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best avails i best available copy tribune july 8 1987 a7 yrj bbbbmbbskbbks by jim thomas stouffville fifteen- yearw beth bowman is 110 stranger to patrons of the whitchurchstouffville lib- shes a parttime employee there- i beth is jost as happy to be a member of staff as the staff is pleased to have her- 2 she adds to the pleasant fifteenyearold beth bowman winlane drive stouffville is a parttime employee on the staff of the public library a multi- talented girl bethplays the flute and the piano sings in the high school choir and takes lessons at the dancecenfre main street stouffville jim thomas atmosphere for which the lib rary is so well known shes our girl next door pborn at north bay beth moved to30 winlane drive stouffvilhywitb iter parents david and karen bowman and brother mark at age seven she attended orchard park school ahextremelytalerited girl beths taking advantage of ev- ery opportunity she plays the piano takes jazz dance les sons sings in the sdss choir and plays the flu t e in the high school band on satur day she left by bus for two weeks at pioneer camp port sidney near hunts ville at christ church angli can beth along with heather moffatt take care of a pre schoolers sunday school class a student in grade 11 this fall beth chooses english as her favorite subject jim re- hill is tops as a teacher she says he makes english ex- citing she claims beth describes her family as very close and her parents as special shes looking for- ward to a holiday this summer aboard their cruiser keri- ann swimming and boating are two of beths favorite past- times beth enjoys a close circle of i friends she hopes to retain these associations through school and beyond beth says the choir trip to hebron ohio was an occa sion shell never forget some dayshe hopes to visit austra lia and maybe europe i m jffife mjja honors grad linda evelyn jones daugh ter of murray and evelyn jones mt zion graduated with honors from sir sandford fleming college peterbor ough june 13 1987 in the business administration data processing program linda has accepted a position on the staff of electronic data systems eds in oshawa honors grad andrew hisey son of paul and mary hisey and grandson of mr and mrs fred harwood of parkview village stouff ville the late rev bruce hisey and mrs hilda hisey also of stouffville graduated recently from wilfrid laurier university waterloo with a bachelor of music degree honors performance bse degree john and kathy carrick church street north stouff ville are pleased to announce the graduation of their son from york university with a bachelor of science degree john attended stouffville dist secondary school well done johnny and best of luck for your future in the asphalt business from your family spotlight on education a long summer ahead by lynda williams education columnist yeah the echo from slamming school doors is still audible secondary students have been out several weeks with the last day of elementary school the halls go silent buses stop running and parents wonder how to keep their kids busy for the next two months with pleasant weather with us children are everywhere on bikes skateboards rollerskates and other types of locomotion what can we do to help kids pass the weeks ahead every kind of lesson imagin able is available swimming riding skating and music to men tion only a few many moms and dads drive miles in order to have their sons and daughters enrolled in classes of their choice with so many parents working some of you may have the time to take a neighbors child along hopefully many older students have found full or parttime sum mer jobs to those of you still looking my advice is dont be too picky you can gain experi ence and learn something from any position even if it isnt what you really had in mind some of you are back in school sooner than you thought sum mer school make the best of it take advantage of the opportunit- y work hard for a short period of time and obtain the credit you need to go on next year most school buildings are idle during the summer except for major cleaning by custodial staff the community and the board fraud charge whitchurch a 20-year- old man of no fixed address faces charges of theft forgery uttering and breach of probation after a whitchurchstouffville man was allegedly defrauded out of 20700 the victim in the case is identi fied as gerry mclntyrc 40 of jes se thompson road the arrest was made by york rcgipnal police july 3 should cooperate on a commun ity use of buildings so each is busy all year round a schoolage day care program for working pa rents might be advantageous in some areas the gym and a craft room would be a first choice for this type of program its a shame to have buildings unused theres lots of free time to fill in during the summer camp either day camp or campawayfromhome is a fun way to enjoy the summer camp programs are varied and the choice makes it easy to select one that suits your interests sports in the community play an important part in passing time either as a participant or as a spectator local volunteers spend many hours making it a pleasant option for local youth hall grant stouffville whitchurch- stouffville has received a grant of 53333 towards construction of an addition to latcham hall approval was contained in a let ter to the town from the provin cial ministryof tourism and re creation total cost of the project is esti mated at 160000 work is ex pected to begin this fall marlcne mckeewetheral director of re creation told the tribune new pumper stouffville the stouff ville fire department is expect ing delivery of its new 240000 pumper by late august or early september chief bill brown told the tribune this week the mack chasis will be outfit ted in red deer alberta chief brown says the pumper will likely be driven the 3000 mile distance from red deer to stouffville rather than be transported by train whatever way it comes it cant come too soon the chief concluded yes the choices are many theres really no reason for hav ing nothing to do during july and august whatever you choose have a fine holiday may the weather man be kind and may the time- pass quickly festival success by denise mcdonald stouffville the over whelming turnout and participa tion by local residents and businesses in last weeks straw berry festival is indicative of the events growing recognition as an annual occurence i was very impressed by the communitys participation in that everything was very well attended said festival organiz ing chairman jim heidema it was definitely much better than last years the support by local groups and corporate citizens such as businesses and res taurants was realiy impressive recital stouffville students from the studio of louise clarke rr 4 stouffville participated in a piano recital june 26 at the markham pentecostal church the following took part elizabethlec caroline lee michael szucs jody wright geoffrey wright scan chubbick kim kirby megan kirby sherri grey donna lea shcrylee spencer