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thursday sept j 1971 the tribune page 3 first markham baptist church voices raised in amen chorus at final service chapel built in 1848 by jim thomas tribune editor markham if gabriels clarion call had come on sunday evening the congregation within the hallowed walls of first markham baptist church would never have heard a note for the blending of voices in a final amen must surely have rivalled anything in heaven and cer tainly on earth final for some too final the little red brick chapel on the ninth line of markham dating back 123 years is to be closed permanently since 1848 through good times and bad the church has remained a monumental land mark to all things upright and good but the community subjected to change forced the cessation of regular weekly wor ship in 1958 as mem bership dwindled to only twelve mr and mrs russell johnson mr wm p johnson mrs george lewis mrs mildred walton dr john and georgena knight missionaries in jamaica mr and mrs murray j lewis mrs audrey avery and mr and mrs albert stout at present six members remain the history of the church prepared and represented sunday by mrs audrey avery revealed that a meeting to establish the charge was held as far back as march 25 1837 the moderator was elder wm marsh of whitby even before this however a similar gathering was held 1834 with bro joshua miller the moderator of the 15 members on the roll 1 were millers in 1835 others were added including william and sarah ratcliff grandparents of alex don howard floyd charles and gordon ratcliff well- known in the stouff- public notice beach disposal site 2nd concession uxbtidge twp new hours starting sept i 1971 open tuesday to friday 9 am to 6 pm saturday 9 am to 5 pin t closed sunday monday b w ieiich son villewhitchurch area down through the years pastors have included bros gostick elder an derson elder wm mclelland elder moore elder tap- scott bro vansickle elder freed mr barker mr bennett mr booker rev rc cameron rev wallace rev blun- dell mr cj lonev rev jd mcgregor rev brown pastor burgess rev fleischer rev mcgrath rev duncan mcgregor rev pequegnat rev branton rev gibson and rev williams just previous to the churchs closing in 1958 gifts of money totalling s2000 were received in addition to a legacy of 18000 from the estate of mrs jessie ness miller the interior of the chapel is little changed from that recalled by most of the persons present sunday evening the service was led by jim lewis with clarion baker at the organ two in strumental numbers were rendered by david howard mr jesse pike a onetime community resident sang a lovely solo merlyn baker read the scripture and rev hj lafleur delivered the sermon what lies ahead nothing is certain the statement as read said only it is with regret that we feel unable to continue with our annual service as the canadian international air show sept 3 4 5 6 at the canadian national exhibition i3opm one of the top three air shows in the world the canadian international air show will tave place over the cne water front each afternoon at 130 pm from sept 3rd to 6th youll see over 100 aircraft brought to gether from around the world in 2 hours of breathtaking aerial action headlining this years top flight programme are the famed us air force thunderbirds acrobatic team showing the best of tight formation flying in f4 phantom supersonic jets and the us army golden knights para chute team rated as the worlds top precision jumpers doing a streamer drop from twin otters plus an impressive parachute demon stration and much much more precision performances by the canadian forces air defence command the worlds largest aircraft the massive 350 ton corgo and troop transport the lockheed c5a jet the raf twin vulcan jet bomber and the nimrod troop transport en for the first time in north america the usaastoctcol demonstration team in helicopters including a flying crone and o huey cobro an exciting wingwaking act 1 an exciting demonstration of precisior water bombing by the ontario dept ot lands and forests internationally fomous scotty mccray with his skillful aerobatics in o schweizer sail plane a demonstration of breezy experimental a handbuilt early wright bros type air craft a world war ii spitfire and an air conadc boeing 747 and many many more exciting aerial at tractions there are exciting things going on every da ot the cne foscinoting pavilions demon strations ond exhibits for everyone a rodeo water shows fashion shows a 7ring circus there ore concerts sports events rock show and live plays and a mile ond a half midway fun is where you find it and youll fine it wherever you look at the conodior national exhibition canadian national exhibition until sept 6 toronto buildings open on sundays at 130 pm jtmh 1150 swfcii 1100 cksmrn s0 onlaio m edmituo titra- adlt 75c ilmittn 50 omtm 35 this stone located over a plot in one corner of the cemetery contains the following inscription hiram son of joshua and elizabeth millar died may 30 1859 age 18 years and 4 months another marker in memory of john miller is dated 1851 school supplies at the tribune first markham baptist church cone 9 markham held its final service sunday evening although closed for several years it was reopened one night annually for worship the buildings construction dates back to 1848 with some cemetery stones going back to the early 1850s jas thomas we are in the progress of making other arrangements for the care of the cemetery and the future of this church the burial ground itself contains grave markers dating as far back as 1851 names like barkey miller campbell johnson blair boyd hamilton german lott clen- denen read gilham walden dorn and gregory are prominent at the base of one such stone is enscribed the following verse reader behold as you walk by as you are now so once was i as i am now so you must be prepare for death and follow me like the future of the church itself it all sounds so final trucks on south road musselmans lake are now in the hands of york region staff regional approval must be obtained before they are passed on to the province york region mayor ken laush- the bylaws restricting way at a recent truck bylaw to region meeting of regional council enquired as to what was being done where are the bylaws demanded mayor laushway theyve been here for weeks rettie explained they would be submitted to the engineering committee at its next meeting he expected they would come to regional council sept 9 car truck rentals hourly doily weekly pickups stakes and vans available at eow rates markham supertest service centre highways 7 48 markham phone 2945112 2972937 smile a mile with arrow sponsored by