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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), November 23, 1950, p. 12

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oto 1qsa the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 23 1950 recalls work on toronto- nipissing railway in 1870 trapper claims monster seen in n ontario lake geese winging south pause for refreshment on thursday afternoon and evening mr william a noble celebrated his 00th birthday at his home in unionville friends from far and near came to extend their best wishes to this highly respect ed gentleman receiving the guest- who numbered more than two hundred were mrs a ernpringham mc xobles daugh ter and mrs rev chapin assisting in the tea room beauti fully decorated with autumnn flowers were mr xobles two granddaughters misses eleanor across the line from the united noble- and ruby ernpringham states in 1799 settling on the 1th along with friends front various of markham he organized and church organizations and of the commanded a company of cavalry surrounding community i which took active part in the war the tea table was centred by a i of 1s12 huge birthday cake adorned with the village where this capable ninety candles one of the clistin- officer settled and lived his life guished guests was mr j smith was named in his honor bttiton- mpp a telegram of congratula- yille lations was received from the william a noble and i the legendary windigo has returned this time to the wilds oi ing ancestors who came to canada j fa xorthwestern ontario at the beginning of the last the tale of the strange monster century was related by the ontario lands ihe noble familys progenitor j 0ffice m kenora u sajd jt info landed at plymoutn mass irom came leif maimmen plymouth erjg in 1g32 and one- a ful trader at p uu hm of his descendants ambrose noble 200 miles north of kenora on with his wife hannah badgerowi uerens i ake noble came to markham aboutj the m the northland 1s12 and were the parents ot is whal 0 or ea jesse noble is to british columbia but unlike susanna button noble was a the coasts sea serpent daughter of frank button whose ha no set shape father major john button came leif mammen w is across the line from states in 1799 settlin a windigo prime minister present flowers in profusion were receiv ed by mr noble in commemor ation of this happy occasion the tribune joins with mr nobles many friends in extending to him sincerest wishes for many years of continued and activity william a noble who has been a life long resident of the union- ville community takes a keen interest in all social and municipal activities and was deputy return ing officer for polling division no 5 for a number of years mr noble is descendant of two families of pioneers his parents jesse and susanna button noble both claim- was born at hagermans corners where he attended the school crossing the narrow gauge railroad then called the toronto and nipissing rail road which was built in ks70 and which work he distinctly remem bers seeing he sat on the fence to good health watch the first train go by in 18s3 he married jenny hager- man daughter of william and amelia hagerman the children of this marriage being stanley noble of locust hill and mrs archie ernpringham of markham mr nobles present life partner is the former rebecca size daugh ter of the late jacob size of union- ville and is equally popular with her husband in this community sup posed to have been seen first several months ago he had an artisticallyminded indian draw him a picture the windigo resembles an alligator the story is it comes out of the water makes a sharp turn and slithers underwater again the indians claim it tears their fishing nets the land office says mr mam- men wants an allout hunt to cap ture the monster he says native trappers are giving berens lake a wide berth and not trapping the area as they should the original windigo of indian legend was a transformed human a sort of werewolf who stalked hungry hunters and killed and ate them on their way down south from northern canada wild geese rest and feed at the jack miner sanctuary kingsville om many of the big ganders lose as much as four pounds in weight on the long trip sanctuary is safe stopping place welcome haven presbytery w a meets at greenwood u church greenwood united church was i many put together a statue but lavishly decorated with dark red could find no hands and printed and white chrysanthemums anduhe poignant sign i have no asters for the allday session of oshawa presbytery womans association the president mrs a a crowle of oshawa opened the meeting promptly and the pro gram was run through smoothly and on schedule the rev h r monkman of greenwood welcom ed the associations to the church and congratulated them on their growth and ability to face up to new crises during the business session the treasurers report showed a bal ance of 30515 a gift of 10000 was donated to help furnish the new manse at ajax for rev and mrs a h mclachlin mrs geo schell thanked the presbytery for the gift and introduced mrs mc lachlin the wa are asked to contribute to the temperance con test before christmas mrs milton tamblynof orono gave an interesting report of the dominion council wa which she attended in toronto and recount ed the highlights of some of the main addresses mrs c naylor of columbus took orders for worship folders for 1951 and had a fine assortment of old and new folders pamphlets and books including a popular one by the rev a g reynolds brother of mrs crowle the devotional period by courtice wa was in charge of mrs c penfound and mrs adams on the theme worship the lord in the beauty of holiness the great speaker was mrs bruce gray wife of the minister of kew beach church toronto whose topic was hands the hands of christ were working hands knowing daily toil in the carpenters shop christs healing hands were used for the benefit of the lame and the blind the sick of body and mind alike who still need that ancient power to lift god takes a hand wherever he can find it and does what he wants with it ips spirit is waiting everywhere for hands to use the gis trying to bring order out of the chaos and rubble in ger- hands but yours christ counts on us for we the women of the church are hands for him the tables were beautifully decorated with chrysanthemums and