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honeymoon trip in cutter in 1901 wmm mr and mrs geo french 1901 mr and mrs geo french 1954 on jan 30th 1901 newly- weds mr and mrs geo french left her parents home north of gormley and embarked on a fifty mile honeymoon trip by horse and cutter to the resid ence of a cousin mr walter conner of little britain that was 63 years ago this well- known and highly respected couple now live in a cozy up stairs apartment at the home of their daughter mrs roy nigh alma cone 6 markham twp they both enjoy good health mr french is 88 mrs french is 85 mrs french seated in her favourite rocking chair sews by the hour and her handiwork is passed on to sewing circles at heise hill and oak ridges in the form of beautiful quilts of various sizes and patterns mr french had little opportunity to attend public school but taught himself to read and write while his wife sews he reads and neither require glas ses born at sunderland mr french was born at sun derland the son of the late wm french and jane carr he had one brother and two sisters mrs french the former mary ethel sheffer was born near gormley the daughter of nic holas shcfier and annie con ner the two became friends when mr french was hired by her parents to assist on the farm following their marriage conducted by rev fred eliott of richmond hill and a iong- distancehorse and cutter hon eymoon trip they continued to live on the sheffer farm until the property was sold in 1920 they moved to new gormley then to springvale in 1937 and to their present residence in 1944 both are members of the heise hill brethren in christ church mr french has served both as a sunday school teach er and a deacon they have been active in tent meeting services and on two occasions tent worship was conducted at their present home site special visitor their 6jrd anniversary date on thursday of last week was highlighted by a visit from rev robt d guthrie pastor of bethel baptist church in or- illia mr and mrs french have been constant listeners to radio broadcasts over station cfor from the bethel church but had never met the minister in the afternoon he dropped in unan nounced and presented the cou ple with a beautiful basket of fruit on the wall of the apartment is a magnificent coloured por trait of mr and mrs french taken 63 years ago on another wall is a beautiful photo of a daughter clara marie who passed away at the age of only 2v years they are extremely proud of their only other dau ghter mrs roy nigh their eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren we have so much to be thankful for said mrs french the lord has been good to us move closer to having county planning help york county council is slow- y moving towards providing some type of county planning assistance having in mind those municipalities in the northern part of the county which have no planning boards however it was revealed at a special meeting of council this week that the cost will be consider able murray jones associates have already presented one re port which will cost the munic ipalities 5000 mr jones told the members that he estimated the cost of providing proper planning con sultant help would be 30000 a year reeve frank williams of whitchurch asked if this figure might not snowball shortly to 100000 mr jones replied that his figures were accurate and a county planner with the proper staff should not cost over the 30000 for this money they would be able to assist any mu nicipality with an official plan and zoning the planning boards presen tly in operation in the county would continue as before mr v said ringwood mrs n nigh and children had lunch on thursday with mrs a l law mr and mrs jacob mgrove mr and mrs art paisley and mr and mrs fred steckley had tuesday night dinner with their cousins mr and mrs bill may- nard of brampton mr and mrs jacob m grove vmted miss ada grove on fri day afternoon in the home of mrs overland clarcmont mrs a fockler mrs herb yakclcy mrs walter vague mrs ed brownsbercer and mrs fred steckley attended the e- cutivp meeting of conference of christian churches in toronto on friday night mr and mrs harold strcklev gary and kevin of hamilton had wednesday night supper with his parents mr and mrs fred steckley mr and mrs dean kockler and family of scarboro enter tained his parents mr and mrs aimer kockler of stouftville on their fortieth wedding anni versary on feb 1st to the ice follies and afterward to dinner at the seaway hotel rev w h smith of colorado has just completed a scries of evangcllhc meetings in the stouffville united missionatv church of which mr and mrs wilmot broun arc faithful members dr bob and mrs mrclanahan and family of chatham spent a ions weekend recently h bcrt parents mr and mrs