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j 5 j- a successful fun faifat ballantrae school thursday eveningraisedm6reuhan 5000 the event featured jattf auction sale thatrin- eluded more than 70 items here auctioneer cectstickwood calls for bids on a smoker stand held by staff teacher georgia berry proceeds will be used to establish a student computer program centre in the school jim thomas facepainting is growing in appeal student artists hosted a steady stream of customers thursday night including 15yearold mamie ward right r ballantrae accommodating mamie is kelly erickson 13 of cedar beach mussulmans lake jim thomas ballantrae fun fair ballantrae school and community togetherness was never more apparent than here thursday night a fun fair that included a public auction and lottery raised over 5000the receipts will be used to establish a com puter learning centre in the school it was a cooperative effort all the way through staff teacher georgia berry told the tribune the support was in credible it was principal john laugh- lin who came up with the idea back in the spring mrs berry said a committee of teachers was formed that jncliidedmary storey donna friedbacher liz cameron joan wideman pat tribou marg crichton and mrs berry they along with a host of parents arranged the event the 73 items in the auc tion were all donated as were four lottery prizes a pair of skis from old firehall sports limited in unionville were won by gloria schader ballantrae a pine blanket box by nathan- matchett toronto and fitness club memberships by irene fockler rr 3 stouffville and barbara fockler rr 4 stouffville the auction that included ev erything from apropane torch to a dozen donuts was in charge of wellknown area auctioneer cec stickwood his services like the articles he auctioned were provided without charge one item that attracted con siderable interest included two argo football tickets and a giant teddy bear rod byers was the successful bidder his price 70 the sevenpound hershey chocolate bar brought 33 mrs berry said that when all receipts are in funds should be sufficient to purchase three and maybe four computers four teachers are presently enrolled ina computer course provided in aurora through york uni versity delivery of the units to ballantrae school is expected shortly she said mrs berry said ballantrae could have waited in line and eventually received delivery through the board of educa tion this she said could have taken three or four years so we decided to go it alone in addition to the raising of funds she said the fair had kin dled closer cooperation be- tween the school and the com- munity in one way or another just about every pa rent was involved she con cluded ii uis for council margot marshall rr- 1 cedar valley willbe a t candidate invward 1 whitchurchstouffville c at the no v 8 municipal 1 election the scat iscur- rentlyheld by charles wardenrr igormley t mrmarsbaupointstothe fact ward i has not been contested tri the past ten yyemkyjvv floral designer royal guest j lemonville the ham- let of lemonville cone 7 whitchurchstouffville will host distinguished guest this month doris welham of london en gland accompanied byhus- band jack will visit the home of bruce and bunny burton rrr 4 stouffville mrs welham an employee on the staff of longmans ltd lork don prepared the brides bbu- quet for the wedding of prince charles and princess lady di ana july 29 1981 mrs welbam will be attending a flower show- and banquet at the skyline hotel toronto oct 24 in addition to the floral arrangement for lady diana mrs welham also assisted in the making often other royal bouquets mr and mrs burton their daughter gayle dunn and carolyn sheridan will be attending the skyline show along with florist representa tives from markham rich mond hill and other centres while in toronto jack and doris welham will be staying at the home of terry and kathleen marchant wulowdale halloween is oct 30 l stouffville the gob lins and witches will be out one day early- in whitchurch- stouffville this halloween in deference to the sabbath on which the spooky interlude falls this year town council has declared saturday oct 30 officially halloween day the motion for the change was made by mayor eldred king and unanimously approved at a meeting oct 5 talented stouffville girl 4 okeefe dancer stouffville i elevenyearold stephanie hutchison church street north stouffville will per form in the national ballets nutcracker this christ mas at the okeefe centre toronto and in ottawa the talented stouffville girl daughter of bill and lin- da hutchison attends the national ballet school in toronto where dancing is a part of the curriculum prac- tice sessions take up about 2 vt hours each day her mother said since the age of five its- what shes wanted to do mrs hutchison explained she said she and her husband are pleased stephanies been selected for two parts in the show they plan to attend the christmas eve perform- ance4 irl stephanie began taking dance lessons six years ago she was one of 40 chosen to attend the national ballet school more than 800 au- ditioned i v 4 the hutchison family that alsoincludes two boys 5 moved to stouffville from- kingston in 1979- a metroland community newspaper vol95 n024 wednesday october 13 1982 25 cents 14 pages urea formaldehyde over 8000 stouffville tax con cessions being offered as relief for those who used urea formal dehyde to insulate their homes will mean a revenue loss to whitchurchstouffville of 88929 council has learned the borough of etobicoke has asked the town to join in a petition to cabinet requesting some relief in this matter however councillor tom wood voiced opposition saying he was opposed to petitions from other municipalities he suggested instead that such re quests go through regular chan nels but councillor wm kamps the acting mayor claimed extra distribution of the appeal by means of