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the tribune stouifville ont thu jday january 14 1954 junior farmers turn out in record numbers according to president don middleton of granton seen above with eleanor saracuse left waterford and sharon osullivan of dundas the 10th annual conference of the ontario junior farmers associa tion held in toronto was a great success with some 1210 on hand for the ev ent every one of 13 coun ties in the province was represented along with many districts in north ern ontario one fifth of the enrolment comprised teen- agers still in school three out of five live on the farm whereas others work as typists or clerks in nearby centres discus sions at the big gathering centred around farm top ics which resulted in cer tain recommendations be ing made and presented to the ontario federation of agriculture which succeed ed the junior group us vm mr mac a college- bred turkey at macdoiiald college has all next year to catch up on serious reading for along with 1100 other birds bred at the college he escaped the axe this yuletide season he was saved from the us ual fate of his brethren because the poultry depart ment of mcgill universitys agricultural college is busy developing a mediumsized broadbreasted turkey which can be produced as econ omically as possible needed him for breeding purposes mr mac and his fortunate companions wear redtinted spectacles to prevent them from seeing blood on other turkeys a sight which might provoke mayhem ac cording to prof william maw who is pictured with his prize pupil altona what wilfred crump of leamington ont planned as a surprise for his wife nud three children turned out to be a bit of a shock tor all concerned it all be gan when mr crump de cided to fly to england to surprise his wife for christ mas mrs crump a pretty 27yearold british brun ette had left leamington in september to visit her par ents who live just outside birmingham taking her children with her she ex plained that her mother was quite ill and she felt the visit was necessary after her visit with the family mrs crump had originally planned to return jan 22 but slie became homesick for her husband and booked passage to sail on the fran- conia from liverpool on dec 19 hoping to surprise her husband at the new year meanwhile husband wilfred in leamington had grown homesick for his family and not knowing his wifes plans flew to england and in so doing crossed her path over the atlantic after spending a few days at his parents home mr crump flow to windsor where he la seen above with his wife and family pickering council an application was receiv ed by pickering township council on monday concern ing the establishment of a fresh air camp on the green wood road 2 miles south of no 7 highway the propriet or stated that he wished to erect tents dressing rooms anil a soft drink stand and al so build a dam for swimming purposes the tents would be rented out by the week the land was previously owned by mr fm chapman reeve geo todd and dep reeve roberts frowned down on the idea while councillors newman and lawson felt that considerable information on the setup should be received before any consent could be given 1 dont see how this camp will be of benefit to pickering township stated dep reeve roberts its the wrong type whos going to control this camp questioned reeve todd special police will have to he on hand continually reeve todd also stated that any per sons residing in the municipal ity for a period longer than three months could apply for mr and mrs walter carter mr and mrs millard reesor and mr and mrs fred me xair attended the funeral of a cousin george millard in queensville on saturday the young peoples group of the union sunday school held a skating party at xighs- wanders pond last thursday evening and afterwards enjoy ed a social time at stan thompsons friends will be sorry to hear that mrs norman bunker is suffering from a tad fall and is still confined to bed a number of children of the community attended a party on saturday at lome thompsons the occasion be ing his stli birthday mr and mrs o madill vis ited mr and mrs john pallis- ter on sunday mr pallister just recently fell on the back teps and cracked some ribs mr and mrs wilmot hill and family spent last wednes day with his parents mr and mrs loss hill messrs fred lewis merv bunker harv bunker xorm an xeal and harry blonge at tended a turkey meeting at the king edward hotel on monday as the guests of pur ina feeds some changes in markham officers mi pisgah congratulations are in order to mr and mrs stanley xoble who became he proud par ents of a baby boy on sunday january 10th he was born at the east general hospital in toronto and mother and baby are fine mr and mrs leslie smith and family were sunday vis itors of mr and mrs wesley c gohn at dollard xew years day guests of mr and mrs roy howlett and mrs richard xoble were mr and mrs albert howlett and family and miss edith dice- man of mount albert mr and mrs steve eade and family of vandorf mr and mrs doug las nigh- and mr and mrs leo xiddery of aurora mrs geo xoble and miss may howlett of vandorf mr and mrs bud monkman and family of lansing were sunday dinner guests of mr and mrs ross smith mrs alfred pattenden and mr and mrs arthur preece of vandorf were sunday visit ors at the home of mr and mrs roy k smith and family the annual meeting of mt pisgah sunday school was held at the home of mr and mrs loy carr on friday ev ening january 8th mr can- was reelected