gordon births betz bernard and alice wish to announce the birth of a son jan 12 1964 at the k w hospital kitchener a brother for dennis stephen allen and shelley ann calder mr and mrs alex calder rr 1 pickering are happy to announce the birth of a son kenneth sharp on january 23 1964 at brierbush hospital stouftville mcdowell to mr and mrs john mcdowell a son thomas howard on jan 25th at york county hospital prayer books dedicated at anglican service at the sunday service of the christ church anglican the re vised edition of the prayer book was used for the first time these books were donat ed by the ladies of the wa and evening guild of the church as a memorial for the late miss elizabeth foote in recognition of her long and devoted service to the church she was treasur er for 12 years and organist for 35 years from 19121949 she continued in parish work un til her death having the honour of turning the first sod when the new church was started the rev mr ball conducted a dedication service of the books during the morning ser vice which was most fitting to the memory of our late beloved miss elizabeth foote local and personal happenings after being confined to new- mr and mrs leland em- market hospital the past six- merson of matheson spent weeks mrs lloyd hoover re turned home on sunday mr p a jerman of toronto visited his sister mrs will mc- cowan main st e on sunday mr and mrs frank wagner and donna of rr 2 blackwa- ter were sunday dinner guests at the home of mr and mrs robert kirby montreal st mrs guy rutledge main st entered york county hospital newmarket for an operation her roommate is mrs donald hiles glad park ave mr earl grubin of picton optometrist will be unable to keep his appointment for feb 10 and 11 at the james mc- creight residence 58 main st e due to a fall on the ice mr and mrs earl wood deb bie and ricky of lindsay were visitors on sunday with her parents mr and mrs albert king lloyd ave few days with his mother mrs a emmerson at ringwood mr and mrs aimer fockler edward st celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on saturday feb 1st they were entertained in toronto by their son dean and mrs fockler di- anne susanne and david of scarboro they attended the ice follies in maple leaf gar dens followed by dinner at the seaway hotel mr elwood foskitt clerk of uxbridge township is present ly convalescing at his home in goodwood after spending some weeks in the uxbridge hospital prof and mrs e a smith of don mills rd were dinner guests with mr and mrs cliff lemon rupert ave on friday and on tuesday mr hume mac- pherson of lemonville was a guest mr and mrs jim perry of kirkland lake spent a couple days with the emmersons at ringwood mrs tom hargrave and john of toronto were guests on sun day with her sister mrs stouff- er and harry second st the isabel rutter chapter imperial order daughters of the empire are holding their fourth annual antiques show and sale at the inn on the park leslie and eglinton toronto on feb 19 and 20 from 11 am to 10 pm proceeds for the iode childrens centre north york general hospital christopher lamoreaux engagement va g u k b knv ktt mr and mr harry s ben nett of scarboro wish to an nounce the engagement of their daughter anne to mr robert maxwell vague son of mr and mrs walter t vague of stouft ville the wedding to take place at wexford presbyterian church scarboro on march 7 1964 at 4 pjn holden stouftville and also call ed on her grandfather mr geo gower the clarence fockler family had supper on sunday with the nighs and spent the previous sunday afternoon with mr and mrs wilf laurenson and fam ily toronto remember the world day of prayer for thi group of churches will bo held in vivian memorial church feb 14th at 230 pm mr and mr jo kockler had sunday supper with their daugh ter mrs j bullock and family aeincourt to help bonnie cele brate her fifth birthday mr chris lamoreaux passed away in hospital on sat feb 1 1964 in his 78th year born at milliken son of the late wm h lamoreaux and hannah risebrough he fanned here all his life until his retirement in 1953 he took an active part in his community and for many years served as school trustee surviving are his wife the for mer mary e oneill a son wm ross of stouftville and three grandchildren carol betty and jimmy the funeral service was held from ogdcns funeral home agincourt on tuesday feb 4th with interment in eb- enczer cemetery mr colin an derson of markham officiated pallbearers were mr ar- mond klinck mr colin hood mr fred hope mr ken pren tice mr bert kennedy and mr earl risebrough mrs t closson y mrs annie closson wife of trcdway closson ellesmere rd highland creek passed a- way in scarboro general hos pital on sat feb i 1964 in her 78th year besides her husband she is