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For New Year's Day

First in method: 6.

To celebrate the New Year.

First in tower longer than a quarter:8.

Longest length rung: 1.

Longest length as a conductor.

To mark and celebrate the New Year.

For the opening of the 109th Congress

Rung in memory of James Miskinem, father of 3-4

For Sunday service

First in method: 3

In celebration of the birth of Brendon Godfrey, grandson of the ringers of #1 and #2

50th quarter peal for the branch

For Sunday service

Rung in memory of Daphne Kelly, mother of 1, Charles Stewart Tinsley, uncle of 4, and Sarah Ann Kotzbeck, sister of 2.

First on treble

Rung as a 70th birthday compliment to Catherine McKernan, Mother of 5-6.

First quarter peal: 8.

First Stedman as conductor.

In celebration of the life of Lana Crandall.

Birthday compliments to Keegan Murphy, brother of the conductor.

First in method: 3,6

For Presidents Day

For Washington's birthday, and in celebration of the life of Catherine Farlow

750th peal: 5-6.

For Sunday Service

First inside in method, 5.

For St. Patrick's Day and as a birthday compliment to the conductor

First away from cover: 5.

First on eight: 4.

Rung in memory of Robert Andrew.

First off cover: 1.

Birthday compliment to Linda C. Woodford.

For Easter Sunday

In memoriam Pope John Paul II.

Rung to celebrate the life of The Bishop of Rome, His Holiness Pope John Paul II

Birthday compliments to Derek Dodd and Mark Androlia

First Plain Bob Maximus as Conductor

First Plain Bob Maximus for 1,3,6,7,10

In remembrance of Pope John Paul II and in celebration of the love of Nathan A. Matlin and Samantha L. Baiber

Rung half-muffled in honor of the life of Pope John Paul II.

First inside: 2

For the wedding of Susan McCullogh & Jay Carpenter

For the wedding of Immanuel Kester and Trishia Pennell. For the engagement of Allison Clark and Amar Sahay

For the wedding of Susan Jensen and Michael Duvall

1st quarter peal: 7-8

For the installation and seating of the Very Reverend Samuel Thames Lloyd III as Ninth Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Rung for the 25th anniversary of St Martin's bells.

First peal: 6.

First inside: 3,4.

In celebration of and thanksgiving for the life of Constantine Leonidas Seferlis May 19, 1928 - March 27, 2005

First in method as conductor.

In celebration of the life of R. Seton Williams, friend of the conductor.

First in method: 5.

First in method as conductor.

Congratulations to Mark Fowler on his graduation from college.

Seventy-fifth birthday compliment to Renate Baldauf, sister of the conductor.

First in method: 4.

For Mother's Day and especially for Sheila Jarvis Rice, Frances Thompson Osterhaus, Marjorie Watson, Ann C. Taft, Anne Farlow Morris, Barbara Sue Rock, Frances P. Hinson, Marvel Perry, Kathryn Carson Roth

To commemorate the 60th Anniversary of VE Day, and for Mothers' Day

Congratulations to Chris Ruch on attaining his Ontario Teaching Certificate

Rung for the 60th anniversary of V.E. day and for Mother's Day.

First in method: 1-2, 5-6.

To honor those who give their lives to protect us from harm and to celebrate the life of Law Enforcement Ranger Suzanne Roberts.

For the wedding of Lucy Christian Lewis and Brian George Pilko

For a wedding

For Sunday service and in celebration of the life of Frank C. Price

1st Quarter Peal - 6

1st St. Osmund & Eynesbury - 3,4

First of Grandsire Caters: 4.

For Memorial Day

1st as conductor in triples - 7

For Memorial Day.

First peal of Surprise: 6.

800th Peal: 7.

To honor the graduation of John Christopher Lee Taft, brother of the 4, from Kent School on this day and to celebrate a continuous decade of Taft's at Kent School: Alexander, Katherine, and Christopher. First Quarter Peal, after only 6 months learning: 1

To honor the graduation of John Christopher Lee Taft, brother of the 4, from Kent School on this day and to celebrate a continuous decade of Taft's at Kent School: Alexander, Katherine, and Christopher. First Quarter Peal, after only 6 months learning: 1

Rung to ring on Kent School's Prize Day

First quarter peal: 1.

In celebration of conductor's 50th birthday.

For the 38th anniversary of the marriage of Rosalie and Bill Crouch

First inside: 4.

Birthday compliment to Melinda Nieusma, mother of the 4.

First of surprise, 3. First of spliced surprise, 2 & 4.

Rung as a Golden Wedding anniversary compliment to Bob and Audrey Stokes.

For Father's Day.

For Fathers' Day

* 3 First quarter Peal

To celebrate the 2005 Toronto 12 Bell Weekend

First on Twelve 1,5,8,9

For the wedding of Sarah Stoute, daughter of Dean Doug Stoute of St. James Cathedral to William Connor

First Maximus 5,8,9

First Maximus in Tower 6

For Sunday Service

For Evensong

In celebration of local ringer James Strader's 65th birthday.

For Independence Day and to celebrate Quilla Roth's birthday. Also to celebrate the birth of Talia Sage, daughter of Pam & Eric Ehrenberg, friends of the 5. In memory of Norton Richardson, father of the 2. First peal, 2

For the 4th of July, and to celebrate the 65th birthday of Jim Strader, a member of the Pittsburgh local band.

