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r h the tribune thursday january 2s j57 from tnbiiiie files bf 35eaijns ago i- what was front page news in and around stouffville 35 years ago a check of the tribune during the month of january 19m revealed tfaefollowing stories an attempted armed robbery at jack brlgnalls and pool claremoot was thwarted when the proprietor threw a milk bottle at one of the tenders then ran across the street and aroused grocery store operator ca overland mr overbad tipped off village constable jack norton who was on the scene is seconds- barbershop however no trace of the services of a night wat- room in culprits wai found later chman the tribune rear- window had been smashed by a bullet several claremont residents identified it as the same vehicle used in the attempted holdup at the brignail premises a number of merchants are wanting to obtain the an abandoned car found near oshawa was the reported norton was constable approached about taking on the position at a suggested i2j a night- but turned it down frank burkbomer was elected reeve of markham village defeating ojb hisey 290 votes to 161 councillors elected were wj payne ea roff ey cw reesor and js torrance late alfred clinton foirrest editor of observer alfred clinton forrest 62 the editor of the united church ob server died at his home in toronto during the early morning hours of december 27th the controversial editor well known for his support of the palestinian cause in the middle east conflict had been equally outspoken on issues within canada and the united church he criticized his own church for supporting a more liberal abortion policy promoted canadian recogni tion of comriunist china and argued against apartheid policies in southern africa his stands provoked critics to call him everything from that pink editor to a crypto- fascist johnbircher yet a remarkable number of people across canada and around the world considered him a close friend he never grew too big for his britches said one minister who had been befriended as a student by or forrest he always had timejor the little guy a c forrest was probably one of the best known officials of the united church as editor he travelled regularly visiting all of the churchs 92 presbyteries my only boss is the reader he often said and he had a unique ability to perceive the needs and interests of those readers approve legal aid stouffville a- private members bill introduced by york north mpp bill hodgsonon behalf of whitchurch stouffville council has been approved by the provincial legislature this means i council can authorize payment of legal expenses and costs of judgements i incurred by themselves or their employees the decision is retroactive thus covering an action hats been pending since awrit was issued back in 1975 the case relates to a proposed development on the north side of the vivian road near cedar valley former mayor gordon ratcliff and the municipality are named in the action the bill does riot automatically give a member of council or an employee the right to say what he or she likes mayor eldred king told the tribune the in- dividuals not off the hook nor should he be he said the decision on whether to evoke the legislation rests with council he explained the main purpose the mayor pointed out is to protect someone from what he described as an innocent error youth jailed brougham a 19 year old brougham youth was sentenced to nine months in provincial reformatory for three offenses douglas james barnes was given six months for breaking into a service station where he bad once been employed two months for breach of probation and one month for failing to appear on a charge of attempted rape court records revealed previous con victions for burglary theft obstructing justice and escaping custody juveniles win two stouffville the- stouffville sr juveniles won two exhibition games during the past week 31 over port perry and 73 against ajax with the playoffs fast ap proaching the club is playing its best hockey ever in the game with port perry kelly burrows john pollard and rob carnie scored the stouffville goals goaltender richard bartley picked up an assist on pollards marker from the second period onwards stouff ville completely dominated the game against ajax tom lehman scored twice to lead a four goal second period outburst in the first period the game was seesaw battle with ajax holding a 32 lead with bill housserjand john pollard scoring for stouffville doug sanders closed out the scoring in the third period appointed editor of the observer in 1955 the circulation of the united churchs national publication rose from 155000 to its present 312000 he was also widely known as a regular panelist on the tv program what is truth through a weekly column a cleric comments published in several newspapers and as author of two books not tomorrow now on africa published in 1960 and the unholy land on the conflict in the middle east published in canada by mcclelland and stewart in 1971 he travelled ex