survived by sons charles and sidney and a daughter ve ra mrs w robinson of an- caster ont also a brother hugh mcintosh of stouftville funeral services were held on wednes day from the chapel of ogdcn funeral home agincourt with interment in st msrj3rets ce metery f est hill mr gordon mccowan mar ilyn and ronnie of toronto were visitors on sunday with his parents mr and mrs will mccowan the legion ladies auxiliary will hold their regular monthly euchre at the veterans hall at 815 pm thursday feb 13th proceeds are for the sick visit ing program a letter from sunshine theodore nielsen states he is now making his home in mon treal he has diabetes and has to take insulin the doctor told him his travelling days were over if he did not get the di abetes checked at once as he soon would be bedridden luckily sunshine is responding favourably to treatment his address is co mr a b ben nett tga38th floor place ville marie montreal quebec he would like to hear from any of his friends mr and mrs frank burk- holder main st accompanied her brother don and mrs ray- mer of box grove to birken- dale on thursday to visit their lodge st james presbyterian cou ples club met at the home of rev and mrs go hammill at markham on friday evening the womens world day of prayer service for stouftville will be held in the united church on friday feb 14th at 230 pm all ladies are wel come the fourth annual antique show and sale will be held at the inn on the park leslie and eglinton avenue east toronto february 19 and 20 11 am to 10 pm ttc bus service to the door proceeds are to be donated towards the iode childrens centre the north york gen eral hospital there will be an authenti cated display of canadian glass miss marguerite simons left on friday by plane for ed monton she was accompanied by her 82 year old mother mrs jennie simons formerly of to ronto and now living with her daughter mrs denziel raymer of north bay this will be the first trip to their former home since 1920 they will be visit ing with miss marlene cake a former lemonville resident now living in edmonton later they will fly west to spend a short time in vancouver and victoria returning by train to calgary engagement bertrand palmer mr and mrs fred palmer rr 1 stouffville announce the engagement of their daughter marianne elizabeth to philip alfred leo bertrand son of mr and mrs norman bertrand of hanover ont the marriage to take place saturday february 15th at 10 oclock in st andrews united church markham 6uiw engagement ring 10000 wedding ring 5000 the magnificent mrs hal dafoe stephen and lesa plan to leave on the week end by tca for st petersburg florida where she will visit her sister mr tom shea fri mark ham will be one of the panel ists discussing subdividing and financing country properties at the ontario assoc conven tion to be held at the royal york hotel toronto on feb 9 to 11 1964 the stouffviue tribune tiuod february 6 1964 p j mrs joe assinck main st entered womans college hos pital in toronto on friday for treatment a new bungalow is under construction on montreal st the future home of mr and mrs don mccurdy and family members of the stouffville fire brigade were extremely appreciative of the coffee dona ted to them by hal dafoe op erator of hals snack bar dur ing the early hours of friday morning while at the scene of a blaze on the hummel property north of town mr and mrs howard fergu son michael and jane of brampton were visitors on sunday with his sister mrs al ma johnson mill st the directors of the horticul tural society met on monday evening at the home of mr and mrs frank burkholder plans were made to canvass for mem bers the annual convention meets this year on june 18 and 19 at the oac in guelph dr j j chambers and mrs chambers arrived from nova scotia on tuesday to spend some time visiting his son john and mrs chambers and family commercial st on the week end they were all guests of don gilberts at camp aorden mis wilson nellie bctz and children of manitoulin is land were visiting her mother mrs joe betz9th line for a few days recently mr and mrs frank burnett and family of scarhoro were vis itors on sunday with his moth er mrs dawson burnetc church st mrs bob bangay was the surprised recipient of a bouquet of flowers at a midice cere mony in the arena on thursday night husband bob bangay is the head coach of the stouff ville minor hockey program in stouftville and during the win ter months spends almost as much time at the rink as at home mr and mrs leo egberts park drive south in stouffville received their canadian citiz enship in a formal ceremony in toronto on tuesday evening of last week the local couple were among 68 aplicants repre senting 15 countries mr and mrs egberts have resided in stouftville for the past 11 v4 