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a12 tribune september 10 1986 markham vets hold reunion there were several brother combinations in attend ance at the markham district veterans association reunion saturday including left to rightlharold ernie and bob lawrie bob lawrie and john lunau were coorganizers the tunney brothers still reside in the area les left at markham bernie centre in stouffvihe and wilf right also at markham more than 80 invited veterans attended the 40th anniversary gathering jim thomas wbmmmmmnmmammmmmmmm canada s saving place highway n t no 7 uj f john cd thornhill square 300 john st at bayviewme thornhill youll find a wide range of quauty merchandise regularly carried by mart at must git prices come see for yourself the values and savings are outstanding finch ave f full assortment of household utensils and kitchen gadgets 1 price an outstanding selection of quality luggage 25 choose from our assortment of decorator figurines 1 price huge selection mens boys ladies kids cool summeff fashions 25 off beautiful lead crystal in a variety of styles 25 off dinnerware sets in decorator styles or for everyday dining to 25 off all instock tents and sleeping bags to 30 off our instock selection of garden tools to 25 off our entire selection of wall clocks to 25 off our entire selection of cookwaresets to 25 ff assortment of spacesaving utility cabinets to 30 off our entire selection of ceiling fixtures 1l kmart dish soap 1 99 567g kmart 119 spray starch window cleaner 1 each 47 kmart 700ml 450ml tilex 400g mr muscle liquid plumr 299 ea 199 ea 1 77 909ml sale ends saturday september 20th 1986 we reserve the right to limit quantities quantities may be limited oh some items bounce for h 97 the dryer heos 6l abc detergent 5lsize fleecy 299 ea 437 ea wizard- air freshener iljoy dish soap solid brass numbers m s 17 m son 2 8 00 4l kmart 799 wood stain ea rear window 97 brake light oea n warehouse mattress sale baronet 39inch mattress or foundation mat tress foun dation 79 59 baronet 54inch mattress or foundation mat tress foun dation 99 69 spinal rest 39inch mattress or foundation tvsss mooo foun dation 109 69 spinal rest 54inch mattress or foundation 8 19s00 foun dation 120 79 spinal rest 60 outfit mattress and foundation set i bed frames slurdy adjustable 19 99 folding oq99 cots 9 a ea history repeats itself markham they came from across the country and met on the steps of the old town hall just as they did 40 years ago for it was oct 1 1946 that a group of veterans returned from world war ii and held a meeting on main street out of that discussion it was agreed to establish what is now the markham district veterans association with headquarters on washington street to celebrate the historic occa sion bob lawrie erlane avenue and john lunau 16th avenue put their heads together and decided to organize a reunion it was held saturday and proved one of the most successful events markham has seen in years more than 80 vets some from distant points in ontario and even the southern united states re turned to their old home town life memberships were pre sented by the association en graved pins were donated by council organizers bob lawrie and john lunau addressed the assem bly other speakers included brothers tom and bob burns jack harris and regional coun cillor ron moran tom burns now of missis- f sauga noted a few of the many changes that have taken place in the former village in the last half- century our church is gone the j rink is gone and even the high school where i attended occa- f sionally is no more he said observed in the crowd were the following robert petch harold jones wilbert dean harold gil- bert oscar shank john and bob pettit seaman woods earl and allan paterson bill baker har- land duke palmer mary jarvis howard and dorothy jarick harold payne art underwood hughie hall fred hare harry brown alfred sellers ray cox- worth jimmy dickinson harold ernie and bob lawrie howard snowball jack hare dan bob and tom burns robert sellers jack mceachern jessie rogers bud baker les wilf and bernie tunney doug and gord boulton ruth spademan tim clark len cotton donald walker frank johnson and fred hare while some expressed regret at the passing of certain institu tions all praised the new look of markhams main street enthusiastic applause was accorded bob lawrie and john f lunau the reunions chief orga nizers a formal photograph of the group will be preserved for posterity in the markham museum arson suspected in blaze pine orchard a recent fire that caused an estimated 100000 damage to a house at the corner of the 5th concession warden avenue and the vivian sideroad may have been deliber ately set thats the opinion of police although a report from the fire marshals office hasnt been re ceived the house owned by andrew and ronald mcphail of whitch- urchstouffvillc wasnt occupied at the time of the blaze it was being rcntcdlo kevin dignard of rr 3 newmarket