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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 9 1949 william belford 26 and his fouryearold daughter sharon were burned to death when fire destroyed their storey-and-a- balf bungalow at dixie ont his two sons ronnie and mel- rille were severely burned but mxs belford and baby nancy three weeks escaped uninjured children screaming upstairs woke mrs belford who when she saw flames grabbed young baby and ran outside while her hus band ran upstairs to get other children house seen from the air was a raging inferno within minutes and no one could get near it after mr belford had assisted his two sons to safety he went back into the flames to rescue sharon but he never came out the two boys were sent to hospital for sick child ren in toronto where ronnie died a day later andrew peqq dies homesteading in western canada ocl v i born in w mr pegg iii oofh tear was active up until about 10 years andrew pegg one of the old ago his great age was believed timers in the greenwood area died to be a direct cause of his demise at his home there on friday june mrs pegg and all the family sur- srd in his 86th year he had farm- vive they are milton and mrswm ed near greenwood in pickering brown both of pickering town- township since 1910 and prior to ship lloyd of oshawa william of that time had spent some years greenwood george of whitevale mrs r appleby of mount zion mrs bertran wilson of ravena edgie and mrs chas mctaggart of greenwood mr pegg was a member of the greenwood united church the body rested at the home lot 11 con 7 pickering funeral service was held from there on monday with interment in salem cemetery united minister and choir inspire laskay congregation at church opening celebration of the 45th anniver sary and the reopening and dedica tion of laskay united church in the township of king held on sunday drew capacity congrega tions for two services conducted by visiting ministers the interior of the building freshly decorated throughout is modern and very pleasing in detail the cost runs well up over the 1000 mark the greater percentage of expenditure has been met by the women of the congregation whose organization raised funds for that purpose the morning service was taken by rev lavell smith toronto and the evening sermon by rev d davis stouffville a former minis ter the stouffville united church choir of more than 20 voices dir ected by mr l c murphy render ed anthems with fine quality of tone excellent shading and deci sive interpretation the opening anthem was symphonic in balan ced precision the mens chorus lent pleasing and fruitful variety to the musical program the tempo of the hymn singing throughout was noted by this writer with delightful ease the congregation was led by this ex cellent choir in a realm expectancy and vitality not so often found in rural church service the accom paniment played on the piano by the church organist mrs ohas nolan displayed classic interpre tation her work stood out for sheer graciousness and delightful cadence both the choir and leader were behind her yet her coordination was perfeotly timed and with great ease appreciating the background of devotion and labour of laskay con gregation mr davis congratulated the beauty of the edifice as a token of reverence toward the cause of the church of christ in his dynamic appeal he chal lenged his hearers to realization of the vital problems facing the church today too much cordial easy thinking too much smug compla cency and apathy lead to the downfall of institutions but beau- jtiiful and yet dumb in vital func tioning conviction must be ex pressed in action the church he said is the only answer to crime land juvenile delinquency the i amazing and alarming wealth spent on liquor beverage today far ex ceeds that being expended for the entire program of secular and reli gious education of canadians mr davis called for young men and young women from within laskay congregation to go forward in ser vice of the church first outdoor graduation ever held at the ontario agricultural college at guelph ont saw h b barrett 27 of port dover ont receive hearty congratula tions from his wife and son toby who is three years old in the morning ceremony 114 grad uates of ontario veterinary col lege had the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine conferred upon them by the rt hon vincent massey and in the afternoon the chancellor of the university of toronto conferred the degree of bachelor of science in agriculture on 24 4 others a total of 35s students graduated from the college and peggy and peter and jean pardon our pointing with pride but its an event when the number of bank workers passes the 40000 mark as it did last year thats 65 more than before the war its an event first because it shows the increased use of canadian bank services more deposit accounts now over seven million more funds customers deposits now reach nearly seven billion dollars more services to farmers to personal and smallbusiness borrowers to war pensioners to people receiving family allowances its an event too because of the kind of men and women who have joined our ranks eager to get ahead they are finding in banking an interesting job a challenging career they can tell you how important privacy in banking is to the canadian way of doing things head farms richmond hill c j w j lawson maple rr 2 fox rr 1 york mills j a norj the officers of the york county they rr 1 todmorden mrs jersey club are president a g- alice hawkes robinson rr 2 littlemarkham rr 1 vic epresd- newmarket hugh sheardown dent hugh sheardown schomberg schomberg st michaels college sectreas w m cockburn new- farm aurora vaughan acres ltd market new summer policy doors open 700 pm show starts 730 pm mon to sat matinee saturday at 200 pm markham s p o n s york county jersey show the york county jersey show held in conjunction with rich mond hills centennial fair on may 24th was again a fine success with a hundred head of high qual ity jerseys on display before a large ringside with the awards in the various classes being made by john w powley manager of cale- don farms caledon while the bull classes were somewhat light the female classes brought out very strong competition the largest entries were in the junior yearling and senior heifer calf classes with 19 and 16 entries respectively don head farms eleven year old bull rajah of oaklands was made senior and grand champion and the junior champion ribbon went to brampton world beacon alf bagg sons senior yearling bull in the female championship j a northey of todmorden won the senior and grand on his aged imported cow brampton white hope and don head took both re serves on don head basils huber- tine alf baggs senior yearling heifer edgelea pinn pansy won the junior championship in the junior showmanship com petition marlene holmes of rri todmorden won first for those un der twelve and her big brother beverley won the class for those 12 to 20 followed closely by grace hoare of aurora rr 2 the 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