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thursday july 16 1970 the tribune page 15 fern doner rn writes front vietnam by evelyn mils ted gormely mr and mrs harold doner rectived a letter from their daughter miss fern doner rn who has gone to do relief nursing in vietnam here is part of her letter the drums in the background is the music accompanying a sacrifice to keep the spirits away its taking place in the house behind us- everyone is sitting around drinking rice wine we came to banmethuot june 29 via a dc4 air america plane i thought it was some craft but it was nothing compared to the one we changed toa little de haviland caribou cargo plane that holds about 20 people we sat on xanvas seats along the sides with the baggage strapped in the middle i am staying with mrs betty mitchell and her family her husband archie mitchell is one of the captive missionaries mrs- mitchell lives in the middle of the raday tribal village none of the missionaries have lived on the mission fern doner rn of gormely has volunteered as a relief nurse in the war zone area of vietnam compound since the houses were destroyed and the occupants slain in 1968 the house is wood with cement floors there is no gaadreason far bar rawing is a good reason far leading athfd got a money need see hfc well understand and help because in our 92 years weve seen and solved just about any kind of money problem you can imagine when you need to borrow to pay bills buy a better car take a vacation or accomplish some other important purpose were glad to help and we provide a wide choice of con venient repayment terms bring your money need to us today let us show you why every year more than 2 million people borrow with confidence from household finance need up to apply for your loan by phone well supply your loan by mail household finance qoyxwtloo canada markham 17 main street telephone 294241 1 next to the post office ask about our evening hours electricity there is plumbing though there are no screens on the windows and we sleep under a mosquito net the soil is very red because of the high iron content and is also very gummy on wednesday two army doctors took us on a tour of a provincial hospital that they supervise it was very interesting but over crowded and dirty it depressed me we also saw an underground evacuation hospital where they bring in wounded soldiers and keep them until they can be flown to japan or to united states we had dinner at the of ficers mess hall that was a riot because we were the only girls of course and the gis havent seen an american girl for ages we got a lot of stares and whistles after that the two doctors one a major and one a captain and other gi took us in the army jeeps out to a small village where a crossgow maker lives saigon has very noisy traffic we go to sleep and wake up to pigs squealing dogs barking roosters crowing drums sometimes the com munity radio and artillery fire and army trucks we didnt hear any firing in saigon but here in bann- methuot its accepted as everyday routine the first night it bothered me but now it doesnt it would probably if it were closer most of the fighting is in cambodia right now mr and mrs metro sudeyko and mr and mrs gerald sudeyko attended the wedding of miss wanda stone and mr walter sudeyko in new toronto on saturday afternoon mrs charles milsted and carleen were guests at the wedding of miss ann orr and mr ronald parlaneat peoples church in willowdale saturday miss orr has been a missionary in nigeria and they will be returning to nigeria in november mr and mrs metro sudeyko visited mr and mrs harry sudeyko at malton sunday congratulations to mr and mrs gordon dailley sara gibson daughter of mr and mrs el gibson of gormley married tuesday in richmond hill united church mr john evans had a steer killed by lightning in the severe electric storm mrs dorothy wideman and family have returned from a motor trip to the west coast mr and mrs harry de mille have moved from the house on evans turf farm to lockport near colborne miss karen wilson of scarborough is spending three weeks with her cousins kime and tracey wilson mr and mrs jack wright and family have returned from a weeks holidays at st ola mrs john hawkins was admitted to scarboro centenary hospital sunday for surgery miss lois dart of hampton is holidaying with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs alfred mohl mr and mrs wm noble was a guest at the wedding of miss cherilynn hider and mr ian hempsied in donlands united church toronto markham resident 50 years mr fred mcroberts eighty nine on june 21 windshield broken by stone stouffville stouffville police have questioned two juveniles after a stone was thrown through