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legion news legion pays tribute to the late frank ryfa bv eleanor johnston stouffv1lle mem bers of the stouffville legion and ladies auxili ary were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of comrade frank ryfa he will be missed in the com munity sympathy is ex tended to his wife and fam ily a legion service was conducted by comrade bert liekorish pallbearers were comrades del jen nings walter smith fred castle jim mckellar grant turner and ivan goudic we are pleased to report that comrade president stan burkholder is home from the hospital and is re covering very well from his recent eye operation the blood donors clinic held in january was the most successful to date on thursday feb 9 there is a euchre in the legion clubroom in the hall on friday evening feb 17 the leg ion is holding their annual dinner for members and their ladies with all mem bers of the auxiliary as special guests it is the occasion of the fourteenth anniversary of the found ing of the auxiliary the ladies auxiliary is busy making a quilt and members are selling tic kets for the draw the pat tern is the official centen nial emblem the colours used are gold and blue the draw will be held july 1 on friday evening sept 29 the auxiliary is spon soring a fashion show en titled portraits from the past featuring costumes dating from 1867 the cos tumes are provided by the ontario centennial com- by ada steckley r1ngwood mrs truman grove is in york county hospital at new market suffering from pneumonia mr john mc- haffey is in scarboro gen eral world day of prayer for ringwood will be held in bethesda united church on friday feb 10 mr and mrs fred greenfield of markham mittee the legion ladies bow ling league now in its sixth year is rolling along fine thanks to comrade doris farthing comrade ruth sheppard and com rade joan vankoughnet the tr1sune ihatiiay february 9 196 p5e 15 in hospital nigerian to speak in markham u m church and her mother mrs henry johnson had lunch with mrs jacob m grove on monday mrs h atkinson and edna of willowdale spent sunday with mrs frank atkinson miss shirley steckley and friends had saturday evening dinner with her parents mr and mrs fred steckley after which they went skating at markham mr malcolm keith is expected home from be thesda hospital in a few davs forty percent of heart victims are between the aaes of iz and 54 car pools what do vol think1s he cominfi this morning or isnt he h one more second mrbosley cwde is on his way now i wish youd finish your makeup before we hit the express way glad to drive you crosstownthe poys dont care when they get home do youboys pick you all up again ton16htat 5 men come on ernie break it up its only for 8hours ernie markham on sun day february 12 the con gregation of the united missionary church in markham will have the unique opportunity of listening to a nigerian pas tor rev jacob bawa from salka nigeria has been granted a scholarship to study at the emmanuel bible college kitchener on sunday he will speak to the various departments of the sunday school dur ing the sunday school hour which begins at 950 am will participate in the morning worship service at 11 oclock and will be the speaker in the evening service at 730 pm a high light of the day for the members of the youth fel lowship will be the supper meeting with mr bawa at 530 pm at which time he will tell of marriage cus toms in ssigeria this intelligent young nigerian is a member of the kamberri tribe a small tribe in northern nigeria he heard of christianity and became a christian as a result of the preaching of the gospel by missionaries of the united missionary society he is one of the few young men of his area who has had the privilege of attending public school in a day when most young nigerians with his training and abilities were turning to vocations that would bring them good sal aries jacob felt the call of god to serve his people as a christian minister in order to prepare himself for this high calling he at tended a vernacular bible school operated by the united missionary society near his home and then later a theological college operated by the ums for english speaking students in ilorin almost 200 miles to the south of salka at the time jacob nrolled in the theolocal college the preset pastor of the markham church rev grant sloss was a mission ary in nigeria and princi pal of the college so it is indeed a privilege for mr and mrs sloss to have this former student from niger ia in their home and church this weekend after graduating from the school in ilorin mr bawa served as principal of the hausa bible college and was pas tor of the local church in his home town of salka upon completion of his course at emmanuel bible college he will return to nigeria to work in the united sessionary church of africa he is married with 3 children his wife and family remained in nigeria the public is invited to hear this most interesting speaker he will appear in nigerian clothes canadas century a news background special on trie centennial of confederation give generously to the heart fund its the best investment you can make against heart disease your number one health enemy the ties that bind a nation seventeenth of a series by walt mcdayter from the very outset of nego tiations on confederation it be came clear to john a macdon- ald that the strongest ties he could call on to bind his pro posed new nation together would be railway ties the colonies early indicated more interest in gaining a new railway than in becoming a na tion in defense a railway would make it possible to carry troops east and west in the event of an attack from the united states in trade it would allow for the movement of goods inter-pro- vincially spurred by elimination of provincial tariffs nova scotia and new bruns wick agreed to federate with the early construction of this railway a set condition of en trance this was stipulated in the bna act macdonald could not tempt prince edward island or new foundland with a railway unat tached to the mainland they would profit only little from one pei consequently did not en ter as a province until 1873 bankrupted in the attempt to build her own local railroads and plagued by a political dead lock it was only then that she agreed to join more recently to make islanders feel more like cana dians- a causeway linking pei to new brunswick was promised by the pearson gov ernment with a railway line included in the early years so hostile to railroads were newfound landers that in 1881 when a company attempted a narrow- gauge line on the island citizens took arms in protest and rioted newfoundland did not become a province until 1949 british columbia however easily saw the advantage of a railway she agreed to join in 1871 but only after macdonald promised a line would be built from eastern canada to the pa cific coast started within two years finished within 10 the intercolonial railway was the first of macdonalds prom ises fulfilled completed from riviere du loup que to truro ns by 1876 the canadian pacific railway was completed to vancouver by 1885 in 1863 engineer john palliser advised against a western rail way north of the 49th parallel claiming much of the prairies was too uninhabitable to support one in the early 20th century al- m o s t everyone in canada seemed to be working on a rail way besides cpr expansion there was the canadian north ern grand trunk pacific na tional transcontinental ontario northland northern albeua pacific great eastern new foundland and white pass and yukon by 1915 william mackenzie and donald mann had extended the canadian northern into a transcontinental system from vancouver to quebec the grand trunk in 1903 be came the grand trunk pacific later connecting winnipeg to prince rupert the government built the national transcontin ental eastward linking winnipeg to jloncton as the eastern arm of the gtp line financial problems crippling the lines forced the government to amalgamate the canadian northern the grand trunk pa cific the national transconti nental the intercolonial and the prince edward island railways into the canadian national rail way under ottawa control pressured by increased com petition from airlines trucking and waterways such as the st lawrence seaway the future of canadas railways is uncer tain that they will continue to play a role in our development there can be no doubt how big a role they will play only time will tell clip and save toronto tilecram news sarvict furniture motors baby carriages play pens rugs bicycles appliances tools sporting goods to sell or to buy if youre not using it with a tribune classified ad to sell or to buy classified 6402100