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-r- n n v5ftvs- a4 the 7h1biwe wednesday may 12 1 j editors mail wiw- j iff pray dear jim r- v it a word of appreciation to your paper for keeping us in touch with the progress of margie griffiths despite the fact f shes been hi hospital more than four months shes still very much a part of our thoughts fand prayers and will continue to be- x tiji margies misfortune has created a void in this community that cannot be filled she was very special here with a wide circle of friends we hope and pray that some day soon shell be returned to us the same delightful margie that so many know and love i sincerely joyce ferguson stouffer street stouffville a booster fdear mr thomas please pass on my compliments to your jim irving for his excellent critics report on various events and functions in the area including sleeping beauty at goodwood public school and music mania i find it interesting to read anothers opinion particularly when ive attended the same program whether or not i agree doesnt really matter to each his own mr irving appears to have a flair for this sort of thing and puts his thoughts down on paper in a very in teresting way once one begins to read it its impossible tostop what i appreciate most is his under- standing that community shows are put on by amateur talent and whiletheir skills may border on the professional they dont pretend to perform at that level mr irving seems to realize this choosing to boost ratherthari berate the performers this makes for a lets do it again feeling a desire to begin planning for music mania 83 lets hope- isincerely barbara jones tenth line stouffville htttfoitfcjs 3bfte wtthvim ii fj establisheotl 888 i as 7 w 1 r j v i andrew p cook advertising manager v jamesthomas a barry w wallace v editorinchief publisher editorial dept jim holt jim irving y i display advertising dept rod spicer bryan armstrong classified advertisingcirculation joan marshman office man aqer doreen deacon business office eileen glover v national 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news i j 6402100 v- wcre magic town ontario sheer magic the fourday festival organized by the towns cheif librarian in co operation with claremonts dan laf fey arid the whitchurch stouffville chamber of commerce was without doubt the most exciting thing to happen here in years while outdoor activities saturday were hampered somewhat by the rain this un- solvable problem was totally forgotten by the close to 1000 people who packed the high school auditorium at night it was the show of shows a promenade of professional performers that left even the cynics awestruck in their seats while illusion was the- word used by several participants ito describe dumbfounded would best portray the reaction by the crowd and at the conclusion a standing ovation a compliment often deserved but seldom accorded here as we had hoped and suggested all elements of the festival were carried through in the best of good taste nothing demonic satanicor ritualistic as some iwellmeaning writers to this newspaper had predicted just good clean fun i only george schlukbierj the afore- mentioned dan laf fey and the executive of the chamber of commerce can know the tremendous amount of work that went into the organizing of this event their reward comes in the form of total acceptance of praise and appreciation 1 stouffville- magic town ontario canada may the symbol last forever progress must mean change progress to manyis a dirty word even when it means improvement its riot that the individual is totally satisfied with stagnation often quite the opposite he wants to see the municipality movejahead as long as the move creates no personal problem or in convenience i yes we live in a me society unmindful of the fact that in most cases the me or i wouldnt be here in the first place if thesame selfish attitude had been applied politicians particularly those involved in planning are continually faced- with these kinds of appeals last week councillor bill kampsafter sitting- through several meetings of repeated moariings and growings over a proposed twostoreri twoapartinent complex va ti pine orchard on the vivian i road teed off on the complainants and said what needed obe said he was later ad monished for the frankness of his statements and accepted the rebuttal without reply 1 uvci v many of us who purchased a house and lot in stouffville and perhaps even in whit- church township fifteen twenty and thirty years ago can recall open spaces on all sides wasnt it wonderful ia backyard view for several blocks but we all knew it wouldnt last nor did weobjecf when neighbor after neighbor purchased properties and erected homes on those sites however there are still those who hold up their hands in horror at such a thought and conjure up all kinds of reasons excuses in an effort to win support we moved out from the city to get away from this sort of thing is an oft favorite j we wonderthen if they ever posed this question to themselves did someone have to agree to let us in j t municipal planners come under terrific pressure in such situations- we commend woselike councillor kamps who arent afraid to stand up and be countedjv roaming around atw memoriesi school days school days dear old golden rule days readin and writin and rithmatic taught to thetune of the hickory stick and so it goes r while it may not have seemed so great at the time its safe now to say thatno periodin ones life brings back fonder memories than thosedear old golden rule days albeit the hickory sticks tune seemed a trifle off key while recollections from today will not be quite the same as those related to the smaller sectional system with its one and tworoom structures friendships now as then williiever be forgotten i on sat june 19 many friendships will be renewed when former teachers and students of mt joy public school ss no 16 i markham return for a reunion on the oc casion of the buildings 75th anniversary- two area