In memory of the victims of today's bombings in London. The band wishes to associate the entire Washington Ringing Society in this quarter.

For Sunday service, and in celebration of the marriage of Daisy Voorhees and Craig Bokus. Also for the marriage of Hannah Kester and Jonathan Lindsay.

First on the treble for 1.

Rung in memory of all those killed in the London bombings on July 7, 2005.

For Sunday service

For a wedding

First Major: 5.

In memory of Jim Craig.

Rung to celebrate the life of Erma G. Fautsch, mother-in-law of 5-6.

First quarter peal in the house.

First in method: 6.

For Sunday service

Rung open in thanksgiving for the life of G. Patrick H. Vernon (1926 - 2005).

Patrick was the driving force that enabled the installation of these bells in 1997 through creating and leading "The Bells of Old York" foundation. He continued to be a strong supporter and friend of the St. James Cathedral Guild of Change Ringers

First of Plain Bob Cinques 5,7

50th together: 3,7.

Extents of Grandsire (2), Plain Bob (3), St. Martins (3) and St. Simons (3) Doubles. Rung in celebration of the conductor's graduation from Princeton in June.

40th birthday compliment to Rob Kakuk.

First peal at this location.

40th birthday compliment to Rob Kakuk.

To celebrate the 89th Anniversary of the National Park Service

In celebration of the birth of Savannah Rae Evans, Grandsire Triples being rung for the third grandchild of her grand-sire, Roy N. Latham

For a wedding

Practice for Striking Contest, and a tribute to St Mary's Choir

For Labor Day

40th quarter peal: 8

100th quarter peal: 2

1st as conductor in triples: 7

In celebration of the life and achievements of William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Rung in memory of all those who died in Hurricane Katrina.

First S: 5 and as conductor.

400th quarter peal: 2

1st quarter peal: 6

Most doubles: 3

Rung to congratulate Elizabeth Boyd on the arrival of her daughter Esther.

To welcome Esther Fortune Boyd to her new family.

To commemorate September 11, 2001

First on ten: 5, 6.

In memory of those who died as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

"We, the ringers of the Washington Ringing Society, in order to mark Constitution Day and to celebrate the rights of freedom of speech and assembly guaranteed by the charter of the United States, do ring this date touch to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity."

First in method: 6.

In thanksgiving for the life of Blanche Hatfield Gardner, mother of the treble and mother-in-law of the conductor

First major: 6.

To welcome Esther Fortune Boyd to her new family.

To welcome Joan Hutchinson back and wish her a

speedy recovery.

Rung during the North American quarter peal fortnight.

Rung during the North American quarter peal fortnight by NAGCR members

Rung during the North American quarter peal fortnight.

Rung following the Service of Rededication of the bells at their 175th anniversary.

In grateful thanksgiving for the lives of Verna G and Elmer W. Baldwin, aunt and

uncle of the 2.

Rung during the North American quarter peal fortnight by NAGCR members

First quarter peal as conductor.

Rung during the North American quarter peal fortnight.

Rung to remember the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita

For Columbus Day

First as conductor in Grandsire: 1

First as conductor, 5.

Rung in honor of the 65th wedding anniversary of Sterling and Betty Shue (parents of the treble).

Rung during the North American quarter peal fortnight.

Rung as a 77th birthday compliment to Bob Stokes.

Rung during the North American quarter peal fortnight.

For the 25th Anniversary of the St Martin's bells

First Peal: 6

Most methods: 3, 4

For the installation of Nancy Wilson as Moderator of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches

To welcome Emma Lauren Agg.

First Major: 4.

For Veterans' Day and in memory of Chris Rumsey, Upton St Leonard's, Gloucestershire. First blows in method for all the band.

In celebration of the life of Rosa Parks

Rung to celebrate the 30th Wedding anniversary of

Stan Wagon and Joan Hutchinson.

Belatedly for Trafalgar Day

For Thanksgiving. First surprise as conductor.

Rung on the United States Congress Bells to celebrate the life of a great Kent School teacher, friend of the 2 and many others: Thomas W. Kates, 1948 - 2005.

For Sunday Service

For World AIDS Day

First quarter peal at first attempt by Tim Martin

A birthday compliment to the tenor. Also to commemoraate that, in 1896, Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dtnamite, went up in smoke

In thanksgiving for the life of Cecile Elizabeth Jensen, mother of the treble.

Rung on 1-5-6-7-8-9

To celebrate the life of Professor Stanley L. Erlandsen, colleague of 9-10

In thanksgiving for the life and work of Sylvia Howe Thompson.

1st on 8: 1

1st quarter peal: 8

First of Grandsire: 7.

For the baptism this morning at this church of Esther Fortune Boyd.

To celebrate the birth of Jason Mohr, son of Park Ranger and Mrs. Joseph Mohr

Wedding anniversary compliment to Elisabeth and Don Trumpler.

First Doubles, most methods: 3.

Rung half-muffled to mark the passing of 2005

50th quarter this year for Mike Harrison

Rung half-muffled to mark the passing of the old year. 50th quarter peal for the year: 10