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four generations on sunday march 24th home of mr and mrs gordon mrs jane balsdon of north kirby it brought together a markham celebrated her 92nd group of four generations birthday ii was the occasion mrs balsdon seated her for a family gathering at the great granddaughter donna- marie wagner 3 mos her daughter mrs gordon kirby left and her granddaughter mis frank wagner of rr 2 blackwater staff photo alliance church unionviixe a unique series of services on the theme of world missions will be held in unionville on march 31 to april 7 at the christian and missionary alli ance church main st north the pastor rev richard j barker states that one of the guest speakers will be rev douglas miller who has served a fiveyear term of foreign serv ice in the republic of guinea in west africa mr and mrs miller who pent a year in france learning the french language in 1958 and who had previously served an alliance church in brooklyn ny have had to forget about city sidewalks and concrete pavements in pursuing their missionary work they are sta tioned among the gueres one of the five forest tribes of gui nea another speaker rev donald furniss went out as a missio nary under the christian and missionary alliance in 1956 and has completed one term of serv ice in the kingdom of cambodia in southeast asia one of the trouble spots in the world to day after required language study for two years mr and mrs furniss were placed in charge of the mission station in takeo about fifty miles south of the capital city of phnom penh there they were respons ible for the local church as well as evangelistic work in the province the third speaker mrs ken opperman has ministered with her husband in peru south america on the closing sunday of this community missionary convention she will give a first hand report of plans for giant evangelistic crusades in peru this summer these are a few of the more than 860 foreign missionaries of the christian and missionary alliance a missionary society some 75 years old which are scattered in 24 countries around the world mr stan hall candidate for the new democratic party at tended a successful coffee party given by mr and mrs alfred spence of glad park ave re cently a number of those pres ent are making up a party to at tend the douglas rally at maple leaf gardens this friday even ing another general electric special 30 automatic range with roiinscrie fogless window in removable door sugg list 25900 best buy anywhere your terms hendricks hardware 29 main st w stouffville phone 6403622 j golden wedding anniversary celebrated mr and mrs oliver raymer of toronto celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last week with a reception at their rosepark dr home for 150 friends and relatives among the guests were their i best man of 50 years ago the grooms brother wilnufl ray- mer of peterboruogh and the bridesmaid the brides sister flora mrs elmer lambert of la salle que the couple have two sons rev denzill raytner of north bay and kenneth raymer of toronto they have one grand daughter janine mrs raymer was the former jessie barkey daughter of the late mr and mrs ab barkey and mr raymer was the son of the late mr and mrs simon raymer of mount joy mr and mrs raymer are members of oakwood baptist church where mr raymer is a deacon he is also chairman of the lebanon evangelical mission they have lived in toronto since their marriage in stouff ville ihwy mjrcii 28 1963 the stouffviue tribune ps j local wedding and personal happenings deaths funeral service for mrs percy meyers on sunday mrs beatrice jessie meyers 1475 king st w toronto wife of percy meyers died at st josephs hospital toronto on thursday march 21 1963 she was the former beatrice jessie baker besides her husband she is survived by a son george f of grimsby beach and a daughter barbara suzanne mrs george wilson of tor onto sisters mrs maude slack and mrs muriel wright of bal- lantrae and a brother daniel baker stouffville funeral service was held on sunday at 2 pm from the l e oneill funeral chapel stouffville in charge of rev mclean of toronto temporary entombment at stouffville vault with interment later at church ill cemetery thresher for markham district farmers for many years a resident of north markham for nearly fifty years arthur william snowball died sudden ly at scarboro general hospital on monday march 25 1963 in his 74th year he was the old est of a family of 9 children nearly 50 years ago he married nellie stapleton of lincolnville who survives him also sons howard of havelock arthur jr of markham and harold of mil ton and two daughters florence mrs walter todd of good wood and dorothy mrs elmer burnett of bloomington five brothers wilbert and jack of markham harold of unionville ernest of greenbank and bob of stouffville and three sisters mary mrs foster wagg of stouffville eva mrs albert westland toronto and eleanor mrs noah yoder clarence center ny also survives the