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stouffville garden is floral beauty spot t the lower auditorium of the stouffville united church was transformed into a floral beauty spot last week when the horticultural society held its annual august flower show one of the participants was delia paisley ninth line south with a few selected exhibits from her beautiful backyard garden jim thomas u late howard cosburn mr markhamffair reahz edadream markham howard albert cosburnmr markham fair to all members of the board died friday in toronto general hospital following a lengthy illness howard cosburns association with the fair spanned 32 years he served as president in 1965 he more than anyone spearheaded the drive to obtain a new site a dream he saw realized with the official opening of the grounds in 1977 he worked on the committee x that planned the layout of the property and chaired the financing of the project it was his fondest desire to remain actively involved until such time as his son mac assumed the presidents post this wish was denied howard cosburn was born at todmorden and moved to markham in 1945 he owned 65 acres on the south side of hwy 7 west of conservation avenue there he raised pigs up to 700 at a time the operation was one of the largest in york county fifteen years ago he moved to his present place on 16th avenue howard cosburns in- olive shadlock church organist over forty years milliken service was held from l ebenezer united church milliken wednesday for olive shadlock a wellknown and highly respected resident of the community all her life she passed away monday morning in scarborough general hospital 9 olive shadlocks interests and activities touched many people winning her a wide circle of friends she was the organist at ebenezer church over 40 years and played an active part in programs at markham fair she was mainly responsible for the success of a class for eighteen year olds p and younger working in close cooperation with jennie thorpe muriel pearson cathy warriner and mary webster all these things were recalled by her pastor rev vince alfano olive shadlock was born south of steeles avenue the daughter of david and ida shadlock she attended public school at ss no 14 and markham high she taught piano for a number of years and at one time had a class of 22 pupils she was a member of the unionville curling club survivors include three brothers tom of rr l milliken fred of gormley cecil of islington and two sisters alice mrs allan reesor markham and winnie mrs hugh durant of sudbury interment was made at ebenezer cemetery volvement in the community included vicepresident of the markham millionaires hockey club president of the markham progressive conservative association a member of markham twp council a public utilities com missioner a member of the markham public school board a member of the markham parks and recreation com mittee a member of the markham arena board and a founding trustee on the markham- york hospital board for 8vfe years he utilized an inhome kidney machine ob tained through the toronto general hospital because his life had been prolonged through this miracle invention he readily agreed to volunteer his body to science besides his wife the former mary westlake he is survived by one son brian macgregor mac one daughter geraldine mrs dennis seeley and two grandchildren blair and mary lynri seeley a brother allan and a sister dorothy kirkham live in markham on sunday morning a brief service in his memory was conducted by rev robt ball at central united church unionville horses run saturday markham quarter horse racing comes to markham fairgrounds saturday and again sept 28 and 30 the action for all three race dates begins at 730 pan pari- mutual betting will be per mitted s arrangements for the event have been completed by garland williamson working in close cooperation with gerald mann the fairs secretary- manager and the quarter horse racing owners of ontario help from neighbors farmers faith restored glasgow its been wonderful koy lewis ot glasgow told the tribune he was referring to the help received from friends and neighbors after winds of hurricane force cut a swath of destruction across his property aug 19 f in recent years there have been big changes around here i had thought the oldfashioned idea of working together was lost i know differently now they came from everywhere hie said the steel corn bins although damaged can be repaired but a huge elevator purchased only one year ago was totally destroyed half the roof was blown from the barn it landed in a nearby field what remains of the building will be torn down the owner said and replaced by a lowlevel storage shed while several frontyard trees were twisted off and toppled the house escaped roy and his wife helen were away when the storm struck the enterprising local farmer has close to 1500 acres under cultivation with about 1000 acres in corn wht 2rtbun vol 91 no 17 whitchurch stouffville august 31 1978 i cents 20 pages horse showman dies in crash this community was shocked and saddened friday when word was received on the sudden death of daniel danny grove formerly of rr l stouffville and more recently of little britain danny eldest son of mr and mrs murray grove was killed thursday evening when the car in which he was a passenger collided with another on hwy 7b near peterborough he was only 17 also killed in the crash was ralphedward perrault 19 of little britain the two boys were neighbors and friends in hospital with head and internal injuries is the driver of the second vehicle donald nelson 47 of peterborough his son richard was less seriously hurt before moving to the little britain area three years ago danny his younger brother steven and his parents farmed on the 10th concession of markham south of 17th avenue like his father danny had an intense interest in horses and often accompanied his dad to shows across the province he showed a skill far beyond his years even to trie point of handling