the windshield of a car proceeding along main street july 7 mr wm crozier scarborough reported that he was westbound on main near the intersection of victoria street when the stone was thrown at his car striking and breaking the front windshield the replacement value of the glass is approximately 100 chief orland keating told the tribune that charges are pending in the incident markham albert richard lewis a resident here for fifty years passed away on wednesday july 8 he was in his 95th year the funeral on friday was conducted from the dixon funeral home by rev emerson knowles of bolton a nephew in terment was made in erskine cemetery the deceased was born in scarboro township and came to markham about 1920 he farmed here for many years and established a dairy business in connection with the farm during the 1930s mr lewis was an en thusiastic church worker both in the methodist and united churches and occupied many of the church offices including sunday school superin tendent he also played in the malvern band for many years mrs lewis the former margaret chester predeceased her husband nine years ago he is survived by two children carman in markham and audrey mrs donald webster willowdale there are also two grandchildren and one great grandchild a sister mrs lome perkin who is 91 resides in toronto 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be held in the com munity hall in honor of ann binnington and bill boyd to be married later this summer please ac cept this as your invitation we are sorry lois drapers name was omitted last week from the ladies softball item lois is assisting muriel mortson with the coachingon july 8 the victoria square ladies played the ladies team from headford winning 1814 on july 10 the victoria square ladies played a game in the park against a mens team comprising their husbands with the ladies winning 30- 18 there were 53 children in attendance at the playground program in the park july 8 there is still room for more the playground is held every wednesday during july and august from 1000 am until 200 pm mr and mrs dalton rumney mr and mrs philip rumney spent friday evening with mrs phil rumneys parents mr and mrs r healey at brooklin visiting cousins who are here from hart- fordshire england rev and mrs martin jenkinson were guests at the wedding of miss kendra lawson and mr robert letley in king city united church saturday wedding anniversary greetings to mr and mrs lawrence boynton married 15 years july 16 to mr and mrs donald nichols married six years july 18 to mr and mrs douglas kemp karen chadwick married one year july 19 peggy leitch and betty sandle are spending six attend camp by ruth hutchings green river miss janet pearse and friend nancy roberts are en joying a portion of heir summer vacation at a baptist camp on mary lake sympathy is extended to mr austin pearse and family in the recent passing of an uncle a sold sign has been posted on the home of mrs george ireson mrs hl smith spent a few days with mrs w booth port perrv mrs c mclntyre toronto spent the weekend with her sister mrs george brandwood and family weeks of their vacation working at the thornhaven playground richmond hill mrs paul charlebois weston mr and mrs ray proulx toronto had sunday evening dinner with mr and mrs rolph boynton sunday visitors with mr and mrs clarence steckley were mr and mrs kim ward oshawa and terry macdonald of richmond hill miss nancy hardy of toronto mrs faye wills are spending two weeks in bermuda master vincent wills is spending two weeks with his grandparents mr and mrs harding wills at jordon ontario newlyweds mr and mrs james woodward barbara empringham have returned from their honeymoon spent camping in the maritimes and quebec they are living in newmarket mr and mrs don boynton and girls at tended a family reunion at the home of mr and mrs harold stephenson at willowdale sunday we wont say theyre beauties in fact we wont even say theyll run and after you buy it you wont ret a mechanical fitness certificate but we will say one thins when you buy one of these seven occ vehicles one of our salesmen will wish you a cheery tood luck 67 chevrolet biscayne 4door sedan v8 automatic radio 66 meteor rideau 4door sedan v8 automatic radio 65 falcon 2door 6cyl radio stick shift 64 meteor 4door sedan 6yl radio automatic 65 pontiac parisienne 2door hardtop v8 automatic power steering pover brakes radio 65 pontiac laurentian 4door sedan 6cul pover steering radio 63 chevrolet biscayne 2door automatic 6cyl radio final clearance sale 0 old cold clunkers no mechanical fitness certificates last of big offer made july 1st mi patrick motors im pontiac acadian main west stouffville phone 6403450 gmc buick