late mr snowball was a thresher for the farmers in the district for many years funeral service was held on wednesday at 230 pm from the dixon funeral home mark ham in charge of rev grant sloss the pallbearers were sons howard arthur and harold snowball and grandsons bob todd donald snowball and joe burnett interment was in elm- wood cemetery markham coppin strong the residence of mr roy strong of humsvihe was the i setting on saturday march 16 i at i pm for a quiet but pretty i wedding when marilyn alberta strong niece of mr and mrs roy strong became the bride of paul bail coppin of agtn- court son of mr and mrs b coppin of toronto the double ring ceiemony was performed by rev a greenhaugh of hillside united church given in marriage by her uncle the bride entered the tastefully decorated living room to the strains of lohengrins march she was charming in a dusty pink wool ensemble with white accessories and a corsage of american beauty roses mrs gary baker of richmond hill sister of the groom was her only attendant wearing a dark beige ensemble with light ac cessories and corsage of talis man roses mr gary baker was the groomsman receiving the guests at the icception at oxbow lodge mrs james richmond of stouff ville mother of the bride wear ing beige jacket frock and bone accessories assisted by mrs roy strong wearing navy jacket frock and matching ac cessories due to illness in the family the grooms mother was unable to attend following the reception the party returned to the brides home where open house was held during the evening for friends of the community after a short trip the couple will reside at markham rr 2 guests were present from brant ford toronto waterloo stouffville and huntsvillc mr kent doner of newmark et ls the new clerk in teds mens wear store main st celebrate 50th wedding anniversary mr and mrs charlie atkin son obrien ave marked their 50th wedding anniversary on tuesday on wednesday eve ning twentytwo members of the family enjoyed a turkey dinner at summitview gardens yonge st beside the atkin sons this included their daugh ters mr and mrs cliff gordon blanche and mr and mrs fred yake rita and family and mr and mrs lloyd bolend- er delma and family mr and mrs clarence atkin son mrs edith galbraith and misses flossie and selena at kinson were also present for the occasion mr and mrs harold coak- well betty lou and brian of box grove visited with mr and mrs marshall connor lloyd ave on sunday douglas and shari lehman are holidaying with their grandparents mr and mrs harold barclay 2 dunsford while their parents mr and mrs bud lehman are in flori da guests over the weekend with mrs audrey bartholomew were mr and mrs gordon bartholo mew and sen bruce of oakville and mr and mrs herbert bar tholomew of toronto on monday mrs frank har vey and joyce of gormley were visitors with mr and mrs a c byers maytree ave rev and mrs henry heise and miss nancy cober of gormley were visitors on sun- dav with mr and mrs a c byers miss nettie rangma of vivi an has joined the staff of the bank of nova scotia mr gar lehman and mr i and mrs bud lehman left on sunday for a holiday in flori da mr and mrs l j c langs glad park ave returned from their vacation in st peters burg and dayton florida mrs roluh davis amid rich aid burkholdcr ave were visi tors last saturday evening with mr and mrs walter davis ai- tona mr rc aiken and mrs dj ocallaghan board members on york county branch cmha attended the ontario division annual meeting and conference on march 22 and 23 at the park plaza hotel in to ronto miss jessie grice mill st celebrated her 80th birthday on monday march 25 when rela tives and friends dropped in to offer congratulations wms meeting the regular monthly meeting of the stouffville united missio nary wms was held on thurs day evening at the home of mrs earl crowder with 38 present the programme was arrang ed by mrs harold badgero mrs george byer mrs don doner the president opened the meeting with prayer by mrs rusnell letters were read from rev and mrs alf rees in india and mrs earl hons- berger nigeria miss vera tarr and mrs reg stouffer led in the prayer time mrs george byer took charge of the meet ing the scripture reading was given by mrs don doner the guest speaker mrs rus- el grove mother of the late merlyn grove gave a very in teresting lalk on their trip to somaliland just six months be fore merlyn was killed she also showed a number of slides mrs byer closed with prayer the next meeting will he a work meeting at the home of mrs clarence pipher on march 28th mr and mrs percy brillinger 215 main st w returned home on monday after spending four months in long beach califor nia and one month in mesa arizona they report wonderful weather for the trip home jim goudie market st in jured last week in a twocar collision east of stouffville is still confined to the scarboro general hospital he suffered a broken leg open good friday april 12th give your family a treat for easter take them out to dinner at