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Times & Guide (1909), 5 Apr 1962, p. 9

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The Church Year of St. Paul _§he Apostle church ‘held their meeting Tuesday evening. Bruce Rathbone, past president of Dominion A.Y.R.A. was the guest speaker, Mr. Rathbone was ‘one of four youth deélegates who attended the world council of churches in New Delhi, India last Bused on the replacement value ef the mills, the pulp and paper inâ€" @#ustry represents an investment of $52,000 for each mill employee. _ The technical courses that will be introduced at Thistletown and Hurnhamthorpe Collegiates next fall will be explained to parents at two open meetings by a panel inâ€" eluding Orval McKeough, Chairâ€" man of the Board of Education; T. Boone, Superintendent of Etobiâ€" coke Secondary Schools and Frank Mitchell, technical education coâ€" «dinator, and the two principals. The meeting at Thistietown Colâ€" legiate will be held April 16 at 8 p.m. and at Bux-nh.mlhorpe‘April "We hope all parents will atâ€" kend the meeting," said McKeough, "+s we want to help them make a wise decision about their children‘s education." The home and school association of Rexdale public school will hold their annual meeting at which election of officers will take place. The winners of the public speak~ Ing contest from the school will address the audience. Caribbean Night The couple‘s club of the new West Humber United Church are planning a Caribbean party and dance April 13th. The home of Mr. and Mrs. D.'day. â€" : Brown, 16 Hawkedon Crescent, Today when accidents occur Panel Explains Technical Courses Congratulations to Marie and Ben Parr, Waterbeach Cres., on te birth of their daughter at Snmber Memorial Hospital on March 25, 1962. The happy family wre all doing well. The ladies‘ auxiliary were also Invited to attend the demonstraâ€" tion along with the men of the group committee. Fun Fair The home and school association of Rexdale public school are holdâ€" ing a Fun Fair April 14th. The fair will have something of Interest for all ages. Home baked goods will be for sale, games for the younger set, and White eleâ€" phant sale. A special draw will take place and the prize will be a week end at the Waldorf Astoria $n New York city. The proceeds from this event will go to purchase equipment for the school. Annual Meeting of Home & School 47, 8 p.m The group committee of the Cubs and Scouts of St. Paul the Apostle church held a work shop demonstration Monday evening. The home and school association wishes to invite everyone down to the Rexdale Public School between J and 4 p.m. After his trip to New Delhi Mr. Rathbone travelled farther East to visit other youth hostiles and missions. He showed slides and exâ€" plained his tour to the members of the church year. Work Shop Demonstrations : TME 88 CHORALETTES !s the name by which these young ladies are k . Yectively, individually they are Heather Moore, Adrienne MeKan': u’::lw';i:lz.n Armstrang, from Humber Summit. The trio are a popular choice as entertainers «t social functions in Northern Etobicoke. REXDALE RAMBLINGS ear Rexdale, will be decorated St. Paulipaim trees and decorations to quit 1d their|the theme. | _A dinner will be served in the Christian Education building at 5:30 p.m. for the teenagers. This will be convened by the mothers of the teens. | ‘The teen age club of Rexdale |United Church will also be celeâ€" |brating an anniversary this Sunâ€" !day, this being its 1st. _ On the 29th April the teens have planned to charter 3 buses to take some of its 550 members on a trip to Fort Niagara, Buffalo and Niaâ€" gara Falls, The trip will begin at the Elmhurst plaza at 9 a.m. .and will return at 11 p.m. the same The newly formed couple‘s club are still looking for new mhorl! to join. Anyone wishing to do u‘ are asked to call Mrs. Baird at CH 4â€"1384, Sunday Schools Celebrate ‘ }Auuiwrmw ‘ ’ The Rexdale United Church Sunâ€" day School will celebrate their ‘Gth anniversary this Sunday. _ At 2 p.m. the junior and interâ€" ;medi.u dept. will hold a special anniversary service in the church. ‘The speaker will be_Rev. R. Colâ€" lin Todd. B.A. B.D. At 7 p.m. a special youth serâ€" vice will take place for all the teenager members of Hiâ€"C., YPU, and the teen age club. They will also be singing all the hymns for the service. Guest speaker will be Mr. Stan Izon, leader of Crusaders for Christ, All parents are urged| to attend this beautiful service [either at the 2 p.m. or 7 p.m. serâ€" vice. Musical director for the special youth services is Gord Camnbell. active member of the church and teen clubs. ‘ Holiday fruit punch and lunch will be served. Limbo music and songs from the Caribbean will be played for dancing. , The couples will be dressed in cool cotton prints, Bermuda shorts and/ flashy sport shirts. Some| twenty couples are expected to .