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c the tribune thursday march 2 1978 byerswed 50 vears markham niagara falls is the honeymoon capital of north america it enjoyed a similar reputation 50 years ago when walter and mildred byer headed out by car following their marriage in waterloo the date was march 28 1927 on saturday mr and mrs byer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary the at home was held next door the residence of a brother lloyd many people attended some from a distance walter byer is a life long resident son of j l and emma byer he attended public school at dicksons hiu but left at an early age to assist his father in the honey business while attending a mennonite bible school in kitchener he met mildred snider daughter of edgar and luella snider of waterloo they were later married by bishop jonas snider her grandfather and minister at erb street mennonite church in water loo the byer family name has been synonymous with the honey industry and walter helped maintain that connection over a period of 57 years only recently he sold out his interest to his brother lloyd but still helps out when needed in 1939 they moved into their new home on the west side of hwy 48 walter keeps busy cultivating an excellent garden in the winter he gains a great deal of pleasure out of feeding the birds mildred enjoys sewing they are members of the wideman mennonite church and attend service there regularly walter has three brothers lloyd and edwin rr 2 markhajn and lome of scottdale pennsylvania also three sisters mary mrs harmon jones stouff- ville annie mrs russell grove markham and grace mrs jean avis of windsor mildred has one sister mabel of waterloo and one brother sanford of turner michigan paper drive the boy scouts paper drive will be held on saturday may 13 everyone is reminded to start saving their papers now for the drive for pickup of papers please call 640- variety concert the newly formed kitchen band a group consisting of seniors will be featured at the silver jubilee clubs variety concert the show will be held tuesday april ll and begins at 8 pm as well as the kitchen band a variety of other per formances will be shown all seniors welcome the masters sunday night at 915 youth festival presents the masters with cam shillington host of globals gospel singing time this gospel group has been with us before and their ministry in song was enjoyed walter and mildred byer celebrated 50 years of marital bliss this past saturday at the home of mr byers brother lloyd april is cancer month anyone wishing to order daffodils for april 7th phone 6401214 200 a dozen breakfast a heartburn break fast is being held this saturday april 1 from 8 11 am in the altona community centre ham and eggs in cluding toast and coffee will be offered for the sum of 175 all are welcome new fares effective saturday april 1 pick up new fare chart from your local go transit station or local ticket agent sacred music night the 8th annual sacred music night will be held in st james presbyterian church on friday may 5 at eight oclock the service is part of the churchs anniversary weekend members from several denominations in town will be taking part horticultural society last mondays meeting of the stouffville horticultural society held at the united church was well attended mr and mrs evans showed three films on different kinds of plants and planting winnefred hut chinson won a beautiful hydrangea as a door prize clarion baker played before the meeting and during lunch skating many thanks to the stouffville recycling centre for last mondays free skating everyone should help out to keep this project a service to be proud of ringwood news the excelsior class ladies met at the home of mrs a fockler on tuesday afternoon mr and mrs walter pipher visited mr and mrs gregg scott bradford on thursday ron yakely spent the weekend with his sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs p pender malton shirley steckley spent the holiday weekend with her parents mr and mrs fred stockley mrs joseph fockler visited her mother mrs h preston armitage on wednesday many folds of the local christian congregation attended the good friday service in the stouffville memorial christian church reverend john hamilton was the speaker and mrs hamilton the soloist welcome wagon the welcome wagon announces the arrival of these new families to our community ms mary johnson apt 1 60 church st stouffville mr and mrs tony sekeres 100 vanzant court stouffville mr and mrs e h tombs 257 b main st w stouffville mr and mrs isaac watson rr no 2 stouffville mr and mrs dennis woodhead knights place stouff ville mr and mrs james ferris knights place stouffville mrand mrs barry dyball 414 loretta cres s stouffville mr and mrs paul reid apt 111 105 winlane dr stouffville mr and mrs john patterson apt 205 105 winlane dr stouff ville mr and mrs joseph yakeley ha main st wbox 71 stouffville ms sandra allison apt 10 220 main st e stouffville mr and mrs george francis 56 sommerville st stouffville claremont news village mourns william evans area municipality of