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page 10 the tbibuxe thursday nov 21 1968 late ralph char baker dies in bc funeral service at gormley allround girl at pickering high patricia mclean a graduate in the 5year arts and science cours picker ing dist high school has been named allround girl and presented with the anne stratton memorial trophy at commencement exercises nov 1 staff photo by evelyn milsted gormley mr ralph charles baker died in tie nanaimo regional general hospital nov 7 aged 59 years born at richmond hill he was a gardener by- trade and retired in 1966 in august of this year they sold their house at cedar valley and moved na naimo mr baker suffered a heart condition and underwent heart surgery a number of years ago in toronto general hospital he is survived by his wife mildred three sons ronald of oshawa ralph of stouffville murray of mt albert two daughters marie mrs ray hawkins of gormley and patricia of stouffville three brothers wesley of sharon george of mt albert and melvin of ballantrae two sisters mrs i earl warwick of richmond hill and mrs clarence summerfeldt of toronto and three granddaughters mr and mrs summer feldt and mrs warwick had gone out to visit ralph and mildred two and a half weeks before and were there at his death westwood chapel of flowers was entrusted with funeral arrangements and the deceased arrived by train and rested at the marshall funeral home richmond hill mrs baker mrs warwick and mr and mrs summerfeldt flew east on sunday the funeral service was held nov 14 in gormley missionary church where mr and mrs baker were members for years the service was in charge of the pastor rev h s hall- man a former pastor who had married mr and mrs baker rev f g huson preached the funeral ser mon six nepheys served as pallbearers interment was in maple cemetery we welcome new resi dents to the communiy mr and mrs john brewer and family have moved in to mr earl widemans house mr and mrs rob ert wirtanen and daughter of richmond hill have moved into the house south of heise hill church re cently vacated by mr and mrs clifford sider mr ernst schreiber of switzerland visited with mr and mrs f b munroe mr and mrs john sa- velli and mr and mrs pat savelli and their families and mr and mrs john t evans attended a special jehovah witness lecture at maple leaf gardens to ronto mr and mrs fred byer of st anns spent the week end with his brotherinlaw and sister mr and mrs ralph empringham the sr ladies sewing circle of heise hill church met at the home of mrs jos wideman special services are be ing held each night this week at heise hill church with rev bruce urey pas tor of the martinburg brethren in christ church gormley womens insti tute will meet on nov 27 at 2 pm at the home of mrs c cruickshank the rollcall will be how to get along with each other miss alma heise will give the gazette mrs austin rumble past district pre sident of york centre wi will be the guest speaker mrs russ ellas will serve as hostess mr and mrs alex logan of stouffville had sunday dinner with mrs gordon harmon and david mrs ida cook is still a patient in york central hospital richmond hill mr and mrs neil pick ering and children have moved to the second house at the don mathews farm congratulations to mr and mrs ernest eade who celebrated their 48th wed ding aniversary nov 10 adult skating the seasons second adult skating night will be held in the stouffville arena this saturday even ing nov 23 at 830 pm live music will be provid ed bv stan hawthorne mums the word uxbridge twp whats the latest word on the proposed devel opment of 9000 acres of land between conces sions 1 and 4 twp of uxbridge residents would like to know and so would councillor clark muirhead he posed the ques tion to reeve alvin red- shaw at a meeting nov 11 mr redshaw said he could not enlighten the members further on the venture new credit union office brookun the man chester community credit union limited will open its new offices saturday nov 23 at three oclock the location is on high way 12 north of brooklin the building will be open to the public from 2 to 5 pm at the conclusion of a halfhour program re freshments will be served the manager is mrs connie craddock christmas seals fight tb and other respiratory diseases buy tb christmas seals uxbridge ratepayers the telegrams urge attendance at meeting uxbridge at a lengthy session of the township of uxbridge ratepayers executivejom- mittee this week it decided that with the pub lic meeting on the propos ed bylaw controlling gra vel and quarry operations scheduled for monday november 25 at 800 pm in the goodwood hall it would be inopportune to hold another general meet ing before the middle of january next year instead they urge that all members of the association and in terested ratepayers turn out for the above meeting to ensure that the interests of the township and its residents are both repre sented and protected it is felt that this bylaw if passed could have an ef fect both directly and in directly on our future for many years to come there fore it is essential that any ratepayer who has an opin ion on the subject should be there to express it looking forward to their next meeting in january the executive decided that mr earl dowswell a long time resident of the town ship should be officially approached and invited to address the meeting on the subject of township af fairs mr dowswell has held several public offices including councillor and reeve of uxbridge town ship warden of ontario county and until quite re cently was a member of the committee of adjust ment his prowess as a public speaker is well known therefore he should make the meeting a very interesting one as mr dowswell has already been unofficially approached on this subject it is confi dently expected that he will accept the invitation bridge open to traffic markham twp the old freeman bridge on steeles avenue west of concession 9 markham township has been re placed by a new span and the road is now open to traffic the project was 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