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gino testa and 45 a new life in a new land for stouffville contractor lifelong community thursday apr 10 1969 the tribune page 3 i dent stouffville if ycu feel you must cri ticize this country call ed canada dont do it in front of gino testa he just might dunk you head first in a tub of cement unlike many native- bom canadians gino appreciates what this country has to offer he points with pride at the progress he him self has made since coming here seventeen years ago from fros- inoni near rome in italy canada shes the greatest country in all the world and the peo ple they are real great too he said a friendly smile wrinkling his eyes but let me give all newcomers a wee bit of advice dont ex pect life to be any bed of roses if you want something badly enough you have to work for it seventeen years ago gino testa wanted something today the fruits of his labors are in evidence in stouff ville in whitchurch and in scarboro ginos first big break came when he estab lished a firm called testa masonry con tractors he had one small truck the com pany flourished and in eight years he had 113 employees on the pay roll later he set his sights on the stouff ville area he bought a 133 acre farm north of the town between concessions 8 and 9 in whitchurch he sold his home in scarboro and built a new one on the proper ty where he his wife and family now reside music mania 69 tickets for music mania 69 both reserved and gen eral admission are now available from mr gray- don card main street gino testa stouffville rr 2 came to canada from italy 17 years ago with no job no friends and only 45 staff photo the story does not end there far from it mr testa establish ed his own construc- t i o n company and many of the houses in mrs norma card 353 ru pert avenue or mrs mar ion hodgson 450 loretta crescent south the pro gram is two nights april 25 and 26 stouffville are products of his carpentry skill his biggest move came in july 1968 when he started up still another company country readymix limited he now has a fleet of 13 trucks and 18 save on income tax as you save for retirement up to 2500 a year may be deduct ible for income tax purposes from your income if you invest it in a registered retirement savings plan while you also guarantee yourself a monthly retirement income for life ask me for details heinz u daues unit manager rr3 claremont telephone 6401065 sun life of canada ledge for mission work vivian mccormack memorial church vivian was the scene of much mis sionary enthusiasm sunday evening when the final to tal of 840000 was an nounced for missions for the coming year the church had set a goal of 450000 but the people became so interested in the work of missions during the week that they far ex ceeded their objective the offering was not simply in cash the con gregation were given faith promise envelopes at the beginning of the week then on the last sunday they filled out these en velopes by indicating the amount promised each month for the next year in this way the total giv- ings for the year ahead are determined every activity of the week contributed to the success of the conference from the exhibits in the fellowship room to the flags carried by the girls and boys of the church the speakers rev c tipp rev g thomas rev h percy rev a burrow and singers russell jenkins lloyd knight judy nauss the nighswander trio and the church choir presented the challenge of missions missionaries themselves who attended were inter viewed in almost every service last year the church supported two missionary families in south america this year they plan to take on the support of several more new workers in vari- t get natural gas home heating now have it installed immediately while more men are available your first payment wont be due until september its clean compact constant economical so why wait for fall do it now come september you 11 be glad you did call consumers gas ze 82500 no toll charge call operator and ask for 85 yonge st north richmond hill fulltime employees two weeks ago he set up still another firm testa forming limited in one year his gross income was something like ssooooo but as gino puts it a new life in a new land is no bed of roses he left his bride of only 1 1 days to come to canada in hopes of finding some fame and a little fortune he arrived in toron to with no job no friends and only s45 in his pocket he turned his hand to almost everything repairing railway lines logging and even cut ting hair three times he was taken to hos pital with sickness or injury and once he al most died ginos ultimate de sire was to earn enough money to bring his wife to canada and every week he put some money aside for this purpose when his savings reached 2000 he ar ranged for her pas sage they were reun ited in toronto the testa familys current project is the building of a new s150- 000 home designed en tirely by himself and unmatched anywhere in canada it is now nearing completion gino and his wife are presently on a re turn trip to their native homeland to renew acquaintances with old friends and family rel atives the couple may encourage others to come to canada there is plenty of room in this country for folks of ginos kind ambi tion and faith ous countries of the world the pastor of the church v g shillington says that he believes that the pro gram of world missions will guarantee life to any church res i claremont the claremont community lost a wellknown and highly respected resident march 14 1969 in the passing of mrs jacob taylor mrs taylor the former mabel evans was born in uxbridge township the daughter of the late james evans and rachel morgan she was 80 mrs jake taylor she was married jan 15 1916 and in 1966 the couple marked their gol den wedding anniversary besides her sorrowing husband she leaves to mourn her passing three daughters fern mrs al- vin redshaw goodwood irene mrs ronald carno- chan oshawa june mrs george smith claremont and two sons gordon and ivan both of claremont there are two sisters margaret mrs bert jones brooklin ethel mrs james briscoe claremont one brother ross of west hill seventeen grandchil dren and seven great grandchildren the service march 17 was conducted by rev eric linstead of the claremont united church from the mceachnie funeral home pickering with interment claremont union ceme tery the pall bearers were all grandsons dennis smith joe taylor garry taylor alan bruce and george redshaw 1 jackinthebox this jackinthebox i is real and hell pop i out on friday and sat- i urday night at the i stouffville skating j club carnival in the stouffville arena the jack is really bruce walden son of mr and j mrs bill walden man- itoba street 1 staff photo i a daffodil tea sponsor ed by the stouffville branch of the canadian cancer society will be held thursday april 17 from 230 to 5 pm at the home of mrs blair mit chell 47 orchard park boulevard ladies of the village are invited to at tend admission is 50c ii a the royal conservatory of music of 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