pansies for the bountiful lunch served by greenwood wa mrs t norton of brougham brought greetings from the wms following lunch the gathering separated into four groups for an hour of lively and enlightening discussion on reassembling the leaders of the groups reported sirs murkar of pickering urged each society to form a citizenship committee who would find much useful material in the citizenship kit now available mrs fallaise of whitby urged each convener of the visiting committee to work with the minister she suggested that two women be appointed to greet strangers at church and to call at their homes also suggested that the number of wa visits should be reported at roll call so that the total can be in the pres bytery report mrs mckinney of brooklin reporting for the parson age group reminded that christ ians when travelling are interest ed in churches and often wonder about the parsonages an excel lent suggestion was the installa tion of an extension phone for the ministers wife mrs frank james reported that the presidents had discussed the usefulness and wis dom of groups in the wa with out coming to any conclusion mrs clayton lee brought in a resolution which was adopted uhaninioikly that the presbytery wa definitely oppose organized sunday sports an invitation from mrs sey mour to hold the spring meeting at enniskillen was accepted the secretary mrs w a jack son asked that the list of 1951 officers je included with 1950 reports the roll call was respond ed to by 2s societies with 131 mem hers present mrs w c ives bowmanville on behalf of the courtesy com- mittee thanked each one contribut- w j brodie stouffville ont r n hogg rr2 uxbridge ont ing to the success of the day mrs lloyd pegg oshawa sang green pastures accompanied by mrs glynn eastwood of green wood myrtle wa represented by mrs fred wilson mrs arthur poynter and mrs duchemin conducted a tine devotional period based on john 13 the afternoon guest speaker was miss millicent luke of osh awa she pointed out that fre quently those who attended presbytery meetings were already leaders with special jobs and were conscious of their need for mental stimulus they represented many less active who must be searched out made to feel needed and eventually added as workers the necessity of being needed may not be apparent to the woman in the home who is a key person and over busy it takes time and patience to discover where people may be used and what each ones need is friendliness may be first thing to inspire confidence make it universal and genuine for it is important be alert to opportunity revive imagination and ingenuity and use these gifts to develop and cultivate the work and lives of others love means the will-to- dogood for everybody and often we find lovable people under shy exteriors love is the way we live if we live with jesus something we only- have if we give it away our real job is to find and develop labor and service which every body can do she declared the rev h r monkman con ducted the communion service and the successful meeting closed with the theme song and benediction elizabeth harvey atkinson dies after several months of pain ful illness elizabeth harvey atkinson passed peacefully away at her home crows corners mon day october 30th 1950 in her 7sth year born to mr k and mrs william john harvey mrs atkinson has been a life long resident of sunni- dale township united in marriage to alfred dick atkinson 55 years ago on the 17th of april she lived at moved to her recent crows corners the funeral services were in u as a home at which mrs atkinson was held i known by so many during her faithful and good charge of rev j e c shepherd recently appointed pastor 0 mother and neighbor the church ebenezer united church of which i was crowded with relatives she was a member for over 60 neighbors and friends who came to pay their respects and exprejs sympathy to the mourning family interment was in ebenezer cemetery left to mourn her loss are her husband alfred atkinson a daughter hazel at home four sons william and harvey sunni- dale elwood toronto and omar stayner also three grand daughters the pallbearers were six nep hews clarence and lome atkin- years assisting in the services were the revs j henry good w e prosser and m bricher her former pastots also rev levi atkinson united church ux bridge and rev robt graham united church stayner among the mourners were three ministers who were the deceaseds nephews revs clinton bell lions head o m bell kitchener and dr ross bell medical missionary new lowell for several years f nigeria moving to the 12th line of thej the many beautiful floral tri- son alvin smith oliver raymer township and seven years agojbutes testified to the esteem in charlie harvey and dr ross beu bus service toronto bast bound read down brougham i toronto time olarfmoxt west bound read up pm sua hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 pm daily ex sun hoi 545 610 120 635 638 640 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 325 335 am sua hoi am daily ex sun hoi toronto 1000 bay and edward 840 1025 danforth and luttrell 810 1035 scarboro jet 800 1050 malvern 745 1053 browns cor 742 1055 town line 740 1105 cedar grove markham 730 1115 locust hill 720 1120 green river 715 1125 brougham 710 1135 claremont 700 am sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 slo s10 800 pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 345 pm sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 bus will operate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and via markham from nov 1 to april 30 terminal at 074 bay street toronto danforth bus lines mm i mm luil 1050 is the fiftieth anniversary of the wearever line in canada these aluminum cooking utensils were introduced here at the beginning of the century their popularity grew so rapidly that by 1912 a new factory was needed to supply the demand this was built in toronto it was the first plant in canada to make aluminum articles and this was only a dozen years after the first canadian smelter bad otartcd making aluminum ingots at sbawinigan falls aluminum company of canada ltd producers ami prxasnrt of aluminum for canwlian industry and world markets plants at shawiniun falls anrida lie malignc shipshaw port alfrcj walefielj kingston toronto etolicoko

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