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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), February 24, 1977, p. 11

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the tribune thursday represented best by the young the ideal of respect for people and human rights is the underlying philosophy behind brotherhood week feb 20 to 27 initiated in canada in 1947 brotherhood week is sponsored by the canadian council of christians and jews theyre not prejudiced keep thern thnt way instilling the ideals of respect for people and human rights is the underlying purpose behind brotherhood week which runs feb 20 to 27 v sponsored by the canadian council of christians and jews the week is also intended to dramatize the practical things which people can do to promote an understanding and realization of these ideals brotherhood week was initiated in 1934 when a catholic priest in denver colorado remarked to his bishop what a great thing it would be if v just for one day everyone would live up to the ideal of the brotherhood of man- his suggestion was passed to the national conference of christians and jews where the idea was quickly adopted the conference organized a brotherhood day in about 300 communities in the united states an instantaneous success with more and more communities joining every year the day gave way to brotherhoodweek in 1946 the first observance in canada was held in guelph ontario with the founding of the canadian council of christians and jews the following year dozens of communities in ontario followed the example set by guelph brotherhood week 1977 represents the 31st annual event brotherhood week is one of many council programs which include an annual exchange or visits by thousands of quebecois and english- speaking students labormanagement workshopsand interfaith dialogue february 24 1977 11 starts rev jl carter conducted a memorial senice last sunday for lord badenpowell feud erupts at police meeting born feb 22 1857 who boy scout movement in 1908 founded the ri vswcj -i- 1 i2r i newmarket a verbal argument betw een york regional police chief bruce crawford and regional police commissioner ray twinney of newmarket which has been conducted through thepicss and on the air for the past two weeks erupted at last wednesdays police commission meeting and for a time looked as if it might turn into a brawl when police chief bruce crawford publicly called commissioner twinney a liar over the boardroom table the meeting which had been disintegrating from the start came to a halt at the call of board chairman judge william lyon chief crawford who had brought the argument before the board started off in calm fashion when he said commissioner twinneys remarks that york regional police are under orders to charge everyone that moves andwalks afe grossly untrue but as the battle became engaged both men disregarding requests from board members and the chairman to cool down got louder- and louder in their argument until their voices could be heard in the outer offices at 19 division j chief crawford told board- members that he has called upon mr twinney publicly inthe press to prove his- rstatementsthat there is a rigid traffic en forcement program camera club passes constitution by keith leach the stouffville centennial camera club held its first official general meeting on february 10 at the home of mrs marilyn kuczer the club can now boast of having 34 paid up members the executive were very pleased with the results as this was the first night membership applications were available the meeting was- designed to elect officers for the club but there was a motion from the floor to have the present acting officials remain in office for one year this motion was seconded and passed by the members added to the list of officers were carol rac secretary and jacqui miller will be the seventh member of the executive d the constitution for former editor publisher dies the club was put before the members and passed john lord suggested a contest for the mem bers to design a logo for the camera club john also agreed to donate the prize for the best logo submitted all designs must be submitted at the next meeting on march 10 program chairman dave beckett selected a committee -consisting- of george low jr ai rae and brcnda willoughby to assist him in setting up interesting programs for the club 5n march 10 uri cogan and danny mc- bride will give slide presentations for the members dannys presentation will be on a trip to africa and uris will cover different aspects of photography monthly photo contests will be discussed with prizes awarded to the best photographs in different categories- the next meeting of the stouffville centennial camera club will be held in the home of marilyn kuczer on thursday march 10 at 730 v marilyns home is the schoolhouse located on the east side of nine line north south of the bloomington sideroad if are having problems 4jfjh your camera bring it along bolton werden leavens former publisher and editor of the bolton enterprise t suddenly on wed- nesday feb 16 at sun coast hospital largo florida j w h i 1 e vacationing in tharstate he was 71 mr leavens served on various committees of both the canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association and served as secretarymanager of the latter for a record 22 years he was president of cwna in 196041 and upon his retirement from the bolton enterprise in 1976 received the much- coveted gold quill award for 50 years of distinguished service to the community newspapers mr leavens sold the enterprise in february 1976 to metrospan community newspapers limited but continued as president and manager of leavens printers and publishers ltd he was a noted authority on the cary history of bolton and was a mcmberof the albion bolton historical society and the york pioneer historical society v involved in munity affairs he served on bolton council and at the time of his passing- was chairman of- the bolton hydro electric commission in 1967 he was ap pointed to the board of governors ofsheridan college- and was also a member of the jour nalism advisory com- mittcc for his leadership as- a member and chairman of the humber valfeyconservatjon authority from the time of his appointment in 1948 werden leavens received much praise he is survived by his wife marjorie son werden jr and daughter christina mrs ken graham all of bolton he was the loving grandfather of asa roger and douglas leavens and sarah graham he also left two sisters mrs bessie code toronto and mrsmyra justice niagara falls alt residents of whitchurch stouffville youre invited to attend opening of the new addition to whitchurch centennial center ballantrae open house on saturday march 5th from pm to 4 pm mayor rate life to officially open addition at 115 pm ladies auxiliary to serve refreshments to guests members v everyone welcome community center board boy scouts of canada south lake simcge district council announce minor matters 234 main street newmarket 8982233 is now the officjal scout supply shop in this area gt elliott president underway in york region or resign as police commissioner to be replaced by a more responsible person mr twinney who has served on the regional police commission since 1971 when york county police forces were amalgamated to form a regional force with chief crawfordin charge left no doubt in anybodys mind that he does not intend to do either hatha yoga classes monwed mon 8 pm uxpool uxbridge 11s pm i also yogafor pregnant women wed 1015 am natural food cooking wed 115 pm at the v school of natural living concession 3 goodwood y- 10 week course begins march 7th yoga s20 cooking s35 all classes conducted by kathleen obannon members of federation of ontario yoga teachers phone 6402036 or 8527831 for registration one hundred percent entertainment a case of an ingenious novel being turned into a terrific movie a lean back and love it lark that is a practically incomparable family film a garland of cheers gm 9 ihe nbctooay show fhat co show at74uub sunibhilhursr one gohfleielr shownhilut at 840 pjl thesevenpercent solution from ih i alan 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