residents and former pupils planning to attend are oliver and j nancy shank oliver still lives on the home farm east of hwy 48 while sister nancy divides her time between the family homestead and parkview apartrnents stouffville an older brother jacob hell be 88 on july 31 has an alma mater history that goes back to when the school was constructed in 1907 oliver and nancy can recall the good times shared at s s 16 like it was yesterday jacobs memory is just as keen as i talked to oliver and nancy in the kitchen of their centuryold farmhouse satur- day the following names cameto mind george and ethel ireson frank lunau ed byer russell wideman mabel fretz howard graham fred spring norman and hazel miller allan jean and gertie balsdon arthur and clarence hoover russell louis arid frank grove elizabeth williamson and more two of the moreprbminent teachers were albert urmie arid nellie myers mr jurmie was a strict disciplinarian oliver recalls pne incident where he threw the strapat one of the bigger boys seated near theback of the class the lad iri his twenties hurled it back breaking the blackboard nancy recalls her love for miss myers she couldnt have been any- nicer a wonderful teacher she said she spent more thah20 years on the mt joy staff often hand- lirig up to 45 children in four classes menno ramer had a dog recalled oliver that didnt take kindly to teasing when stanley- jones persisted it attacked tearing the seat out his pants he went home and told hisparentswed been fighting a trick often pulled was placing a magnifying glass close to the neck of the boy ahead catching the suns rays just right wouldntthat make him scratch he said the christinas concert was always a highlight of the year it was held upstairs bert ferrier was iriaster of ceremonies and soriietimes the santa claus alongwith george mayriard we always had a beautiful tree byjiaathomas and decorated the room from one end to the other said nancy because there was no hydro the concert was held in the afternoon each pupil received a bagfilled with oranges and nuts arbor- day was ah event when everyone pitched inarid cleaned up the yard later they all trooped over to sammy ramer s bush i i nancy renieriibers jess byer as having one of the first cars in the community we were always sure of a ride when wed see him coming he would never pass a child on the way to school and aeroplanes now that was really something said oliver if one passed over everyone stopped arid stared ldpubt if ariy generation has seen morevsaidnancy from early motorcars i and aeroplanes to watching a man walk on the moon although 01iverhasnt seenuhe change thats taken place from school tornuseum nancy has arid thinks its marvellous she also thinks l john -lunau- the 1 museums riianager is tops hes the right one for the job she said- nancy says she could sperid several hours inthe place andstill not see all the exhibits shes pleased the school is being used for such a worthwhile purpose 01iverand nancy are looking forward to the june 19reuriion jacob is too thats one saturday when their stay at st lawrence market will be cut a few hours short window oriwildlife- canacla geese passover by art briggs-jude- at first it sounded like the faroff barking of several small dogs but as the cadence increased the familiar calling of wild geese was recognized we rushed outside to better hear the spirited music and hopefully to catch with only an intermittent honk to help pin point the position as we moved back into the warmth of the woodheated kitchen we decided then and there to try and keep track of just how many geese used our valley for a fly a glimpse of the untamed musiciaris our way for we knew it was a traditional haste was needless the huge pulsating flock migration route even before old hilton eus- was still below the tree line however in a worth had let slip the word he was spring- moment they appeared skimming the still shooting them more than 35 yearsago in fact naked forest like a flight of spitfires wan we had seen numerous flocks at this season early morning lowlevel on they came their every year for the past three it was time to wirigs beating strongly their yoices nowarifget some numbers down in our notes excited din overhead in the budding sunlight- long necks reaching forward white check- at this time of writing we have listed patches flashing necks black against grey- 1796 sightings with another three flocks heard bodies we stood two small mortals won- jthat we couldnt see due to darkness or low dering caught up as countless others hayeirclouderthe average 5 skein contains been in the rt by themagnetizmg sight that aboursobfr we did record brie only a flock of canada f can provide mamriioth fight that numbered 3001 and most 1 itz f of these big birds are seen in the morning and it was april s cold and lwjtody evening with few flying in the middle of and the startof theanriual goose passoverby the dayand unlike their autumn migration in hovthe strungout vv waslwell onltsway octoberwhen they fly fairly high thesegeese life pjjih seem to know theres no hunting and they come in a great deal lower canada geese range in size from the giant maxima race weighting up to 24 pounds to the small crackling miriiirias that seldom exceed four pounds sonne species such- as the aleutians are on the endangered bird list while others like the giant canadas are causing nesting problems iri southern ontario but whether they are canadas or not all geese are a fascinating family whose history and incredible feats in sonie cases are just now being realized for instance- greylag geese were among jhe first birdsto be domesticated by man some 4500 years ago and more recently flights of barheaded r geese have beerijobseedflyihgvovermti everest at aheightofnearly30000 ftsd during the next few weeks when the call and- sight of the migrating geese drawyour at tention remember they mayjhiave just lifted fromanearbylagoonorhavecomerionstop from a place of refuge 2000 miles away- m i- sfi- j