houstons coffee shoppe h o u s t o n s the kexall drug stork pnone 6402222 native of stouffville faced many hardships as western pioneer mr e d cotton 17th ave markham twp has been named regional distributor of sun- master of canada ltd produc er of sunmaster 5year light bulbs mr cotton will handle retail sales in the east toronto markham stouffville and ux- bridge areas an advertisement appears in this issue on friday evening 31 mem bers of stouffville air cadet squadron no 94 visited no 180 squadron at their avenue road headquarters in toronto local officers who accompanied the cadets included flying of ficer wm kingston pilot of ficer ronald mc grogan and f1u cadet wayne taylor following a car accident mrs seago captain of the georgina troup of pefferlaw girl guide company was assisted by her father mr harry wood who taught the girls braille one pupil corrie vieveen is braill- ing to a blind girl in brantford and ruth garrett has passed her test others will be having their tests a native of stouffville who went west in 1904 and saw the plains develop from pioneer life in a sod shanty through the years when canadas west was known the world over for its mangnificent wheat fields and years of drought to the present was william george howard who was born here october 6 1880 and died this month in a hospital in calgary most of his early life was spent in markham township at german mills in 1901 he felt the urge to go west so with s10 in his pocket set out on the har vesters excursion at tne close of the harvest season he travel led 10 st louis for an eight month course in carpentry and building the following year he staked a claim on 160 acres and started a homesteading near harris saskachewan he lived in a sod shack and broke the prairie sod using a single furrow plow and oxen through a system of preemp tion in a few years he purcha sed another 160 acres one year from may 14 to july 26 he broke 234 acres of prairie sod with a single fur row plow drawn by six oxen in 1910 he returned to ontar io to purchase what was called a south african script from george little in scarboro a vet eran of the south african war for which he could gain title to another 320 acres he now was the proud owner of a section of land 610 acres in 1912 he built a frame house and a large barn to hold 36 work horses and about this time he married a western girl margaret may four children blessed this home one girl and three boys mr howard was a great be liever in scientific farming and was convinced that every good larm must have livestock he finally went to south carolina to get purebred dark red polled herefords as the family grew up he and two of his sons farm ed over seven sections of land as any farmer can report they took in their stride good years and bad years when the drought struck the west in 1931 their choice herd of 50 head faced starvation mr howard and his son tried to sell them to a drover the price was so low they refused to deal with him riding two horses and with the help of a dog they drove the herd seventy miles to the saskatoon stock yards here they discovered the drover had put one over them by phoning ahead and ordering the buyers not to go above the price he had offered nothing daunted they drove the catle back to the farm and kept them alive on molas ses and russian thistles cleared from the fence rows and put through the hammer mill as progress indicated he dis carded the horses and tractois look over he was the first to introduce combining into the area he and his sons were al ways alert to new developments in farming suggested by the ag ricultural college the town of harris owed much to the interest of the ho ward family in church school and all municipal offices i the field of sports the men were all curling enthusiasts and when william howard was 70 years old he and his boys competed in saskatoons bonspiel his wife predeceased him in 1961 he is survived by a daugh ter neta 1 mrs donald engersi of winnipeg and sons stanley at harris wilfred at saskatoon end dr lloyd howard o cal gary surviving also are two brothers david 1 howard of richmond hill ard charles b boynton of thornhill stouffville lions club an nounces that it will hold a white elephant auction sale in the stouffville arena late in may ladies doing their spring housecleaning are aked not to throw out any useful items which the lions might turn into cash for their welfare work pickup dates win be an nounced in this newspaper at a later date in the meantime if you have some articles which you would like to have disposed of immediately you are invited to call lion don huxtable at stouffville 6102784 resident of markham village for 23 years mrs olive ella nellie nash of markharr died at ih central hospital toronto on thursday march 14 1963 in her 74lh year she was a daughter of the late mr and mrs wm ormerod and was born in scarboro iater she married robert nash and thev farmed on cone 7 markham until retiring to church st markham 23 years ago mrs