the township of uxbridge taxft interim installment of taxes for 1978 falls due on march 31st when making payment please return complete tax bill including stubs the same will be receipted and returned to you pay early and avoid penalty note the office will be closed mrs sylvia robb tax collector good friday and easter monday byanneloney a life long resident of claremont passed on while vacationing wednesday march 15 1978 no one in the village was better known or better liked than william r evans and no one will be missed more than bill or will as he was called by his friends will evans was born on a farm east of claremont the son of thomas morgan evans and mary elizabeth hannah jane linton he and aldine ward were married in claremont united church on may 11 1932 with the rev maclennah officiating when he was a youngdundas boy he played soccer and fourteen hockey and in later years was an expert and ardent bowler he kept his in terest in sports until his death he was a member of the claremont band for many years and was also a member of the village volunteer fire depart ment only recently was he given a thirtyfive year medallion and was presented with a citation for his long and faithful service he served as clerk of the session in the united church and a member of the board of stewards for over 40 years he was a master plumber for pickering township for 30 years and farmed for u years surviving is his wife aldine three sons blair glen and dean all of claremont two daughters bruy mrs terry hopkins of scarborough and christina mrs paul forsyth of atikokan one brother edgar of woodville and three sisters eva mrs baker also of woodville alma mrs lome jones of ashburn and mable mrs carl dopkin of the pallbearers were grandson rodney evans of claremont nephews alan baker and donald evens both of woodville murray jones of ash burn grant jones of manilla and jim ward of oshawa the board of stewards of the claremont united church are serving a hot beef dinner on sunday april 2 the first sitting will be at 430 pm and the second at 6 pm advance tickets only call helen anderson at 6482453 mrs harry porter and mrs melita griffin of markham have returned from a holiday in the pines at indian harbour beach florida also home are mr and mrs wilmot hill who flew down to hawaii for a two week holiday at the last two tuesday evening bowling euchres in the club house were ladies dorothy cook marg baker ella hammond men bruce findlay ed boniface art parrott and annie porter gail norton ella hammond tom ogden tom hammond and bruce findlay nursery school registrations are still being taken for the new- seneca course setting up a cooperative nursery school the new course will be offered at the stouff ville public library on tuesday evenings from 800 to 1000 pm beginning april 4 the five week program came about as the result of requests from stouffville residents seeking a pre school program for their children the course will cover all the mechanics of setting up a program anyone wishing to register for the program can pick up a registration form at the whitchurch stouffville public library the course fee is 1200 courses offered local residents still have the opportunity to register for the three programs to be offered in markham this spring courses include gourmet cooklng flower arranglng and assertiveness tralning two of the programs will begin the first week in april gourmet cooking will be offered on wednesday evenings beginning april 5 at the old arena the fee for the six week program is 1500 plus 1000 for supplies flower ar ranging an eight week program will be held on wednesday mornings from 930 ll30 am beginning april 5 the course will be held at sr andrews united church the course fee is 2000 plus 1500 for supplies participants will make and take home a floral arrangement on their first dav of class assertiveness training will be of fered on wednesday mornings from 930 1130 am beginning april 19 the program will run for eight weeks and will be held at st andrews united church this is basically a communications course and will assist par ticipants in improving communications tech niques in social family business and consumer situations course fee is 2000 registration forms are available at the markham centennial library babysitting will be available at a nominal fee during daytime programs gormley news april is month of missions economy without compromise renault 5tl vffa per month 3995 for only for only of i his grandchildren are rodney and sherry of mr and mrs glen evans kim kelly patti and pam of mr and mrs glen evans brad tim and deanna of mr and mrs dean evans jodie and jeff of mr and mrs terry hopkins and chad damon and jay of mr and mrs paul forsyth the mceachine funeral home was filled with friends and relatives who came to give their esteem and respects for a fine man he will be sadly missed he was brought to the church in claremont on sunday march 19 where his friends saw him for the last time the rev edward cook officiated at the sprvice and went to the interment in claremont union cemetary by evelyn milsted april is the month of