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c the tribune thursday february 23 1978 diamond wedding mr and mrs edwin byer celebrated their diamond wedding an niversary last week at the wideman mennonite church markham edwin byer cant ever recall carrying ruth meyers books when the two attended classes together at old dicksons hill school eighty years ago hes not even too sure if she was really his best girl at that time if not she was a short time later even as they rode in the horse and cutter across the peachs sideroad for a few hours of skating fun on a pond south of the henry miller farm those were the days simple pleasures still vividly recalled by two of the areas best known and most highly respected couples on saturday edwin and ruth byer celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary a milestone in their lives that family members refused to ignore the open house event was held in their second home the wideman mennonite church hundreds at tended many from a distance mr and mrs byer are justly proud of their pionecr heritage ruth byer is the daughter of william henry and annie hoover myer edwin is the son of jl and emma haacke byer her motlier died when she was just a baby she was raised by her grand parents the date of their marriage was feb 20 1918 lewis burholder conducted the ceremony that was only half the battle all the hotels were booked solid and they had to make their way to a relatives home on ossington avenue the street cars only ran about once every hour recalled edwin it sure was cold for a time they lived at her grandparents farm across from the new fairgrounds then moved to binbrooke near stoney creek after two summers there they returned home living on the east side of hwy 48 until the road was widened and that house was torn down they now reside in the same area a short distance east mr and mrs byer are active members in the wideman church where he fired the furnace taught a boys sunday school class served on the trustee board and the building committee mrs byer still attends the com munity sewing circle that meets twice a month edwin byer is best known for skill in the processing of honey a trade thats still carried on by a son erie and youngest brother lloyd a guaranty trust gic rsp very interesting 5- year term ftriififltt tunnl cvmfoiinjijitmianiiiulh i now invest in a gic rsp for a fixed term up to 5 ears with a guaranteed interest rate and no fees this gives ou the best of both worlds the tax deferral of a regular rsp plus a guaran teed good return call us and see just how interesting we can be guaranty trust 81 main street w 6404000 wes middleton the death occurred at york central hospital on feb 16 of wes mid dleton richmond hill mr middleton is the father of mrs stewart rumble whose husband mf dealer on the whitchurch stouffville townline was a former reeve of markham township deceased is survived by his wife elsie a family funeral service was hes on saturday feb 18 display of jewelry a demonstration and display of baroque and cabochon jewelry made from natural coloured stone from many coun tries will take place at parkview home on march 1 from 2 to 330 pm jewelry will be on sale for reasonable prices and part of the proceeds will go towards parkview craft activities sorry about that in the feb 9 issue of the tribune we ran a story on snowplow drivers and wrongly identified one of the men ron connors wingman incorrectly identmed as george dicks is actually rae holden apologies to all texas fruit all those who ordered cases of grapefruit and oranges from sdss students and wonder when the fruit will be delivered will have to be patient a little longer since only enough orders to fill half a truck were received delivery has been delayed till the end of february or the beginning of march volunteer drivers needed meals on wheels urgently needs a driver or drivers to deliver hot noonday meals to a couple on the uxbridge pickering town line on mondays wednesdays and fridays anyone willing to help or wishing more information please call sheila jones 640- 1911 sdss update organ recital an organ recital for people who hate organ recitals is how barbara sibbick describes her program she will stage an organ recital at the stouffville united church on tues feb 28 at 730 pm in order to raise money for the church building fund i am trying to make it as enjoyable and at tractive as i can said ms sibbick she plans a varied program that ranges all the way from bach to modern rock tunes and also includes some spirituals and hymns refreshments will be served af- terwards dancers raise 1000 by julie simonds on friday february 10 both the midget boys basketball team and the danceathon competitors were extremely suc cessful in their attempts the midgets played a wellorganized and aggressive game as they defeated king city 3528 while doug davidson claude maillet ross dube ken grove and mike young were leading their team to victory the dancers were challenging the clock for ten fun- filled hours the couples 30 of whom completed the entire showdown stepped in beat to the music of djs mike lafleur and larry holt ap proximately 100000 was raised by the dance-a- thon and this will fund future student council events on monday the senior girls volleyball team played host to aurora and won their 5th and final game of the 78 season the entire team would like to thank their coach mrs mcbride for her time and en couragement and ken benson for his almost honest calls as a referee on valentines day this past week the senior spartans basketball team won against sutton 6334 with style sports manship and un fortunately an injury mike lafleur received an elbow in the face resulting in a broken nose the following thursday the boys played their second game of the week versus aurora for the quarter finals and finished vic toriously to the score 63- 77 on thursday february 23 the semi finals will commence in sdss gymnasium on wednesday the athletic council directed an intramural dodgeball tournament between gym classes the final winners were 2n02 girls in the junior division 4n02 in the senior division 8n02 in the boys junior division and 3n02 in the senior division special thanks are sent to leigh hamilton and melissa patterson who helped to organize the afterschool entertainment on march 1 an ac tivity day has been planned for sdss students the irrepressible jean hammond was one of the stars during a mock wedding held at the silver jubilee club on appropriately enough valentines day suite to saskatoon markham curt fleischer of toromark furniture certainly has some loyal customers one such customer proved his loyalty in a rather unique way he did it by having a dining room suite shipped out to saskatoon saskatchewan from toromark mr fleischer commented that the man was in to toromark a number of times then moved out to edmonton a short while ago after looking in edmonton for a suite the man then called toromark and wanted one of theirs shipped out to saskatoon where he would be residing mr fleischer who has been in markham for 27 years commented he had made sales in oshawa and bradford but he felt such a sale across the country was extremely rare the toromark store is located in markhams sherwood plaza