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p st international buffet will benefit philippines kate gilderdale correspondent stouffville christian memorial church is inviting the community to attend an international buffet which will feature foods from third world countries on friday feb 22nd at 630 pm rev jim amy and his wife meri- am spent several years with emmanuel international visiting churches across canada and report ing on mission activities in the third world part of our program was putting on international buffets and they were always very popular said rev amy thats where we got the idea from i left the mission a few years back and started pastoral work here but ive always wanted to put on an international buffet for our church meriam amy is from the philip pines and worked with the mission there until 1985 when she came to canada a nurse by profession she also did relief work in ethiopia dur ing the famine of 1985 she is a talented cook and learned many of the recipes she will be presenting on the 22nd from people of various nationalities whom she met during her cross- canada tours during the evening the amys will report on the urgent need for assistance in the philippines last nov 13th there was a really big typhoon that hit my village community said meriam a lot of homes were destroyed the government is helping people as far as food is concerned but according to my sister things like s building materials are badly need ed following the buffet in which dishes from a number of countries will be served there will be an information program onthe devas tation in the philippines and on the plans for rebuilding we will show slides of the vil lage and explain what we want to do with the money we raise said rev amy therell be a little offering after the program added his wife but there will be no charge for the buf fet the idea is not simply to hand out money stressed rev amy well be working with the church there we want it to be an opportunity for our church to do something for them and to allow us to truly reach out to people in need the amys will be visiting the philippines themselves early in march meriam amy has not seen her family for almost six years and her husband has never met them although their trip is primarily a family reunion the couple will also visit the village to learn about their needs first hand we can take pictures of people and the pastor of the church there and bring back reports for our church notes rev amy i think it will be really exciting an opportunity for people here to become really aware of some of the problems of the third world free tickets for the buffet can be obtained by calling rev amy at 6402561 or through your own church were asking people to obtain tickets because we have limited space he said if were over whelmed by the response well have to have another one when we get back from the philippines alan baker served in canadian navy was active church member uxbridge district lions club 1991 drown old man winter car on the ice 1st prize 100000- 2nd prize 50000 3rd prize 25000 tickets 500- tickets available at evans jewellery homans shoes barbershop of uxbridge ballingers better buy 77 brock st west uxbridge 34 brock st west uxbridge 21 brock st west uxbridge 43 brock st west uxbridge 18 brock st west uxbridge happy pet foods or any uxbridge lions member the uxbridge lions thank you for supporting the community permit 772245 dont forget the skating parties weather permitting saturday nights and sunday afternoons stouffville area native alan baker passed away on feb 4 at the sloan kettering memorial hospital in new york city the husband of shirley baker he was in his 71st year born on feb 20 1920 he was the son of the late morgan and gertrude baker he was the retired vicepresi dent of manufacturing for conti nental can co after 34 years of employment in executive posi tions with continental in toronto montreal new york chicago brussels and stamford alan received his education at lemonville public school stouf fville continuation school and markham district high school after which he graduated as an engineer from the university of toronto following graduation he served from 1941 to 1945 as a lieu tenant in the royal canadian navy he was an active member of the wilton cpnn congregational church serving on many of its boards of directors and commit tees he also served on the boards of alan baker stouffville native directors of the wilton ymca and ogden house and was the pastpresident of the wilton kiwanis club following his retirement in 1980 he worked as a volunteer coordinator for international executive service corps and was secretary of the university of toronto associates he was predeceased by one son william arthur baker and is sur vived by his wife shirley brown formerly of unionville two sons alan robert baker of west hartford conn donald m baker of elk grove 111 a daugh ter elizabeth smith of new lon don conn and 12 grandchildren he is also survived by three sis ters alma 6ldham doris ratcliff and mary hutchinson all of stouffville and a brother merlyn of uxbridge the rev duane breeze con ducted a memorial service on feb 9 at wilton congregational church burial will be in the spring at baker hill baptist church ceme tery 1 stouffville i calendar income f ax returns 125 harry walker pkwy newma phone8368029 tor 7739581 hourmj moo tu frl 9 ai wad thur s ai i pm st lo am s pm 6420087 535 main street stouffville place mall thursfeb21 friendship club meets at the legion hall at 8 pm new members- always welcome call marion murphy at 640- 2443 frifeb22 memorial christian church comer of stouffer and main streets is hosting an international buffet at 630 pm featur ing foods from ethiopia the philippines brazil and other countries admission free by ticket only an offering will be taken to cover food costs and for a small relief fund project in the philippines for your ticket call jim or meriam amy at 6402561 sat feb 23 whitchurchstouffville minor softball final registration at stouffville recre ation centre from 9 am to noon or take application to the recreation office sun feb 24 stouffville missionary church chil drens choir is presenting a musical called come on over to my own backyard at 6 pm everyone is wel come the latcham gallery at stouffville public library is hosting a fourhour printmaking workshop from 15 pm in waterbased woodcut printing partici pants will produce a small twocolor edi tion and experiment with monoprint variations cost is 2250 including all materials and gst for more informa tion call 6402395 monfeb25 seniors are meeting at 730 pm to view a travelogue for upcoming bus trips after the tfaveloguetedkrainyk and musicians will entertain for more infor mation call elva boyd at 6405060 tuesfeb26 calamity jane a classical musical starring doris day will be shown at 1230 pm at the silver jubilee during tea free of charge sponsored by chats call 6406554 for more infor mation kids in crisis summitview parentstaff association is hosting an open evening to all parents at 730 pm at summitview public school guest speaker will be cheryl leechman of york region board of education tragic events resource team call sue sherban for more information at 640- 4584