yrs they have two sons gerry 11 and wynand 8 canadas largest private model train display will be shown at a tea to be held on saturday and sunday feb 22 and 23 from 1 to 5 pm at the home of dorothy and morley sproule 85 cliffcrest dr scarboro ont proceeds will be used for heart research last year over 800 attended the display a number of them being from the stouff ville area mrs rena miller dies in 80fh coretta its the latest design by bluebird now on display in our window and of course every bluebird dia mond is guaranteed flawless and insured free against loss or damage diamonds for happiness waggs jewelry china a sift for eiery occasion zi main st w stouffville phone 6402022 year mrs rena maude miller of stouffville wife of the late al bert bert miller died at the brierbush hospital on thursday jan 30 1964 in her 80th year she had been in hospital about 3 weeks following a stroke mr miller predeceased fcr in 1958 a daughter of the late mr and mrs henry briilinger she was born in stouftville following her marriage they spent a num ber of years in orillia and to ronto before coming back to stouftville to make their home she was a faithful member of the baptist church surviving is a son kenneth of ottawa 3 grandchildren lois charles and albert miller and 2 broth ers percy and harry both of stouftville the funeral was held on saturday feb 1st from the oneill funera home in charge of rev g goodcrham pastor of the baptist church pallbearers were harry schell bud sanderson gerald brii linger and john williamson interment was in stouffville cemetery the february meeting of the stouftville womens institute will be held at the home of mrs j underwood 2nd st on wed nesday feb 12 at 215 mrs sherman arnold will give a pa per on citizenship mrs george middleton will speak on the housefurnishing course held recently at vandorf motto will be given by mrs ella ratclift and current events by mrs d burnett roll callsomething i would like to see the womens institute accomplish this year much of the credit for the ex cellently prepared high school page that appears weekly in the tribune must go to the schools press editor jamie og- ilvy since the project was started last month the work has been the subject of much favourable comment from local readers a number of students are assisting in the gathering and editing of news pertaining to high school activities and it is hoped that the practice may be continued the peachs young people organized some fifteen years ago through the operation of hockey and softball teams held a gathering on saturday even ing at the home of mr and mrs ashmore rcesor cone 10 markham more than 25 coup les were in attendance birth hoover lome ana josephine wish to announce the arrival of a daughter donna ann on january 2c j96s at brierbush hospital stouffville a sister lor margaret and cathy keep in mind the allstar hockey match in the stouftville arena on friday feb 21st be tween bradford of oha inter mediate a company and a picked team from the friday night community league friends will regret to learn of the death of mr clayton cressman of kitchener on sa turday at st marys hospital following an illness of one week the funeral was held on tuesday afternoon from beth any united missionary church kitchener the late mr cressman had been treas urer of the foreign united missionary church for many years until his retirement just recently ricky paisley has been aw arded two admisison tickets to an nhl game at maple leaf gardens he sold the most tic kets prior to minor hockey week in stouffville two run- nersup bernard mcginty and randy lee will receive hockey sticks purchased by bob has- sard and autographed by mem bers of the maple leaf hockey team houstons your headquarters for day last taunt ptriwnt- 125 to s13 delight her this valentines day with a perfume gift she will treasure 125 to 750 eyry woman over a giff of perfvm jenny lind heart shaped boxes of candy from 75t to 595 houstons the rexall drug store 1 main st w stouffville phone g402222 twentytwo twentytwo stso6s36s30ac3ekssxxxsxs3tss3bcss york county wheat producers annual meeting tuesday evening feb ii at 815 pm dept of agriculture board room botsford st newmarket notice those attending may vote on the proposed increase in the stabilization fund h k ferguson f wicks secretary foi office supplies its the tribune always fresh flavorful quality meats burns fully cooked picnic shoulders lb 43c burns daisy rindless bacon lb 59c lean loin pork chops lb 69c freshly ground minced beef lb 43c kraft cheese whiz 59c crown corn syrup mm 35c aunt jemima regular or buttermilk pancake mix 21c 5 minute cream wheat m 33c birdseye french fries 2 35c aylmer strawberries 2 75c schells meat market stouffville phone 6401942 free town delivery