TORONTO BRANCH - for United Empire Loyalists

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active member of the Bay of Quinte Branch. Mrs. Thompson has one of the best collections of glass and
china in the county, much of it she uses in daily living.
We returned to Toronto by way of Wellington, Trenton, Carrying Place, Brighton and Port Hope.
1973 Spring
T
he 75th Birthday Tea and Fall Festival of the Toronto Branch was held on October 18 under the
chairmanship of Mrs. C. Tisdale and Mrs. H. E. Hargreaves. The room was gay with fall flowers and
leaves; also the tea table was graced by Mrs. Roy Belyea, Mrs. W. B. Dick, Mrs. M. R. Shamata, Mrs. H.
S. Honsberger, Mrs. Ray Jafelace and Mrs. R. Bogle.
Mrs. Austin Smith and Mrs. Audrey Kirk manned a well laden "Touch and Take" table.
It was a real pleasure to see so many members, who have not been able to be out lately, joining with the
rest of their friends.
The October meeting was fortunate to have as speaker one of our own members, Miss Marion Keffer. Her
topic was Early Days In Vaughan Township. This. was made the more vivid by her readings from a Cash
Book kept by an early storekeeper--a very informative and amusing paper.
Miss Helen Perkins brought to this meeting a very capable pianist in the person of Linda Azuma of the
Royal Conservatory of Music. Seldom does one hear such perfection and music from a 13-year-old lass.
We were pleased to welcome her teacher, mother and sister.
On November 27, 1972 Toronto branch lost Mrs. Henry Day, (Mary Eleanor Timmerman, age 90) Mrs.
Day was the mother of Hilda Jackson, Bess Wares and Alice Dunlop, and first cousin of a grandmother of
Philip Smart.
Born in Odessa, of Loyalist Dorland, Booth and Fraser background, she married a Kingston doctor, also
of Loyalist descent. For the last decade Mrs. Day has lived in Toronto and until a half a year ago regularly
attended Toronto Branch meetings.
Again, Toronto branch held their annual Christmas-time dinner in the King Cole Room of the Park Plaza.
Toronto weather for the day was favourable, a complete contrast with the Tuesday storm.
We sorely missed Mrs. Hambly, the wife of our president, who was under medical care. The head table
was made up of presidents, namely: Dr. and Mrs. George Dillane from Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Ruttan of Governor Simcoe Branch, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Warner from Ottawa, President of Dominion
Council, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mudge, Mr.. Mudge being past president of Toronto branch, and our
President Mr. W. B. Hambly.
After we had the opportunity to participate at the bar, we sat down to dinner at 7.30 p.m. Misses Margaret
and Ellen Branscombe carried in the Canadian flag, and the Loyalist banner, which some of us affectionately
call the George III Flag. The highlight of the speeches was when Mr. Warner read a reply
from the Queen, on the occasion of sending good wishes for her Silver Wedding. We broke away from
the tables for ten minutes and then Mr. Philip Smart introduced a barber shop quartet, a branch of the
Diplomats, under the business organization of Mr. John Wilson.