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husband- wife team mennonite story retold back in 1786 the first mennonite pioneers estab lished a settlement at vine- land that was 199 years ago later similar settlements were established at mar- kham and waterloo to mark this upcoming 200th anniversary miles tone a volunteer husband and wife team is currently travelling coasttocoast telling the mennonite story reg and kathy good of kitchener visited the wide- man mennonite church last week and attended a worship service there sun day night involving four area congregations reg and kathys tour of duty began in june 1984 and will conclude june 1986 be tween the start and the fin ish theyll have travelled thousands of miles and spoken to thousands of people they have an intriguing story to tell for it was 200 years ago that these hardy pioneers usually the head of each household set out on horse back from york county pennsylvania to acquire virgin lands from the crown first at vineland then mar- kham and waterloo they later returned on foot and arranged for their families to settle here the distance oneway was 450 miles because the conestoga wagons were laden with needed supplies the women and children walked much of the way they established roots in the markham- stouffville area the influ ence of which is still felt here reg and kathy good are well versed on the menno nite heritage they will make a total of 600 stops on their crosscanada tour the history and culture project comes under the direction of the mennonite central committee funds have been made available from both the provincial and federal governments the reception weve re ceived has been wonderful kathy said seldom do they prepare their own meals in stead theyre invited out to various homes in the com munities reg points to the diversity that exists within the menno nite fellowship theres a strong emphasis on a simple lifestyle he said resist ance to war is also a firm belief and a commitment to live the bible both reg and kathy are enthusiastic they believe the mennonite story is excit ing and theyre excited ab out telling it to as many peo ple as possible even to those not associated with the denomination for this reason theyre placing books in the local libraries including markham and whitchurchstouffville in this way those who cant hear about it can at least read about it display skills whitchurch thirteen students from whitchurch- highlands school displayed their science fair projects at thcfarea 2 competition in au rora tuesday participants follow philip warder grade 2 acid rain daniel snooks grade 2 icebergs laura mclarty grade 3 magnets katrina mcfadden grade 4 solutions carl milroy grade 5 crystals mark richardson grades dry- ice walied zekry grade 6 chemicals tanya lanz grade 7 heat transfer carin milroy grade 7 bac teria tim scott grade 7 holography chris murray grade 8 air pressure- effects on weather nicole ireland grade 8 enzymes renee gibson grade 8 mic robes winter proven by our customers 85 save now immediate delivery test drive a pony from plus frt tax or lease a pony 4 4786 from i ftar a per month 48 month lease plus frt tax jackson motors markham ltd 347 main st n hwy 48 markham 4714505 major mckenzie dr 1 jackson 1 motors 16thave hwy 7 and also in barrle at 126 bradford st 17057227733 jackson group since 1927 shoe merchant tribune february 27 1985 a7 stouffville people who live in town should be able to shop in town this is the feeling of bob ancheril kr 2 stouffville hell help to make this happen next month bob will open ancherils fine shoes limited on main street the location is formerly wilson shoes major renovations are underway bobs hopeful all work will be completed by march 7 or march 15 at the latest the more we tear things apart the more we see things that need doing he said bob and cindy ancheril love whitch urchstouffville they consider it a fine place to raise their family they have a daughter rachael five v if were going to live here we might as well do business here he said i feel stouffvilles a place with great potential the store will feature top brand names an extremely personable man bob ancherils looking forward to opening day from the work thats going on there cus tomers wont know the place theatre is alive dear jim following the successful completion of the second pro duction of our threeplay 1984- 85 season i wish on behalf of the stouffville players to pub licly thank the whitchurch- stouffville culture and re creation committee for its kind grant that is allowing us to replace 12yearold sets with new ones and to mcneil pharmaceutical canada li mited for underwriting the cost of programs for the chil drens play marmalade gumdrops our thanks also to all those in the community who are supporting us through their attendance at our perform ances sincerely roger glazin president stouffville players j ceituhy mill mg building centre ltd a family business since 1864 a complete stock of materials for home building and renova tions construction and 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