tensively throughout africa and the middle east india and south- east asia the far eastern countries europe russia and the carribean i during world war ii he was a chaplain in the rcaf as a student he served in saskatchewan alberta and at the fred victor mission in downtown toronto he was the ordained minister at creighton mines ontario mount hamilton and port credit ontario- before accepting the ap pointment as editor of the observer he was born in 1916 and grew up in maple ontario he graduated in arts from victoria university toronto in 1937 and from em manuel college toronto in theology in 1940 in 1961 huntington university in sudbury granted him an honorary doctor of divinity degree dr forrest r is sur vived by his wife the former esther clipsham four daughters and two grandchildren leecutting was started at ratcliff pond bakers hid with ship ments- going to maple leaf oalryin stouffville carl rote was in charge and reported a depth of twelve inches later he moved his machine to musselmans lake where the supply is unlimited many are admiring the two lemon trees in roy groves store at ringwood the tribune said one of the ripe lemons was said to measure fifteen inches around the oldest of the two trees was purchased from wm rennies seed bouse 30 years ago and has been bearingfruit ever since the paper stated nearly a ton of butter was stolen from the h v stonf fvllle creamery- del jennings of the skipped by thos burkitt 12 margarita grubin later resulting la three stouffville fire brigade and harry brillinger grade 11 paul cum- arrests by police in presented a petition were beaten 3823 by mings grade 10 imploring members to agincourt in the ontario frances oarkson grade toronto value of the product was placed at s7m as a result of the theft a meeting of the basinessmen wn requested to discuss the advisability of- better night protection for merchants x the sale was reported of a 100 acre farm at bethesda owned by ross chapman to mr gibbs of jefferson- for 6000 the property had 55 acres of workable land with hydro andwater in the barn owing to mild weather and soft ice- the lions carnival that had been scheduled for the stouffville arena was cancelled at a special meeting of village council chief consider a new site and thereby- finally remove any possible chance of a catastrophe from fire that the brigade says exists in the ratcliff hall fjl button kc addressed the council on behalf of the lions club tankard dist 13 playoffs members of the stouff ville rinks included fred timbers orval drewery ira aldred charles cadieux and chris arm strong lloyd turner of stouffville was chosen and as a private citizen ax president of the york marked success of their vote was later taken county holstetn breeders event in aid of the people club at the annual to honor one of their members- pilot officer ted cadienx recently commissioned and 13 ruth windsor grade leaving for the west 10 and ruth gooding coast roaf post ted grade 13 v jack spang member of the royal canadian engineers was promoted to the rank of corporal the pupils of ss 12 mongolia made a moved by walter brillinger and av nolan instructing the solicitor to close an offer received for the sale of the anderson lot to the town on main street bert lickorish picked a couple of green lilac buds from a tree at the south side of his residence they were just ready to burst into bloom siouuy meeting in richmond hul an entire editorial page in the tribune was given over to principal lc murphy and students of stouffville high school participants in this project in addition to mr murphy were benny jones gradev12 betty- jean freel grade 11 marion weldon grade was presented with a fine leatherbound diary to mark the occasion fit lieut jf button son of mr and mrs ea button stationed in the west with the rcaf was- transferred to neepewa to become the chief quilt and then j medical officer assigned lucky draw to the station lieut bob bangay popular highland creek boy formerly a star with the markham hockey club is this year making a name for- himself as t of the british isles they made a held a teacher mary bell for warded contributions of 19 to the evening telegram british war victims fund twentyfive bers of the stouffville pivot man on a forward united church young line with newmarkets peoples society gathered army camp entry in the at the home of the intermediate hockey president joan baxter loop the tribune said xa3ha3ee8rsbss53gsr3si painting t decorating commercialresidentiaiindustrial free estimates phone paul kerr or randy hathaway 6406106 handyman complete household repairs- renovations additions fencing painting decorating rec rooms roofing plumbing and- elec trical prompt efficientservice free estimates call ron 6405477 before 10 am or after 5 pm advertising doesnt cost it pays r our business is cleaning carpets rugs ken sullivan son professional steam cleaning free estimates stouffville 0nt 30 ypirs in markham 30 years experience your furniture like new the 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