apeti- tion could prove beneficial -uiitheyrejustlookingfprpub- licity maintained councillor wood his argument was sup ported by councillor charles warden who recommended the request go through the associa tion of ontario municipalities councillor wilf morley sug gested a delay of at least a year could occur by going through the association and councillor jim rae remarked that he understood some of the reci pients were pleased with pre sent arrangements however the request was eventually sup ported council also approved a re quest to government for legisla- tion to control trail bikes several members expressed concern at the destruction these machines were causing even in grain fields postal simplification the town of richmond hill is seeking support to have postal boundaries simplified elimi nating small centres councillor charles warden voiced approval pointing to the fact his telephone is on the au rora exchange he lives in whitchurchstouffville and his mailing address is rr 2 gormley he saidhe found it all very confusing councillor wilf morley was opposed saying small hamlets would lose their identity mor ley was supported by council lor kamps councillor jim rae said it was unlikely the government even thought of such a thing when the system was estab- lished the request was re- jected for trustee brigadier-general- james west william- street stouffville will be a candidate for board of 5 education in whitchurch- stouffville- nov 8 the towns current trustee representative is harry- bowes hawthorne ave- nuemr bowes will seek re-election- golf estates 1 stouffville draft plans have been approved by council for estate subdivisions on the-waderpropertyvmcco- wan road and at sleepy hollow golf and country club hwy47 however councillor jim sanders expressed opposition to both declaring neither was natural growth in connec tion with the wade develop ment he said the timing was wrong councillor bill kamps said he was one thousand per cent in favor of the sleepy hollow project this is a fine golf club and the establishment of estate homes there will bring in good assessmentim fully in favor councillor wilf morley supported kamps remarks sleepy hollow golf club re cently acquired additional acreage on the north side of their property and work has already commenced on new holes for the course which will be combinedwiththenew homes r fire hall lease council has authorized the signing of a lease for part of the ted mclennan building east of ballantrae to be used as a fire hall members took exception 800tf in salestaxcontained in the 269000 bill for the addition and renovations to the fire sta tion on mainstreet in stouffvil le councillor jim sanders cal led it ridiculous to place a tax oh tax if needed stouffville the addi tion of second gotrain between stouffville and toronto is a de finite possibility ontario transport minister james snow told the tribune this week pastor inducted victoria square the congregation of victoria square united church have a new minister but not new in the sense of a stranger in their midst rev katherine irwin has been the pastor here two years service of induction was held thursday with re v michael locke chairman of york presbytery officiating rev katherine irwin mother of three is the pastor of the con gregation at victoria square united church the service of induc tion was held thursday night husband paul is enrolled at emma- nuel college toronto jl thomas rev irwin is a native of hanover ont following graduation from run- neymede collegiate toronto victoria college and sorbonne university paris she spent a period of time doing freelance editing and television in 1978 she enrolled in emmanuel col lege and last year was ordained by the toronto con ference of the united church of canada husband paul is still a student at emmanuel they have two daughters and a son suzanne 18 michele 16 and paul jr 13 mrs irwin credits rev don parr formerly of st andrews markham and now of guelph with influenc ing her decision to enter the ministry assistance along the way was also provided by rev gervis black of ottaw- a rev archie scott now of markham rev lome smith formerly of claremont and rev gordon williams now of 100 huntley street mrs irwin has two services each sunday 945 am at headford and 11 am at vic toria square her family she says have been very supportive suzanne and michele are students at thornlea secondary school thornhill paul attends at crosby heights richmond hill they reside in the man se on woodbine avenue near the church mr snow in announcing plans concerning a longrange transit systemfor thegolden horseshoe oshawa hamilton told the tribune that although he was unable to confirm anything at the mo- ment an extra train was being considered the golden horseshoe plan will include commuter service between oshawa and pickering we only have enough tears and equipment right now 4o offer one on each line the minister said of the stouffville circuit a change will depend on the number of riders and the service required he said a second train leav ing a halfhour earlier or a half hour later would be an asset snow said stouffville hadnt been included in the initial longrange plan but rather was added to make the town a part of the gosystem he said present budget limitations would prevent ah immediate change j a freak i accident gormley a 21year6ld gormley area man was killed thursday in a freak accident at a driveway entrance pn bayview avenue richmond hill police said william isaac hughes of leslie street rr gormley was operating a pidc up truck and stepped out of tfip vehicle leaving it in neutral gear- j when the truck began to roll ahead hughes attempted to jump back in the cab however the drivers door struck a tree pinning the victim against the side il it was twenty minutes before anyone noticed the accident the gormley man was pro nounced dead on arrival at york central hospital rich mond hill wr tm