a6 tribune february 17 1988 russ beare and herb thomas both of markham collaborated on an auction sale saturday held at the wilson arena uxbridge close to 500 people attended including mr beare himself shown here w j hosts meetrng on learning problems stouffville the march meeting of the bethesda womens institute will be held in the au- ditorium of parkview village 70 ninth line south stouffville the date is march 9 the time is 1 pm guest speaker will be gwen mann special education admi nistrator for york region gwen has worked for many years with children experiencing severe learning disabilities gwen was one of the first teachers in the metro and york region areas to use bliss symbols to open the world of reading to these little ones she has written some of the earliest texts for this purpose the bethesda wi is inviting members of womens institutes from stouffville and altona bran ches to attend also parents and teachers associated with learning disabled children following her address gwen will answer questions from the audience ilucometax returns 4166401769 6401778 george w brodie certified general accountant 157 main st w stouffville ont antique buyers get a taste auctioneer neil bacon addresses a successful bidder he and jim pheonix disposed of close to 800 items in less than five hours hundreds attend auction russ beare threw an auction and everyone was there well almosteveryone an estimated 500 people crowded the wilson arena at ux bridge saturday to view and bid on items put up for sale by mr beare wellknown markham re sident and antique collector also included in the auction were several pieces of furniture owned by herb thomas formerly of the village squire apartments mar kham and now residing at mar- khaven neil bacon and jim phoenix called the bids assisted by ron stevenson john leopard and jim huffman the clerk was fred wilson close to 800 items were sold in just over five hours some prices follow framed photo of wm lyon mackenzie king 3750 a store scales 175 a store cash register 100 a foot stool 145 a baby rocker 130 a meat cutter 55 a ford motor oil can 90 a spoolholder 20 a coffee pot 4250 a candy snip- per55 a gramophone 130 sin ger sewing machine 135 a clothed manequin 4750 and a coat tree 105 this saturday feb 29 an estate auction of furniture and antiques the property of the lat myrtle watson will be held also at the wilson arena beginning at 10 am items include an oval parlor table a pressback rocker a heintzman piano an antique full- size settee with three side chairs and more miss watson a native of good wood and later a resident of stouffville moved to trinity man or uxbridge where she lived a busy life an oldfashioned railroad lantern is held by ten yearold mark milbcrg of rr 1 ashburn jim thomas missions conference deaaosale free air conditioning free 5 yr unlimited mileage warranty from north american warranty by evelyn milsted gormley the annual mis sions conference at the gormley missionary church opens sun day feb 21 at 7 pm with rev joseph omicil hatian pastor of elim missionary church mon treal the guest speaker speakers feb 28 through march 6 follow sunday feb 28 rev jack bart missionary in argentina for 20 years service time 11 am rev steve zurcher from haiti service time 6 pm monday feb 29 guest speaker geral- dine gerit of sierra leon service time 530 pm tuesday march 1 guest speaker david clay of ecuador service lime 630 pm wednesday march 2 church fellowship dinner with mrs winnie gold- sworthy of nigeria guest speak er the time is g pm thurs day march 3 ladies meet ing with mrs jack bart guest speaker meeting time is 8 pm saturday march 5 mens breakfast with ron ellis of athletes in action the guest speaker breakfast time is 8 am sunday march 6 rev bill ryan of intercity missions toronto the guest speaker ser vice time is 11 am at 7 pm the guest speaker will be rene verd of the christian national evange lical commission tina widcman tenyearold daughter of mr and mrs don widcman is ill at home with a virus infection several couples enjoyed a weekend retreat sponsored by john and joan pugh at camp kahquah gary ungurin of kitchener spent the weekend with mr and mrs ron warder orval steckley formerly of gormley is a patient in queens- way hospital toronto after suf fering a stroke the gormley w i will meet feb 24 at the home of mrs russ ellas the roll call will be answered by giving an unusual word from the dictionary and us ing it in a sentence the project committee has the program the gormley gazette will be pre sented by mrs jack gamble time of the meeting is 2 pm theresa yake will demonstrate tell of her thriving chocolate business at a meeting of the womens missionary society thursday at 730 pm in the mis sionary church an octette from ontario bible college will present a musical program sunday feb 28 at 7 pm in heise hill church 1987 accord exi 3 to choose from 1987 accord lx 5 to choose from honeycomb donuts holsiiqa 1 1623 yonge st richmond hill 8849274 7734542 yongo street wo oro hero thurs february 18th free coffee all you can drink in or out more than just donuts blackforest cake strawberry tarts open24 hours stouffville mall cheesecake sandwiches more 6405088 vf