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8raraws3tts3t b2 weekender may 3 1986 after youve gained the weight i back from your last diet callus 10 pounds in two weeks gone 17 u 25 kiuiuls in less than two months vanished at diet center you can do it millions have without drugs without stress without hunger discover the last weightloss program youll ever need your first personal con sultation is free call now youre going to make it this time diet center free introductory consultations 471 4500 weve moved to 254a main st n markham i hbimcid photo photos in 1 hour reprints in 20 minutes- 124 wellington st w in iga plaza 2942712 f rt rt rtiw times have changed in four generations but family still close by nancy hoskin great grandmother pearl bar- key 73 sat comfortably looking over her brood grandmother joyce miller 52 looked on with adoring eyes while hr two daughters explained to their girls why the photographer wanted to take the familys pic ture and why some members were left out mrs barkey has lived in stouff- ville since she was married mov ing from the big city was quite a change she commented she has four children all living close by as well as 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren mrs barkey recalled the years she raised her children during the depression while her husband served in the navy life in stouff- ville was quiet but comfortable life was simple i never had any problems with the children even when their father was away i believed in discipline and was always there for them mrs barkey said she was asked how does it feel to be a great grandmother just terrific i love them all as time goes on and the older you get you lose track of your friends my children all of them make up for that and keep me young she replied mr barkey attended stouffville high school as did his children and his grandchildren and odds are fairly high that a fourth gen eration will enter the doors of the same high school as mrs millers daughter barb 32 lives in stouff ville with her husband and daugh ters wendy 11 and heather 8 mrs millers other daughter bev 29 remains close to the fami ly homestead living in dicksons hill she and her husband have two children pam 3 will carry on the lineage of daughters with her cousins the miller family owns ashlake farm a sprawling 150 acre plot of land on mccowan rd across from the markham fairgrounds held in the family for over 100 years they tend dairy cattle cover photo our front page photo features four generations of pearl barkeys family all living in thr stouffville area shown in the back row are bev rcesor left her sister barb lee right and their mother joyce miller in front are pam recsor 3 wendy lee 11 and their great grandmother pearl barkey 73 seated in front is heather l 8 sjoerd witteveen as a young mother mrs miller spent her days being a homemak- er and helped her husband with the activities that surrounded the family business meals were pre pared for the farm hands calves needed to be feed and occasional ly she drove a tractor there are many advantages to living on a farm mrs miller said one being that you are totally in control of the situation you always know where your chil dren are families would bring their kids over to play and there were plenty of cousins to keep our chil dren busy on weekends she added living in the country was a healthy environment having a friend over was a big treat it didnt matter whose friend it was they became every bodys pal added barb barb and bev were asked what worries young mothers might have today if they live close enough kids walk to school like mine and sometimes you wonder if they ever got there even in stouffvil le barb said because kids are involved in so many activities you dont always know who theyre hanging around or who their pa rents are which is a worry at times growing up in the country mom knew everyone we were friends with and their families neither daughter works outside the home it wasnt paying to go back to work said bev who is a reg istered nurse our tax bracket would be higher and by the time you paid for child care it wasnt worth it i always wanted to stay home i enjoy cooking and sewing and never could find the time when i worked to get everything done and when they need me the girls know where to find me said barb and what is the fourth genera tion like where fads and peer pressure strike at early ages children today are so far adv anced commented mrs bar- key they learn more by the activities theyre exposed to we never had television and nursery school when mine were growing up but i also think todays the children are lacking in discipline parents dont have the time to spend with their children because their schedules are too busy children need to be enter tained more we used to make our own fun now you have to con stantly keep them occupied with activities said barb at the end of our interview when eyes were elsewhere barb handed me a piece of paper with the following poem she had writ ten for her mom mothers everyone has one they come in 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