nash was identified with the u- nited church markham besides her husband she is survived by brothcis howard and william of greenwood and milton of little britain also sisters edith of greenwood and lillie mrs lew hagerman of whitevale after resting at the dixon funeral home mark service was held on saturday march 16 at 2 pm in charge of rev ar wright interment vss in elm- wood ce ictery markham pallbearers were james wal ters lloyd linton gordon lu- nau harry brown mr fletcher and mr taylor having a wedding this summer if you are you will want to see the display of wedding an nouncement invitations and all the other accessories such as personalized serviettes matches and cake boxes in the window of the siouifville trib une aurora has had a nine mill jump in tax rate this year and malton believe it or not has gon tip 27 mills all blamed on school costs a teen town dance is being held in the masonic hall stouff ville on saturday evening mar 30 at s30 pm at which time an executive will be chosen the stouffville minor hockey association will conclude its ac tivities for the season on thurs day evening april 4th indivi dual team trophies will be pre sented to the playoff winners one of the features of the ringwood vs stouffville clip per hockey game in the arena on tuesday april 9th will be a girls game between a team of ringwood mothers and stouffville ladies the stouffville brigade was called to the home of mr ken jones no 18 llwy south of ringwood thursday evening to extinguish a chimney fire at their residence mr and mrs joint addison are holding a gala skating party at the local arena on friday evening march 29 at 8 pm there will be entertainment and refreshments children are welcome eugene lemon of blooming- ion won the championship in the grain classes and was awarded the newmarket coop special prize at the york county seed fair and hay show last week a broken sewer line at the corner of rupert and william sts has caused road depart ment employees considerable trouble much care is needed in locating the break since tele phone and gas lines are also imbedded in the same area johnny and kenny brillinger of west hill were weekend vis itors with their grandparents mr and mrs harold dixon mrs kdith mcmulien and mrs mabel ntchilson of tara spent a few days last week with their cousin mrs percy brown albert st mrs pearl warwick of rich mond hill spent the weekend with mr and mrs clarence summerfeldt elm road- mr and mrs acker of pic- ton and mr and mrs e ball of toronto wore visitors on sun day with mr and mrs harold dixon main st mrs f s vanstone mrs s w hastings mrs k r camp bell were among those from stouffville who attended th spring bonnet daffodil tea in markham last friday a meet you candidate night will be sponsored by the york north progressive consorvativa association in the masonic hall stouffville on wednesday eve ning april 3rd at 830 pm mr charles hooper will be tli guest refreshments will be served bloomington farmer watson fairies had a rather narrow escape recently when he was affected by ammonia gas while at work in his silo he lost his sense of balance and collapsed when he reached the house a short distance from the barn he was treated by dr f j button of stouffville mr ken spencer 5s25 43 ave red deer alta is seeking information on the early burk holdcr families who lived in the stouffville area around 1906 several families of mennonites moved to alberta and establish ed farms there a descendant of this burkholdcr family mr spencer would be interested in hearing from anyone who has this information mr and mrs don gibson mr and mrs alex wilkins of ru pert ave and mr and mrs las mckean edward st wera among the local residents who attended the stage performanca of pajama tops at the royal alexandra theatre toronto re cently these are not promises they are facts in 1962 canada had the highest growth rate of any atlantic community country up 8 over 1961 last june the liberals promised gloom and doom exports rose by 8 farm cash income by 4 car production by 31 devaluation helped to spur bus iness 85 of canadians now pay less in income taxes than in the last year of the liberals employment is up 630000 over the last year of the liberals unemployment lower than the us wntcr works provides 700000 new winter jobs to help to offset seasonal employment housing aid to 750000 new homes in the past 5 years 1 in 7 canadian families lives in a home built since the conservatives took over in 1957 lower down payments longer mortgage periods in direct contrast to liberal tight money that had made home ownership impossible for so many old age pensions up from 46 to 65 veterans pen sions up by 37 over the last liberal year hospital insurance the conservatives made hospital insurance a fact the liberals promised it for 38 years these are the solid achievements of a progressive conservative government let the voice of north york be heard elect hooper progressive conservative published by the york north proc cons ajsn