missions at the missionary church the services on sunday april 2 will be centred around this theme lou bolender spent the school break in florida mr and mrs bruce karel and family were easter guests of mr and mrs albert yake a number of local njthii atpit people will be attending itemyjewi t annual canadian forbahai monday march 20 the bahai community of whitchurch stouffville joined with its sister baha community worldwide in celebration of the baha new year be baha era 135 this yearly rebirth is a reminder to the bahai that the whole world is going through an era of rebirth it is learning those skills through beliefs that will one day be part of supporting the age long promised kingdom of god on earth conference of the brethren in christ churches being held this weekend in the wainfleet area a report will be given in the sunday evening service at the heise hill church on april 2 several people from the heise hill church are attending the special training courses for the billy graham crusade each tuesday morning at 10 am for four con secutive weeks begin ning march 28 at the bridlewood church in agincourt mr and mrs lome ruegg of ridgeway were sunday dinner guests of the roy wideman family mr and mrs earl milne of keswick were easter guests of their soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs john pugh and family gulabi mccarty youth director of the youth for christ in india was a guest of rev and mrs james cober last week steven campey and misses shelley winter and linda lafleur at tended the open house on monday at the em manuel bible college in kitchener mr and mrs ken baker and family spent the weekend with mr and mrs ken mclaren of sundridge nadine returned with them mr and mrs tom christilaw and allison of blind river were guests of her sister mrs milsted on good friday mrs frank bennett spent several days last week with her sisters mrs anna heise and mrs vernon mcllroy in the listowel area mr and mrs clifford winger visited last week with luella lofthouse of cheapside unemployment unemployment in durham region will be the theme of the next general meeting of the ndp area council to be held april 1st at the bowmanville public library at 2 pm panelists who will speak on the theme of unemployment will be joe drumm whitby councillor bruce mcarthur oshawa councillor david naish of the cobourg labour council vi campbell of the lindsay labour council and fred mclaughlin federal ndp candidate in durham northumberland parkview holds variety program the renault 5 tl standard featuras includ mlchclln itlbltd radial tlrai front whl drive anticorrosion package electric rear defroster large hatchback opening 57mpg 46 mpg 40mpg highway city highway city these test figures are of course theoretical as are all such tests carried out in laboratories and the results you obtain will vary according to the way in which the car is driven the conditions of the road and vehicle the temperature the weather etc they do however prove without a shadow of a doubt the amazing economy of the renault 5 tl an economy achieved without compromise we at auto trend vote the 5 tl economy champion 7734444 auto trend 11262 yonge st north of richmond hill 8848841 mile north of elgin mills ckfh1430 the john gilbert show 9amllam daily rev paul martin of the wideman church and our home pastor con ducted a good friday service for parkview residents and tenants on march 24th the easter sunday celebration was con ducted by joseph bull pastor of stouffville baptist church jean hammond sang two beautiful solos mozarts hallelujah and the holy city the march 23 program was a variety program arranged by ada ramer included in the program was a film on black creek pioneer village mrs ramer also expressed some thoughts and gave readings on spring and easter the residents also par ticipated in song ac companied by mrs ramer on the piano the march 16 program was arranged by alma timbers mr and mrs bob lewis entertained with picture slides of their holiday in western canada on sunday march 19 jim byrne of ringwood christian church led the service of worship for our residents on march 17 about 80 residents and tenants wearing green attended a st patricks day tea which was held in the parkview auditorium we are happy to welcome ruth browns- berger as a new tenant in the parkview apart ments new residents in the home whom we have welcomed recently are harvey moycr mrs c beatrice lymburner mr and mrs edmund patenaude alice lapeer rose crowder and ross winterstein golftennis memberships golf reduced entrance fee for golf or club house member ships corporate golfing memberships championship golf course with prac tice facilities clubhouse and social program for all year round acivity completely member owned tennis six new regulation courts tloodlit evening play no court fees for social program and full clubhouse facilities tennis professional instruction equip men telephone or visit our facilities for further in formation cedar brae golf country club rr 1 milliken steeles avenue one mile east of markham rd ontario telephone 2934161 eg forsyth general manager t q tf i