&-l tend the party. Teens Celebrate 1st Anniversary KEEP YOUR CAR LOOKING BETTER, LONGER, WITH OUR 3 Minute Car Wash 1865 WESTON RD . exsem, WESTON $1.50 Phone NO EXTRA CHARGE for SPECIALISTS : on,c IN * mE CH. 6â€"7032 ‘alec_nuy reurned from & hitchâ€" hiking tour through the Holy Land, Miss Wallhouse saowed coloured slides of her trip. She worked her|y, way across the country and found ty it not too difficult to do. (.. The Sunday School Executive of West Humber United sponsored the movie "Tom Thumb" to raise funds for the purchase of a proâ€" jector for the Sunday ‘School, The movie was shown at West Humber School ~twice on Saturday, afterâ€" noon, March 31, 1962, and was reâ€" ported to be quite suceessful. _ The Cart Club opens at 8.30 p.m.{that are taking place in the big 'fn the Christian Education Centre %®"Ntre and also showed the priâ€" of Rexdale United Church with a MAtive living of the people in the full evening of round dancing ang |Outside of the large communities. square dancing with professional| The difference was appalling. He callers. Tickets are $2.50 per cou. POinted out the great advance in ple and include some appetizing modern Architecture, in Agriculâ€" refreshments. V in mm sn n rmenertnts Mn renemeennnanics an. c ns IT*$ TME START of another season for Driver Education Classes at Weston Collegiate. The new season starts each year 'whon Little Bros. turns over a new car to the sthool for use ‘ofun, and are so often blamed onjclassed as a course the teenage driver, Weston Colâ€" cation functions . c legiate is quietly doing its share‘hours, rather as an to see that young drivers are well-?;m- activity. About trained to operate a car under toâ€" successfully complet day‘s modern, hazardous lraffic)“ch year. conditions. 2 Tho es Ex The Driver Education course, presently operating under the diâ€" vection of Mr. Lethbridge on the teaching staff of the Collegiate, has been operating continually since October; 1955. _ Although Miss Freda Wallhouse, a student at the Emmanuel College in Torâ€" onto, was the guest sueaker at the monthly meeting of the United C_iacca Wo.cou of Wes humber The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. H. Saville, 79 Jeffâ€" coat Dr., and refreshments were served to end a veryâ€" delightful evening. The children were well behaved and enjoyed the film immensely. Candy was also sold to add to uiear enjoyment. This ambitious club has held these dances every Spring and Fall {or the past four years and each one has been more successful than the last, If you like to "make a square" instead of "being a square" come on out and prepare yourself for a wonderfully exciting night of round and square dancing “‘n la cabriole". United Church On CHaNGE3 Warcarion MOtor sttam Curanimg Reduce Accidents Through Driver Education In Weston FRI. â€" SAT. Day Before Holidays $1.75 on classed as a course, Driver Eduâ€" ‘nl-i’cation functions . outside â€" school n'elhours, rather as an extra curricuâ€" â€" U UNS is becoming very modern,‘ture and in the cultural Arts. It is vapidly, so stated Mr. Frank Rid !just as wonderful the transformaâ€" Ty, the guest speaker at the Kiwâ€"/tion where it is fostered and most anis Club of Weston on Monday|pathetic to see the other sections night. It was ladies‘ night and it/that are still following the old was a gay night filled with life style and methods. It is first hand ;every minute. There were flbO“E‘tglks _of the conditions in China 'fim' presént‘ and the program waSilike this, from one who is in a put on by the Members of th!iposition, to not only tell of the deâ€" Kingsway Kiwanis Club. It WaS|tails but to show them with exâ€" one of the best. seflerp esc a nds The students, who must be 16, take 25 hours of classroom instrucâ€" tion, 7 or 8 hours behind the wheel driving, and 15 hours observation. Instructors, who are regular teachers on the staff, have taken successfully complete the each year. Kiwanis Club Ladies Night Guests Hear Of New China 1910 JANE 51. in the Driver courses. Pictured above, school principal C. W Chriatie accepts theâ€" car keys from Robert Little as Mr. Leth ‘bri*o, who is in charge of the Driver course looks on. Driver Eduâ€" the Ontario Safety League or tside â€" school similar courses. Cars are supplied xtra curricuâ€" by a local automobile dealer. The 120 students Weston Board of Edueation pays _ the course for fuel, service and insurance, To obtain a certificate for sueâ€" cessful completion of this work, students must pass all examinaâ€" tions given on the school course plus a successful passing of the Department of Transport Driving Examination. ! It is understood that a group{ of parents in Humber Heightl{ are planning to call a meeting on i.