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stoujfville suntribune thursday july 14 2005 7 tears memories flow as church shuts down y congregations die but memories live on ask lillian carr for lillian the closing of melville united church on kennedy road in north markham concluded an unforgettable chapter in her life she was married there attended there and served there at the final service june 26 she cried there time and tide had all but erased her heart and soul lillian rate began attend ing melville church in 1952 following her marriage to bruce carr the home farm was located at cody corners kennedy road and major mackenzie drive despite several moves including to claremont and mt albert the melville bond remained strong pulling them back to the church they loved so much even after taking up resi dence in stouffville bruce and lillian could always be numbered among regulars at sunday worship not even her husbands death in 1984 sever that tie melville was her place to be for good reason bruce was the church treasurer 25 years also the clerk of session a position lillian later inherited they donated the carpet and flu orescent fixtures in the basement along with a piano an organ and sound system in the sanctuary the latter dedicated to bruces memory the melville women were tireless workers lillian remembers chicken barbe cues that often attracted up to 500 people kept us going she said during more than 25 years she not only served as event con venor but often provided dozens of pies members murray brown don miller and harry lewis comprised the barbecue brigade barbecues dinners over this same period melville also hosted dinner meetings for the markham lions club however for bruce and lillian it was their many close friends that kept them coming back people like ev sale harry and audrey forrester john and isobel nigh don and joyce miller mildred sherwood betty brown edna houck grace smith harry and esther lewis karen wield ed and vivian mazur george mccleverty don and evelyn ferguson olive hutchinson and more pastors names fresh in lillians gordon miller gordon mcphee mind include burgess john bruce aitken hunter douglas george davison roaming with jim thomas and roscoe chapin nor will lillian ever for get the beautiful harmony provided by members of the melville male quartet of john nigh don ferguson ed mazur and jim slater sunday services had their lighter moments too like the morning a mouse scampered across the organ keyboard ev sale couldnt stand mice lillian said fortunately she didnt see it others did and held their collective breaths these and other occur rences undoubtedly flashed through lillians mind june 26 even as we spoke her eyes filled with tears i get choked up she admitted my hearts still there a beautiful framed painting of melville church completed by artist murray pipher was presented to rev burgess by former board chairperson ed mazur he also presented laura burgess with a treas ured royal doulton fig urine steeple chimes a gift initiated by the late stan patterson tolled a sad farewell so where will the congre gations remnants go lillian and some others are already attending at lemonville both victoria square united and central united in unionville have also rolled out welcome mats a number are consid ering markham missionary with a few still undecided so what happened how is it that melville has dosed yet springvale baptist also a country church a short distance up the road is bursting at the seams our young people once married moved away and never came back replied lillian wthout young peo ple you cant keep going as a prophetic conclu sion to the churchs closing guest pastor vincent alfano entitled his message the power of an uncertain future again the tears flowed jim thomas is a stoujfville resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years delicious lanib currylweusecubevof oritariolambj and slowsimmer them in a mildcurry until theyre tender and flavourrulr- ti mmd great over rice u v 1 ff reg 195gj- jr0fm- weekx 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