a sixhorse team with comparative ease danny first started showing horses at markham fair and later graduated to the cne he had planned to go to blackstock and barrie last week and to the exhibition in toronto this week danny had been working at home with his father after completing grade 11 at lindsay collegiate he was respected by teenage friends and older folks alike the dixongarland funeral home markham was banked with floral tributes some from the united states and the province of quebec hundreds attended to express sympathy and later filled the markham missionary church for the service monday conducted by rev j allan shantz pall bearers included two first cousins michael grove and david brown rae and bruce beare walter whitham and murray wagg interment was at dicksons hill cemetery surviving besides the immediate family are grand parents mr and mrs fred beare church street markham and mrs frank grove 16th avenue markham editor c h nolan publisher of the tribune is pleased to announce the appointment of jim thomas as editor jim was previously the- editor here from 1962 to 1974 when he accepted a similar position with the markham economist sun 64 control growth stouffville the town ofwwtchurchtouffvihe is considered a slowgrowth municipality and as far as mayor gordon ratcliff is con cerned thats the way its going to stay if the huge dulverton development goes ahead as expected it will add 550 homes and increase the population by about 2000 the mayor ex plained this buildup he said will benefit tire town in a number of ways the contribute close to two million dollars for services including an elevated water reservoir an enlarged sewer plant the chanelization of duffin creek the subdivision will also allow construction of an eastwest road parallel to main street something thats badly needed the mayor said aside from the dulverton project theres nothing major in the works gord ratcliff noted a few fillins will be permitted but thats all at least for the next four years the mayor said council and planning board had been subjected to terrific pressure from wouldbe developers but had held their- ground this is a slowgrowth area and inf happy with that decisionhe said with respect to additional commercial zoning on the dulverton lands the mayor said none had been allowed weve provided for enough plazas here now he concluded bingo players hit jackpot stouffville mary sayers and fran thome neighbors on elm road stouffville had never played bingo before however with the proceeds going to local recreation they agreed they had nothing to lose rather they had everything to winthe 1000 jackpot the event sponsored by the girls hockey league the boys hockey league and the figure skating club was held aug 23 in the stouffville arena about 500 attended for mary and fran winning the big prize was the farthest thing from their minds mary has two daughters enrolled in the figure skating club jennifer is 11 and norma 7 fran has one girl in figure skating and a boy playing hockey catherine is 7 and matthew is 10 thats why they went and theyre obviously glad they did fate of cn station is all but sealed stouffville the fate of stouffvilles cnr station is all but sealed this is the opinion of ivan harris head of a local com mittee organized to save the landmark site the cost of moving the structure became prohibitive the chairman said far in excess of what had been originally estimated he revealed a figure of over 80000 the committee he said had met many times hoping to reach an agreement and all the the coach house remodelled home stouffville the coach house a landmark structure on second street in stouffville is being renovated when completed by aura lea homes limited its expected to sell for something like 98000 a far cry from the 2500 it cost jacob heise to build both it and his own house eighty years ago harry- brillinger albert street- south told the tribune a that the coach house was constructed by mr heise around the turn of the century at the same time he built his own home there were no automobiles around then recalled mr brillinger jonas byer was the first carowner he said and that was about 1910 jacob heise used the structure as a garage for his horse and buggy the aura lea firm specializes in renovation work of this kind joe clifford the owner and builder said the architect is jake fowell who also designed the two new homes going up on lots next door while the cost kept climbing it reached a point where it began to boggle my mind he said sometime soon the members will meet with council and relate the steps taken to preserve the structure he noted mayor gordon ratcliff said cn had delayed for a year any move to dismantle the depot tenders for demolition have now been called he stated the mayor frowned on the idea of turning the station into a museum we dont need two he said plowboys clinic oldfashioned way still the best says stouffville area farmer a 1927 international tractor and a threshing machine of the same make and year handle the harvest on the 50 acre farm operated by allan hoover and son bill north of ijncolnville the entire crop was cut with a binder five generations have worked the property beginning with wm allin his son alonzo his daughter mrs allan hoover her son bill and his son kevin age four stouffville coaching will take priority over competition saturday when junior plowboys and plowgirls 12 years and over put their skills to the test the clinic on the farm of grant wells bloomington sideroad begins at 10 am so far ten young people are expected out of this number two will be selected to represent york region at the in ternational match near wingham next month anyone in need of equip ment should call grant wells 6403640 or carl timbers 888- 1138 not later than friday noon give blood stouffville a red cross blood donor clinic is being held thursday today at the legion hall ninth line north aurelia smith the projects chief organizer is hopeful at least 12s people will attend the hours are 2 to 830 pm