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sb2 wednesday january 11 191 estate auction sale tinged with regret ron stevenson holds a shotgun while auctioneer lloyd wilson calls the bids during the estate sale saturday of prop erty belonging to the late george and bessie pickett glen major close to 500 people attended many close friends and neighbors of the highlyrespected couple jim thomas by jim thomas uxbridge for many of the several hundred who packed the wilson sales are na saturday it was no ordinary auction it was the writing of a final chapter in the life of two people a community had come to know to love and to respect george and bessie pickett were as much a part of glen major as the winding road the shadowy woods and the sparkling streams while eager buyers weighed on every bid others simply sat and listened i found it rather sad said one senior citizen brushing a tear from her eye others agreed when auctioneer lloyd wilson asked how many in the audience knew the pick etts as neighbors and friends almost half raised their hands then it was back to reality and the sale continued on just about every item recalled a mem ory jennie johnson told of finding a beautiful handmade violin tucked away in a cubbyhole howard colby of sandy hook knew its history claiming it to be one of only 300 crafted by the late george wilkin son howard mcguckin of rr 3 mount albert bought it for 200 a family gift he said hazel jones remembered the saturday shopping trips to uxbridge they were friendly nice and friendly she said the house has been sold itll never be the same she said mrs pickett was very active in the glen major church she played the organ taught sunday school and helped out in the ladies auxiliary mrs johnson said mrs johnson and others assisted in cleaning up the house since mr pickett and his wife died only a few weeks apart she praised the work of ron stevenson one of lloyd wilsons men he was wonderful she said a 32 colt revolver one of several guns sold at the sale brought 220 the purchas er was leonard bain of seagra ve the year 1884 was engraved in the muzzle irene lowe of brooklin purchased a scrapbook containing photos and stories of king george and queen elizabeth dated 1939 her bid was 40 as the auction moved from morning to afternoon the audience chose to stay some to buy others to sit to listen and re member in rural uxbridge township the past is still important and so are the people dining with cal by cal avery winter brings with it numerous ex hilarating outdoor activities which tend to work up hearty appetites cathryn and i have spent our day near bolsover north of beaverton hiking in the bush with our dog and some local friends to satisfy our hunger we decided to dine at the river valley restaurant in uxbridge one major drawback we discover is the rather strange entrance on our first visit we almost turned and walked out until cathryn spotted the dining room located to the rear of the building this evening a somewhat boisterous group of gentlemen are seated in the booth style entrance area and probably would not provide a condusive atmosphere for good dining airy would best describe the main dining room as the windows provide a panoramic view of this weeks newly- created winter wonderland dress tonight is casual to formal so we dont feel out of place in slacks and swea ters following a before dinner cocktail i elect for my entree the half barbe cue chicken served with mashed pota toes and julienne style carrots pre viously my chicken at this establish ment arrived sahara desert dry and very unsatisfactory tonight its ter rific my main reason for ordering this entree again is the thick rich spicy and peppery sauce im not dis appointed the carrots and mashed potatoes are served in generous por tions enough to satisfy even my rave nous appetite cathyrn has always had delicious meals here and tonight is no excep tion she decides on the greek souv- lake the pieces of sirloin are very tender and ever so tasty a subtle hint of garlic and other seasonings make this a most delightful dining ex perience this is served with a mound of fluffy rice and a fresh greek salad following the meal we have a light dessert of ice cream and a cup of tea this family restaurant is located on toronto street north just off brock street prices range from 15 to 25 coming soon the duchess of markham enter joe dales three interested in regional post york region although regional chairman bob forhan has yet to decide whether to step down and accept the chief administrative officers cao position the race to succeed him is already heating jjp former georgina mayor joe dales be came the first to make his intentions known last week when he announced hed be in terested in replacing mr forhan as re gional chairman he said he expects opposition for the post to come from mayors tony roman of markham eldred king of whitchurchstouffville and ai duf fy of richmond hill despite the political heavyweights lining up against him mr dales views himself as a compromise candidate im finding surprising acceptance of the idea amongst regional council mr dales told the economist and sun i play ed with the idea for quite a while then de cided to test the waters to see if there is some support mr dales who had previous regional council experience while mayor of georgi na has been active in politics for 20 years despite his experience it didnt carry any weight with mayor duffy i think there are many qualified people on regional council already that should be given consideration first said mr duffy its normally something that is done when asked what his intentions were mr duffy replied i might be interested ill wait and see what mr forhan de cides on the other hand mayor roman didnt have any complaints about mr dales en tering the