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v st tribune november 13 1996 p 13 a variety of exciting items up for bid at gallery auction among the items on the block at this years silent auction at the latcham gallery is the use of a beautifully appointed yacht for a vacation in the british vir gin island value 2800 us the yacht sleeps six and the prize has been donated by stouf- fville resident bill murphy other donations include a white and yellow gold ring set with a garnet from barthau jewellers food baskets from a p and weston produce artistic works by sharon kinsman jack ie petrie and dorothy clarke mcclure tickets to the toronto symphony and markham the atre 200 worth of landscaping services from bouwmeister landscaping a tax return from sig kusatz antique glass from jean middleton chocolates by charlinda and gift certificates from john lords books the items can be viewed at the gallery now and the auction will take place on nov 23 from 730 pm at the gallery the art auction will begin at 9 pm and will feature more than 70 original works tickets for the evening are 15 each and are available at the gallery service fills church ringwood christian church was filled to overflowing at its closing service on nov 3 and chairs had to be set up in the aisle to accommodate the large crowd among the guest speakers were grape vine kat e gi e dan schut the last pastor who told the congregation the her itage that this church founded is to be carried on shirley steckley and ruth fox sang tn times like these you need a savior and diane smith read from the scriptures members of sister churches on the same circuit attended and rev jim amy who started attending the church when he worked for emmanuel interna tional called the event a cele bration of 172 years of gods faithfulness doris kennedy nee sinclair who attended ringwood for 70 years was married there 59 years ago and recalled her child hood involvement in the church and her sunday school teacher ada steckley nee gower kennedy and her husband were the second couple to be married in the church the first being lena ramer and dawson davis the following members attend ed the service frances vague church clerk nora nigh trustee mac keith trustee clarence fockler trustee and treasurer shirley steckley lulu fockler mildred wilson diane smith nee fockler doris kennedy and dan and lori schut along with many adherents and friends clarence fockler shared his earliest memories of his sunday school class which was held on the upstairs balcony in 1974 jim byrnes preached his first sermon at the church as a native of northern ireland he was totally unfamiliar with local customs and recalled receiving much encouragement from the members he was there for several months before he discovered that ada steckley who always sat in her own lawn chair in the aisle was hard of hearing and despite her regular attendance couldnt hear a word he said during his sermons clarence fockler concluded the moving service with a prayer udelle wood a former member of the church the oldest in whitchurch told the tribune that she would love to hear from anyone who may have pictures or written information about ring- wood christian church in particular she is seeking photographs taken before the bell tower was destroyed by lightning around 1912 she ean be contacted at 640- 3457 an auction will be held at the church at 11 am on saturday nov 16 and items to be sold include pews and dishes canada post customers canada post has been ordered to exit the delivery of economy unaddressed mail admail as the most experienced and largest distributor of flyers in this region we would be happy to present our delivery capabilities for your target market for more information on our door to door flyer distribution services call your advertising sales representative at 6402100 today the tritiune member of congratulations to our 19951996 graduates shannon archer dan armour christopher arsenault brent avery jennifer baker nicole bardell joanne bates dineen beaven carla benoit katie blenkhorn michelle blundon joanna bowen sean brillinger kyle brueton tony bruno david butcher mark casella kevin chappel pauline cherkas sarah cliff scott clubine sylvia coates leanne cole julia comito mark conrad mark cosgrove jennifer cowley christopher crockford graham crowder gregory crozier kasey currie christopher dale arlene darcy ronda davis melissa dawson billy defino george deforest kathy desmarchais paul doner krista dudley stephanie duggan adam dykeman donivan elliot ian ellis edward emmons catherine evans ann ferguson brenda fink brent fogal melanie forman krista freeman jeffery funnell robert gagnon carina gall aimee gaston robert giles melissa gilroy michelle gilroy tania gilroy bradley goode paul green bradley hackert erika haefelo jamie hakonson thomas hammond robin heichert brandon hines laura holder cheryl hoover cory hoover cheryl jackson cameron jacobs silvia jankulovska steven johnstone neil joneja kimberley jones sarah jones scott jones brad juriansz matthew kea sarah kearsley robert keays gregory kirby mark laffan marilyn leoni catherine passafume john lowrie michael pride steven lummiss kelly relph dennis marshman benjamin rempel kimberly maschke jodi rennie darlene mcgill melissa richards william mckay susan robertson joshua mckellar sharon rose jennifer mcleod natalie rzadkowski roger mcmann shawn sargeant lisa middleton rebecca scott andrew montgomery jennifer selwyn jennifer morgan adam senour leslie muir patricia sheehan scott murray andrew simon jennifer nicoll peter smith jennifer noakes daniel snooks greg noi they craig stewart kyle osborne stephaniesummerhill shelley painter lisa tabone jennifer pare jennifer taylor stacey taylor shannon timmins oliver valentine melanie van eerde kristopher van koughnet jaimie vander henne jaimewagg philip warder james weaver rebecca whelan katherine white jason whitelaw donald wilkie michael wilkinson craig wood steve wood krista woodhouse john wood ley leighanne woods colleen wray april yakcley sarah zeck 5892 main st stouffville mr david morrison manager our congratulations to the graduates and best wishes in your future endeavours 6212 main st stouffville mr james g hassard manager congratulations to all the 19951996 graduates we are proud of you