as superintend ent with messrs roy leslie and cawronco smith as his ssistants mrs chester pat tendeh will continue as sec treas other officers for 1954 are mission con mrs roy howlett temperance mrs leslie smith cradle roll mrs roy smith pianists mrs roy smith and assistants mrs howlett miss dorolhy bay- croft and miss isobel cham bers the mt pisgah sunday school held a skating party on the gamble pond wednesday evening january 6th it was very much enjoyed by the young and old alike and hope to have another one soon the gormley wi ladies are having a euchre on friday ev ening january 15th in the home of mrs wc noble sec ond house south of the gorm ley post office lunch will be provided and numerous worth while prizes all are cordially invited the gormley wi ladies have a quilt in at the home of mrs ea smith and would like as many quilters as pos sible any and every day of this week an organization meeting to form a young peoples group was held in ss xo g on sat urday evening january 9th those elected to office to start the group are pres miss dor is chambers vice pres olive cobb sec treas miss lore- li mayes group leaders are first john mulings mission ary miss isobel chambers citizenship lawrence smith literary mrs oda barlow meetings will be held every friday evening in ss xo 6 the christmas meeting of the gormley wj was held in the home of mrs bernard kays on wed dec 30th roll call was answered by child hood memories of christmas with many humourous ones in answer the usual exchange of gifts took place and refresh ments were served by hostes ses by unanimous agreement markham township council have appointed two new mem bers to the township planning board the new representatives who will take office immediately ate messrs rg calvert a res ident of highland park and mr cj laurin who lives at box grove mr calvert was appointed to a two year term and is an architect by profession he graduated from the university of toronto in 1919 and is pres ently employed in his own business mr laurin appointed for a three year term is a former army brlgadeer and president of the rouge valley conserva tion authority a resident of box grove he is presently em ployed with a publishing firm these two gentlemen will be replacing the retiring members of the board namely messrs h maynard and a stagg the other members of the five man planning board are dr d tanner d runmey and reeve alf lemasurier another important change in the composition of the planning board was the ap pointment of a new secretary in the person of the township engineer j howard since the boards inception township clerk c hoover has also acted as secretary of the planning board in suggesting the shift reeve a lemasurier sain that the appointment of mr howard would serve the twofold pur pose of relieving mr hoover of extra duties and also afford the board services of an en gineer at no extra cost to the municipality both dr tan ner chairman of the v board and the two employees con cerned know of the move ad ded reeve lemasurier further in the matter of ap pointments the members made three appointments to the un- ionville community centre mr j brown president of the unionville curling club will represent the curlers trustee d strickland will act as rep resentative of unionville vil lage while mr h maynard will act for the veterans the other members of the board include mr a harrington of the markhamunionville lions club mr wj russell repre senting the hockey players and reeve lemasurier and deputy reeve clark the question of appointing a school attendance pfficer for the coming year has been re ferred to the police committee councillor a lennie and deputy reeve w clark for further study in a report requested by council treasurer d ryder stated that at present the township has a surplus of 4000 however mr ryder stressed that this is not a final figure as certain adjustments have yet to be made mr ry der also reported that the tax arrears are in good shape final details concerning the sale of the old township offices to hc smith of unionville have yet to be completed the matter is now in the hands of the solicitors markham property owners meet jan 19 markham twp property owners assoc is holding a ge neral meeting at cherry hill farm xo 7 highway be tween unionville and mark ham on tuesday jan 19th at 15 pm special speaker will be dr douglas tanner chairman of markham twp planning board he will explain mark ham township han on which he and associates have been working for the past two years offshots of the plan will likely be zoning and land vie bylaws and other enact ments reeve lemasurier and deputy reeve clark will al so be on the platform the public is invited light refresh ments will be served with the local churches stouffville united church rev douglas davis minister sunday january it 193 10 am sunday school 1100 am the family wor ship toegther in a special childrens service 730 pm the young people in charge of the evening ser vice lloyd free will give the address young people this is especially your service tues 7i0 pm cubs wed s pm garrett evening auxiliary thurs l pm mission band thurs 1 pm explorers thins s15 pm the choir sunday jan 24 1100 am minor hockey players annual service attention to all hock ey players and fans guest speaker rev g davison clareniont thurs jan 21 markham township sunday school con vention in the church after noon and evening meals serv ed in the school room christ church anglican rev f1 bournes rector sunday january 17 1954 2nd after