race but didnt say hed support him either its a free country noted mr roman mr dales can do anything he wants any way its all sheer speculation mr forhan hasnt accepted the job yet mayor roman did not indicate whether hed be interested in the regional chair mans job he said i have an opinion not to have an opinion beside no one on re gional council has talked to me about the position sure i might be interested but so may mr duffy mr king and perhaps every one on regional council noting mr dales had a right to enter the race if he wished mr king said hed make up his mind about seeking the chairmans seat after mr forhan had made his deci sion he said if mr roman was to run he would support him however if the mar kham mayor declined the bid it would be a whole new ball game im just adopting a wait and see attitude he added mr forhan is expected to make his plans known at tomorrows jan 12 meeting of regional council should he accept the 76000 post as cao it is expected a special meeting of regional council will be called before the next regular session thusday jan 26 in order to name a new regional chairman honeymoon was a caribbean cruise mr and mrs larry gibbs sign the register following their wedding oct 1 1983 in stouffville united church the bride is the former colleen clarke daughter of les and audrey clarke lloyd street stouffville the groom is the son of denys and june gibbs kanata ont their honey moon was a caribbean cruise aboard the song of america the happy couple are now residing on main street markham chose york york region elwyn ellie cavanagh is attempting to ac quaint himself with the rural area of york before hes through hell know the region as well or better than most hes the new agri cultural repre sentative here suc ceeding alan a wall now retired ellie cavanagh 37 grew up at kin- burn ont near arnprior following graduation from macdonald college outside montreal he was named associate agri cultural repre sentative for the county of kent five years later he was appointed farm management specialist for ren frew county a posi tion he held prior to coming to york cavanaghs first choice was york re gion mainly be cause of the diversi ty of agriculture in the area i feel for tunate to have been given the region i wanted he said he praised his predecessor al wall for assistance provided and said he hoped to have an associate within a monthandahalf ellie and patty cavanagh have two daughters vicki 12 and amy nine i chesebroughponds employees reach goal markham chesebrough- ponds canada inc and its em ployees have suc cessfully completed their 100000 fund- raising project for markhams parti cipation house a re sidence for the cere bral palsied in 1980 chesebrough- ponds agreed to spearhead a fund- raising campaign for participation house for the past four years em ployees have work ed diligently to accomplish their goal major fund- raising projects in cluded a bowl-a- thon a benefit hockey game a garage sale a pro duct sale a cook book a trip-for- two to nassau plus other inhouse acti vities the official pre sentation was made by the companys president and general manager robin dtait to ann pahl director of participation house at the firms christmas party it took as a little longer than we had originally in tended said mr tait however 100000 was the bot- tom line and we made it we are ex tremely proud that our organization could make such a significant con tribution for such a significant pur pose chesebrough- ponds through the tribune thanks the community for its support with par ticular thanks to employees who worked so enthu siastically to make this objective a reality towns strength dear mr thomas our towns strength is in its churches growth in this area of com munity life is appa rent the planned construction of a new sanctuary at christanglican the new edifice built by st marks parish the addition at st james presbyte rian and a proposed addition at stouff ville pentecostal indicates a trend in this direction i doubt if theres a municipality our size in ontario where church asso ciation ona per capita basis is greater than ours this i feel says something for th area and the type of people who live here j sincerely helen booth manitoba street stouffville top athlete unionville ruthanne wideman daughterof ray and lois wideman rri unionville and a senior physical education major at messiah college grantham pennsylvania plays hitter on the messiah college volleyball team ruthanne recently helped her club take first place in a eventeam salisbury tournament with a 60 match record enabling them to meet nationally ranked rivals western maryland for the second time this season the messiah falcons hold a 223 record with losses only to western maryland and york coach joan chamberlain believes con sistent ace serves have been a significant factor in the teams success coach cham berlain took over the teams reins in 1977 shes a graduate of wheaton college wins lionssponsored dream trip to hawaii businessman sandy aivaliotis left of ballan- trac was the winner of a trip to hawaii in the december draw sponsored by the ballantrae and district lions club the draw chairman is lion john bare right the january grand prize is a holiday in nassau all flights are supplied by carousel through stonehousc travel stouffville only 200 tickets are sold each month the cost is 10 per month or 100 for the year proceeds from this project will be divided between the markham- stouffville hospital fund and the whitchurch- stouffville recreation centre fund jim thomas stouffville dance workshop classes in ballet and modern jazz registration for second term beginning wednesday jan 18th classes in ballet jazz ages 5 to teens location st james presbyterian church for more information or to register call pirkko eagar at 6401499