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editors mail tribune july 29 1987 a3 after years in the office of birketthassarplkffe11mbiiimassardits insurance main street west slouffville les been a wonderful association says les i clarke feen its time to retire this week les couldnt have worked with a better bunch of will say goodbye to staff members bob ilassard guys jim thomas for businessman les clarke stouffville own in the fall of 1948 he struck it rich not hb reccntlv marked hii fiflth liirthhav iionelarily perhaps inever wanted to be a muir recenuy marked his both birthday lionairc he says but personally an extremely personable gentlemau lcs is he played on the teams of his dreams married proud of the fact the birketthassard firm rcpre- che girl of his dreams and accepted a position in senl k f stability policyholders appieci- llie job of his divums 4 ll ns sl scrviee to patrons has extended i through many threegeneration families the the ball glove the hockey skates the soccer majority of farmers described bv les asthe- eleats snd the curling broom are all in cold stor- backbone of the business have continued their association long after their farm properties have been sold were there to help people with their prob lems says les thats the name of the game les plans to retain his insurance brokers license and will fill in on staff from time to lime need arises anticipates no problems keeping busy in k he hopes to sp- i time at he cottage do a bit of travelling share th icly close family nient time says les to his colleagues bob has sard ken schell ted cadicux and bill hassard the decision conies as no surprise lcs gave on return from heir honeymoon he teamed up with gordon birkett an association ihatcon- united through 17 yz years lcs i admit wife audreys been extrehiely patient duriiigjtis 35 years of dedic- lion to duty he feels he time has come o share praises welcome wagon dear editor as a new resident of stouffville i wish to express my appreciation to an orga nization in our community known as welcome wagon hostess dianne darling cal led at my home shortly after our arrival here she pre sented us with gifts and mes sages of welcome from civic- spirited businessmen and merchants we were indeed cordially welcomed to stouff ville mrs darling was helpful to us in many ways she even assisted our daughter a re- almost hot enough to fry an egg whew wasnt it hot on friday when the temperature soared to 95 degrees f one could almost fry an egg on the asphalt here chris payne and daughter kristen 6 experiment in the parking lot of the ap plaza stouffville jim thomas cent grade 12 graduate in obtaining a summer job at the public library on behalf of our family my thanks tostouffvilles many friendly folk sincerely mrs a martin stouffville supervisor expresses thanks dear editor due to the increased de mands on my time during day school i have decided to retire as supervisor of the con tinuing education program at stouffville district secondary school i would like to take this opportunity to thank you very sincerely for the support and cooperation you have given me over the years in running a program of this size it was sometimes necessary to call on you at the last minute and i know you did your best to accommodate us in every inst ance you have been a suppor ter of the program from the beginning and as always have provided a valuable service to the community in helping us reach the citizens of stouff ville thank you so much for ev erything sincerely wayne nugent supervisor of continuing education writers rapped for lack o facts dear editor now that the second consign ment of boat people have hit the beaches and a lot of the pub licity has died down i would like to point out subject to correction that the media in their wisdom should do their homework with a little more research from a geog raphical point of view in my school days i learned that the punjab was in northwest india and at least 2500 miles from the east indies so why do the media have to call them east indians the vast majority of those that landed recently are sikhs and cer tainly do not claim sumatra as their homeland concerning the same boat peo ple they are termed by many of the major newspapers and on tv as refugees my understand ing of the word is a person who is fleeing a country in fear of his life or religious persecution it will be many months before their claims of refugee status will be substanti ated if ever so why not call them what they are illegal immigrants and send them back to where they came from and wait their turn through the normal channels both federal liberal leader john turner and no va scotia pre mier john buchanan whose poli tical beliefs are in opposition also think they should be returned to sender recently during the commen tary of the queens plate a well- known sportscaster termed prince andrew and his wife as the duke and duchess of windsor a slip of the tongue no doubt but no apology or correction later in a recent tv program in which the subject was women in the world or words to that effect the commentator used the ex pression far from the madden ing crowd when it should be madding crowd the papers are full of misspelt words and grammatical errors- two of the main ones being double negatives and split infinitives one might say what does it mat ter so long as we know the mean ing and arent i nitpicking maybe so but if the english lan guage is to be used why not try to be accurate in its terminology and meaning i wonder where the next shipf ul of selfstyled refugees will come from whoever they are they will be wellfixed and wellclothed and in far better shape than thousands of our own people sincerely adam johnstone rr 1 stouffville gormley news death of child felt by everyone by evelyn milsted gormley sympathy of the community is extended to mr and mrs michael giovanetti in the sudden death of their baby daugh- ter katie rev ed sparks travelled from tillsonburg fri day to conduct the funeral ser vice in the gormley missionary church mr michael wright spent the weekend in montreal mr and mrs ed evans of cam bridge were weekend guests of mr and mrs harold wideman mr and mrs carl heise of cali fornia visited recently with his sisters marjorie heise and luel- la lofthouse of parkview village stouffville mr and mrs clarence heise jr of california mr and mrs roy wenger of pennsylvania and mr and mrs merlin marr of springvale visited with relatives in the area last weekend sympathy of the community is extended to mr and mrs earl milne in the death of mrs milnes only brother mr william knights of scarborough the ser vice was conducted monday afternoon from the jerrett funer al home kennedy road mr and mrs clifford winger mrs martha wideman and mary cober enjoyed dinner saturday evening with mr and mrs ivan winger and krista of richmond hill more than horses attracted attention sunday was pioneer horse day at the picker ing museum greenwood horses were pressed into service providing a type of power unfamil iar to most folk today including both work and transportation enjoying a ride is skilled eques trienne debbie smith of green river aboard salem owned by doug and peggy turner of claremont jim thomas we deliver we can deliver your flyers for as little as 35c each call advertising at 2942200 or distribution at 2948244 1987 flyers delivered to my i economist suntribune 7342000 metround distributing 169627000 david keen look for these flyers at your door t simpsons fantastic sams selected areas only