epiphany 115 pm sunday school 230 pm evensong tues 230 pm wa tues 730 pm jgg fri s00 pm choir practice 1 am thy shield gen 151 christian memorial church lewis eakin ba pastor sunday january 17 1954 1000 am sunday school let us not fail our children 1100 am the character of jesus christ this is the sec ond in a series of messages on the life and work of christ 730 pm weighed and found wanting will be the theme of the sunday even ing message dont miss it wed s pm midweek ser vice galatians cont fri 7 pm childrens rally coming one night only sun day feb 7 at 730 and 9 pm mr gus ambrose director of toronto yfc wiil be guest speaker also the melody quartet plus johnny am brose canadas greatest gos pel tenor plan now to attend road map reformed church of canada dutch meeting held in the fellowship centr liemonvillo pastor c si kelmax sunday january 17 1954 10 am worship service 11 am sunday school hunting rabbits not deer so case dismissed gordon sedore and kenneth comber charged under section 29 of the game and fisheries act with attempting to hunt deer in a closed season in brown hill swamp in east gwillimbury on dec 13 claim ed they were looking for rab bits i have never shot a deer in my life said sedore frank miller game warden said he heard dogs running in the swamp he found comber and sedore with dog and heavy shot in their guns under oath both young men said they were hunting rabbits magis trate hollinrake said i must give them the benefit of the doubt case dismissed a second charge against the same men of carrying fire arms half an hour after sun set on dec 13th brought fines of 2000 and 600 costs or 7 days united missionary church rev h shantz minister sunday january 17 1954 mount joy 10 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship thurs 8 pm prayer meeting oickson hill 10 am morning worship 11 am sunday school 730 pm evangelistic tues 8 pm prayer meeting jan 24th mount joy anniv ersary stouffville baptist church rev h f branton pastor wed s pm prayer and bi ble study fri s pm young peoples meeting sunday january 17 1954 1000 am bible school 1100 am that which it is our duty to do 730 pm the blessings of redemption the first in a series of sermons on pauls letter to the ephesians tues jan 19 230 pm the wms will hold its monthly meeting at the home of mrs h bennett goodwood baptist church rev arthur england minister sunday january 17 1954 2 pm sunday school 300 pm worship service fri s15 pm bypu ste wardship group in charge the lord is my light and my salvation of whom shall i fear psalm 127 brethren in christ church heise hill gormley pastor bishop a l wlngei sunday january 17 1954 1000 am sunday school 1100 am worship arid minis try of gods divine word 700 pm evangelistic wed 730 pm prayer service an invitation is extended to all thought lor this week the word of god read and obeyed will lead all in the right path melville bethesda and peaches united churches rev geo e robins ba sunday january 17 1954 10 am peaches 1130 am melville 300 pm bethesda 8 pm peachs ypu fri jan 15 at 8 pm peachs annual church and sunday school meeting at the home of mr jim painter mon jan 18 at 8 pm saw ing meeting at the home of mrs don miller there will be no melville mission band this week united missionary church gormley bethesda rev c e hunking minister sunday january 17 1954 bethesda 1030 morning worship 200 pm sunday school wed evening prayer meet- ing gormley 145 pm sunday school 245 preaching 73q evangelistic hospitalization from the town ship clerk lloyd johnson in formed council that no as sessment could be obtained by the municipality from such a camp councillor bill xewman pointed out that a fair decis ion could be given only after a personal interview with the proprietor coxwortn morgan building contractors oencral repairs and alterations floor and wall tiling septic tanks poured for estimates phone markham 28r2 bloomington and ringwood christian churches rev g w brown pastor sunday january 17 1954 bloomlngton 10 am sunday school 1100 am worship friday 8pm christian en deavour rlngwood 10 am sunday school 230 pm worship 730 pm young peoples mon 8 pm prayer meeting altona 1030 am sunday school 730 pjn evangelistic wed 8 pjn prayer meeting al cordially invited the fellowship op evangelical baptist churches rev norman rowan pastor sunday january 17 1954 second markham 10 am sunday school 1100 am worship and mi nistry tuesdays at 8 pm prayer meeting this week friday at 8 pm sunday school workers meet ing at the home of howard ratclift tues jan 19 annual church meeting election of officers baker hill 130 pjn sunday school 230 pm worship and mi nistry thurs jan 14 8 pm an nual sunday school meeting at the home of jacob baker election of officers continue in prayer col 42 st james presbyterian church stouffville rev d r mckihcan b a- sunday january 17 1954 10 am morning worship stouffville united- missionary church rev f g iluson minister thurs evening prayer service at 800 pm fri afternoon childrens happy hour sunday january 17 1954 10 am sunday school 1100 am worship the beauty of holiness is the beauty of purity 730 pm evangelistic subject from here to e- ternity coming events jan 21 markham town ship sunday school conven tion feb 1st mr lester relst will give an illustrated lecture of the tour he made with the youth for christ in japan altona 1030 am sunday school 730 pm evangelistic rev gibson brown speaker thought for today gods promises are life pre servers that keep the soul from sinking into the sea of trouble