lindsay campbell marylynn thomas liza olhovs- ky christina choohum ann olhovsky lisa choohum lisa wells michael robson gerald ogrady pamela powell tanis gornall and susan ward instructor louise clarke con cluded the recital with the selec tion prelude in g minor around town open house mr and mrs jim logan will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on saturday july 11 an open house in their honor will be held from 2 to 5 pm at latcham hall park drive south stouffville married 50 years congratulations to sandy and irene stewart of minden on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary july 10 unfortu nately mrs stewart is ill and con fined to extendicare in halibur- ton many residents will remem ber sandy as a former resident of stouffville and a bank manager in markham scholar stouffville dist secondary school has yet another ontar io scholar cheryl steiner daughter of glenn and irene steiner rr 1 stouffville was inadver tently missed when the origin al list was submitted for pub lication cheryls average was 805 per cent shell be attending the uni versity of manitoba this fall majoring in arts and science farewell gathering at a gathering friday evening held at the home of zoli and helen hartai iroquois drive ballan- trae friends said farewell to john and nancy campbell moving from ballantrae to whitby and gail atkinson moving from stouffer street south stouffville to edmonton alberta ninetieth birthday beatrice mclean and elva henning of greenwood held an open house sunday july 5 in greenwood united church in hon or of their mother mrs mary mclean on the occasion of her 90th birthday willis voucher from ap second prize men clayton hill voucher from john lord books third prize men margaret stokes slide rule from schell lumber the low score prize was won by aylmer hood and the lucky chair prizes wwnt to olive murphy and sherman arnold returning home the many friends of walter pipher sunset boulevard stouff ville will be pleased to know he expects to be released soon from scarborough centenary hospital and will be coming home just in time to celebrate his 83rd birthday move to town stouffville welcomes bruce and bunny burton formerly of lemonville but no strangers in town bruce and bunny will re side in a granny apartment at the home of their soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs norm dunn dorman drive open house mrs ormsby lehman of stouff ville will celebrate her 90th birth day sunday july 12 to mark the occasion an open house will be held from 2 to 4 pm in the silver jubilee club main and market streets mrs lehmans many friends are invited to drop by and share a time of fellowship 50th anniversary the tribune has received a note from eldon and lynn byer con cerning the 50th wedding anniversary open house held for their parents levi aylmer and jennie elizabeth nigh byer june 20 at belmore community centre in howick township receives scholarship congratulations to christine kuhn church street north stouffville christine is the reci pient of a scholarship from carle- ton university ottawa where shell be majoring in journalism beginning this fall christine is a grade 13 graduate and one of six teen ontario scholars at stouffvil le dist secondary school its cheers the deer park inn is opening a pub this thursday evening in the downstairs area of this popular town eating spot the entrance will be from the south parking lot under the canopy juke box music of the 50s and 60s will be featured blood donor clinic the stouffville legion is host ing a red cross blood donor cli nic this friday july 10 from 2 to 330 and 5 to 830 pm the legion hall is located on ninth line north babysitting will be pro vided euchre tournament the following were winners in the recent festival euchre tournament at the silver jubilee club first prize ladies vera harper flowers from stouffville floral second prize ladies hilda wright flowers from bun- nys flowers third prize ladies thermos from canadian tire first prize men adele family reunion the irwin family reunion was held june 28 at the home of alvin and maureen irwin island lake fifty guests attended and a pleasant day was enjoyed by all the most senior in years was marshall rank of aurora at 83 the youngest was erin oconnor of oshawa age three ring found on friday evening postmaster gary fisher found a girls ring en graved with the letter l on the sidewalk in front of the stouffville bakery the owner may claim her property at the tribune office to west coast wanda couperthwaite aid cathy thomas formerlyjof stouffville left wednesday oij a threeweek holiday trip to cana das west coast new church time the congregation of stouffville united church is worshipping at st james presbyterian church during the months of july and au gust service time during tfie summer is 10 am j councillor apologizes stouffville fred mun- roe of rr 1 gormley is waging a running battle with town coun cil over an application that if approved would permit light in dustrialcommercial develop ment in an area at the southwest corner of bloomington road and woodbine avenue while mr munroe gained no assurance the town would not proceed he did win an apology from councillor wilf morley at a meeting july 2 mr morley said he was very embarrassed that mr munroe and fellow delegate candy mcgregor bethesda sideroad had been kept waiting almost 2 a hours i apologize said morley when the discussion finally re sumed its unfair to have kept you people waiting i feel very embarrassed it was his opinion members wished to ask questions of the delegation instead they re quested more time to consider the munroe appeal the gormley area engineer de scribed as a contemptible act any decision by council that would allow industry to locate at this site he fears the groundwa ter table will be adversely effected by contaminants the province mr munroe ex plained hasnt a groundwater protection policy this he said places added responsibility on tie municipality the complainants remart were supported by mrs mcgrf gor industrialcommercial velopment at this 55acre sijt poses a grave threat of polluti in downstream she said mr munroe said hed givn- notice of his opposition to the ontario municipal board but didnt wish to spend time and money fighting council at in omb hearing be forthright and honest and vote against it he urged the book publishing firm of f t- zhenry and whiteside wishes to erect a plant on a portion of t le property countdown to a century the tribune the stouffville tribune was established june 1 1888 on june 1 1988 our newspap er will celebrate its 100th birthday many changes have taken place over the last one hundred years in the weeks ahead some of these will be recorded through photo flashbacks the picture above was taken in 1972 the location is elson bros gar age west of altona the 1972 ford left belonged to tribune editor jim thomas the 1925 model t right was the property of wallace hare holland landing forty- seven years separate the cars the photo dates back fifteen years mens shop 55 main st wi stouffville 6406859