\pril 30th of all parents of Wuâ€"} |ton Collegiate pupils in their disâ€"| trict, to determine how many of} them are satisfied with the educt-l tion their youngsters are receiving. Should the majority wish their’ children were attending Etobicoke\ high schools, these views will likeâ€" ly be taken to the Metro School Board by the parents themselves. Effect On Morale? _ However, on being told that the 'pnrents from Humber Heights are planning to submit a brief stating their views, the Metro School Board decided to withhold its final decision until it hears from them. A group of their parents had drawn to the attention of school trustees Leonard Braithwaite and Bruce Williams, their concern reâ€" garding overcrowding at Weston Collegiate and the possible effect of this on the quality of instrucâ€" tion. ‘ â€" They said they want their chilâ€" dren to continue in the school sysâ€" tem in the township where they live, pay taxes and have repreâ€" sentation on the school board. Mr, Parker reported that the acâ€" commodation committee of the Metro School Board felt that no action should be taken on the mt-‘ ter â€" that is, that the students from this &rea remain at Weston Collegiate. _ ‘This school is attended by close to 350 Etobicoke youngsters who live in the Humber Heights disâ€" trict of the township. ‘ Weston Collegiate Pot Continues To Simmer Education by John D, Parker, representative to the Metropoliâ€" n Toronto School Board. ‘ Early in February, Mr. Parker is instructed by the local school ard to ask the Metro school ard to review the attendance ea of Weston Collegiate Inâ€" A kettle that‘s off the boil, but i simmering, was drawn to the ention of the Etobicoke Board butboard use such a letter for?" the| "Presumably," said Mr. Parker, ird|"to ‘show that the Etobicoke board CH. 1â€"8311 _ "I see no reason to send a letter to another body of trustees," said George Kirk. "The safeguarding of educational rights is more imporâ€" Mr, Braithwaite went on to say that he‘d be very surprised if youngsters in the Humber Heights area know nothing about "condiâ€" ifiou at Weston Collegiate." me they won‘t say anything nasty ‘lhout the Weston school board, alâ€" though they‘ve been complaining to them for years with no effect." Dr. W. F. Graydon thinks it is regrettable that schooling is proâ€" vided outside the district where “‘thele people are residents and taxpayers, What other way have ithey got of making their views known except by making public statements?" have on whatever the ratepayers trytodonthirmhh-lf.l‘ don‘t think the Etobicoke board nhoulddouythiuhhindtrthm" lMI!nl-uch:leturfmu‘ might wreck their chances at Metro." J _ "Some people seem satisfied with the school. Others don‘t. These parents are serious about what they‘re doing, and have assured ilutuifiuldihtl’l&(. My thought was that our letter might be phrased to indicate apâ€" proval of nothing and m‘ nation of nothing:" ‘ "I‘m trying to consider what effect such a letter from us might ONTARIO MUNICIPAL STATIONERS CO. LTD WESTON PHONE CH. 1â€"1197 We Do All Types of Printing Office Supplies Rubber Stamps Made To Order aF S 1634 WESTON ROAD _ Traffic accidents exact a stagâ€" gering toll in money, quite apart 1{rvm the tragedies of death and human â€" suffering. _ othrmthnthtfiq“ be allowed to continue in our sy8» r"-. which is certainly different ‘frw:’th Weston system." _ ‘The catalyst that set this kettl# boiling is Etobicoke‘s building of Scarlett Heights Collegiate in the Humber Heights area. This school tant than the feelings of individual Mr. ""ams said he didn‘t see y reason to send the letter but aduthzi!nm-g-u“ be prefaced by our strong feelings that these youngsters should be Ur. ~~* AUDUBON SCREEN TOUR KING $T. PUBLIC SCHOOL APRIL Tith, 1962 â€" 8 PM. Advits $1.00 â€" Pupils up t +#

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