469 All the women of the village may be interested in knowing that there is a new bus schedule. For a week or so they are having & bus leave Rexdale at 9.10 am. going to Kécle and Dundas. This would make it better for those wishing to do some shopping, so let‘s get out there and use it this week so they will leave it on the regular schedule. The Stew Inmans on St. Georges Blyd. entertained Major and Mrs. H. E. A. Inman and Jean‘s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Copeman, all from Hamilton, last Sunday. On Wednesday, Feb. 11th and Art Cutler flew to St. P burg, Florida, for about a v vacation. ‘ â€"â€"The run of measles the villate has been having lately seems to be just about over, with Lynne Archer being the last one to have them. Hope you are up and about by now, Lyne. x Mrs. Bradshaw of St. Georges Blyd. is recovering following an operation in Humber Memorial Hospital: We hope she will be enjoying good health by now. The Etobicoke works committee cleaned the ditch at the corner of Windsor and St. Andrews Blyvd. and made a good job of it. It will now be a little safer for the chilâ€" dren in that area to play. £ Mildred Cutler and , her two sisters took a weekend trip to Buffalo. St. John‘s C.W.L. of Weston held a square and round dance in the Masonic Hall on Feb. 12. A few of the residents attend*rd and really had a good time. Birthday greetings to Piter Air who was 5 years old last Siturday. A surprise ~dinner party was held last Thursday by Mildred Cutler for Bill‘s birthday. We hear that both Mrs. Malone and Mrs. Hamilton have keen sick lately â€" hope you are loth well again by now. | Jean Brown helped us gather news this week for the olumnâ€" thanks a lot, Jean,. Belated birthday gretings to Mr. Mills for February )th, Also to Shirley Snider, Irwin Road, for February 12th, and Rita Whitney, Gary Drive, Weston, forFebruary 16th. Wedding anniversary greetings to Mr. and Mrs. George Williams for February 21st. Birthday â€" greetings o_ Patsy Gomez, who will be fouryéars old February 21st, and Joa GomeZz, who will be five years (d Februâ€" ary 25th. Johnny Jenkin:will celeâ€" brate his birthday on February 22nd, and" Ronald Hains will be four years old February 6th. The Boys‘ Club is havig a grand time. There were 19 bos out last week and their study wa on "Fish as a Hobby". Seven lcky boys went home with a pair & Guppies. The boys have a fine epboard in which to store their plans they are building. They are ver grateful to Mr. Hazzard for furmhing this cupboard. There are still quitea few on the sick list this week. Urs. Webâ€" ster has been ill for »me time. Mrs. Prowse is feelingsome betâ€" ter. Mr. Sauve is in ts hospital and Gordon Jackson is ot feeling well. A cheery get welwish gocs out to all. Kingsview Pelmo Park Patter Correspondent: Mrs. farbis CH. 1â€"4260 Village TIMES AND GUIDE, WESTON Elmilea â€"Continuedmn page Correspondents A happy birthday to Dave Kirkland for Féb. 20, also warm birthday wishes to Mrs. Tuffy Zidner. As there was no column last week we did not get a chance to send our sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Annis of Uphill Ave. on the passing of Mr. Annis‘ father, so here let us express our sympathy to our good neighbours on Uphill avenue. Glad to see Mr. Frank Clayton out and around again after spendâ€" ing some time in Sunnybrook hor;pital. Glad to see Brian Dickey out again after a bout with chicken pox. Max and Mona Cowan have returned from & trip to Florida. The John Countryman Chapter of the IODE is having a bake sale in aid of England and Dutch flood victims, Saturday, Feb. 21, in the 62 WALSH AVENUE (Where Wilson meets Main â€" In Dr. Taylor‘s Office) Evening Appointment CH. 1â€"1612 w:io® k LN 6 W Th CA adlIkNs N_ EVErY WAalKk _ OF L1E S1NCE 181 7 . L. JOSEPHSON, R. O. M BANK TO A WILLION CANADIANS Unly 900 people lived in Weston when the first perâ€" manent bank opened for business here. That was just three years after the turn of the century, and Weston was a thriving little village. It‘s made progress since my Dad‘s time. Weston‘s a goodâ€"looking town today, and its future looks good, too. 66 "But I‘m straying. I was really talking about the Bank of Montreal in this community. Well, now, that first bankâ€" ing office, which later became a part of the B of M, began business here . . . let‘s see â€" thanks, that‘s right . . . in 1903 â€" Fébruary 23rd to be exact. "Started off in a small room in a building on Main Street, the present site of Inch‘s Drug Store. Four years For Completé Optical Service Consult primary room of the Central United Church, Weston. It would be helpfufl if some of the citizens of Pélmo Park would attend. The entertainmént committee of the Pélmo Park ragepayers held a dance in the school auditorium last Saturday évening and from all reports a good time was had by all. Folksâ€"Don‘t forget the next meeting of the Women‘s Auxiliary of PPRA, it will be held in the school the first Monday evening in March and as it is the ending of the Auxiliary‘s year, please attend so that you all can join in the electing of officers for the coming year. Remember the date, March 2. 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It‘s a long time and we‘ve seen a lot of progress â€"and shared in it, too, through working together." j Yes, here and throughout the length and breadth of our nation, the Bank of Montreal has grown with the community, sharing in its growing pains as well as its achievements, And, in hamlets and villages, towns and cities, the B of M is still pioneering with the men and women who are building the Canada of tomorrow. § WARDLAW BROS. See These and Many Other Models Atâ€" "If It‘s Heating We Have It" Seld and Serviced That‘s the reason for Gar Wood popularity in a nutshell. Designed on the counterâ€"flow principle, Gar Wood Automatic Heating Units bring healthâ€" ful, even, automatically controlled beat to every room regardless of how far the mercury drops outside. And Gar Wood owners report fuel savings of up to 40% over former units. If you‘re contemâ€" plating a new heating unit, it will pay you to investigate Gar Wood without delay. Manufactured by Enginecring Industries Co. 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