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YONGE ST MEETING HOUSE IN USE SINCE 1812 Quakers continue old ways By SUZANNE NEWMARKET Ox carts boggles and covered wagon crowded yard when the Utile meeting how Today transport trucks rumble by and cottage- hound automobiles whin past without a sideways glance the Society of Friends aud the held In the buildings have changed little Meetings are held on the basis of silence which the services are not prearranged Members break this Individual and collective silence whenever they have something to say of help to others There are about people in the congregation Others are welcome to attend services Sunday morn ing throughout the summer The Quaker meeting house on St south of Eagle St was declared a historical site in 1958 Petunias ring the plaque which tells visitors 1801 to 1803 with other Quakers two acres of land for the church Rogers and construction began later The building was completed by the first lace of worship north of Toronto Timothy Rogers the Quaker colonizer from ermonl who led the settlers to St Is believed have been the first while man to spend the night on site which was to became Newmarket Rogers was attracted by the free land grants County and propelled by the s granted farms of acres each and returned to the US to lead back his settlers By Sept 1803 the mission was complete and v Peter Hunter issued a certificate proclaiming that Rogers has completed the settlement he undertook in this Province much to my satisfaction and has in all respects conducted and demeaned himself as good moral character and faithful subject At first the Quakers met in a settlers cabin In they built a log cabin with bark roof before Joel who died in 1806 is one of the pioneers buried in the cemetery the junker meeting house Small tablets and fieldslones the dead of past years White photos England as a Glebe and of market an old manuscript in Its to the Church of priest near m eccentric spell- In November a committee proposed house by feet at an estimated cost About was raised quickly although the buildings dimensions the Jordans Meeting House In England the exterior Is the unadorned approved by the Quakers Inside the simplicity continues A sliding the building Into side the seats were raised by the elders who faced the worshippers The whole building is pino and the thick solid forms provide some idea of the dimensions of the trees from which they were cut The burying ground to the south Is maintained by the St meeting house the progressive Friends separated from the conservative Friends in Again simplicity is the theme Rows of small while tablets mark the graves Sometimes only field s buried there He died The Friends had the graveyard surveyed last year and now believe they have all the graves marked i yet they suspect other unknown graves are there unmarked even by a A couple of limes in recent years they have happened upon these unknown graves while digging new ends emigrated to Canada attracted by free land York County and desire to escape persecution in the The St meeting house was started in 1810 the first place of worship of Toronto Today services are still held there and outsiders arc welcome the and meetings White phot SUTTON SCENE SUTTON Mrs James Browne has resigned as vicepresldenl of the Sutton Branch of the Can adian Cancer Society and Mrs J Condon has been selected by the execu tive finish the term of Thursday Sept has been chosen as the day for the annual meeting Mrs M presi dent and Mrs Condon at tended a meeting of the Newmarket Unit executive Tuesday Sept is the day of the units annual meet ing Mr and Mrs Ter ry who arc spend ing the summer at the An glican Rectory at Eaglo River Out attended the of three V r Reverend Hugh Vernon Stiff Dean of Calgary and Rector of the Sutton Kinsmen closed off meetings for the summer and held a family picnic at Sibbald Point Provincial Park on Wed nesday Many new books are on the shelves of Sutton Public Library among them a number of junior ones Farley Lost in the Barren is one of them A couple of The Har dy Boys scries as well as three of Margaret Suttons The Midwlch Cuckoos by John is already popular The new adult ones arc lim ited to seven days Another of John Crcaseys is on the shelves Etiquette books ore there and a demand for these is on the increase due and Saturday there will be a 1012 lime each of those days and another hour add ed to the start of each af ternoon making them Mrs ha grandsons take part in it friends to wish them well The social evening had the team of Mary and Bud lead the singing and Kathleen both former stu dents at the school played School is to be used as a new tally retarded children as OPEN DAILY DANCING SAT of I Mrs Roger Lai performed very ably Oth ers from Sutton area were David Spcnce Catharine Susan Wilson Ja net Derek Waller Annette Pivnick Kathleen Welch and Cynthia Kosklnen of Pef- toll Mr Anglican Cathedral Church of the Redeemer Calgary was elected fifth Bishop of Keewalin at the Electoral College of Ruperts Land held In in late Feb ruary Kcnora Is his new headquarters The former Dean Stiff bachelor assumed his new responsibilities when ho was enthroned Sunday June at the consecrated in the new seat Winnipeg au ditorium were for Ruperts Land and Brandon Longer hours are in effect now In addition to the regular hours on Friday DIAMOND WEDDING KESWICK Mr and Mrs of Keswick celebrated their wedding anniversary Thursday They were guests of honor at a small sur prise party held by Mr and Mrs John of Kes- Mr and Mrs were born in the area and have lived here and in the west when a gettogether was hold in honor of Mrs Jack and Mrs Fred Gibson teachers at Elm- grove Public School Mrs Munro is retiring and Mrs Gibson will be teaching in Sutton next term Elm- grove Hall was filled with 21 A CAR FOR YOUR WHOLE STAY MILKS DRIVING AT NO EXTRA CHARGE A K Travel Service father shipment PLANNING ON BRIQUETS KETTLES lb bog Reg with cord tire A Newmarket Store Only W Davis Drive 8954564 LOCATIONS DAVIS DR 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