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economist suntribune february 10 1988 c13 runaway sleigh caused a stir 120 years ago to all who participated in the chimo hotels markham economist sun christmas contest for the war amps child amputee programme through this and other hotel programmes 2365 was raised for champs himohote one hundred and twenty years ago this week from the pages of the markham economist feb 13 1868 alls well that ends well our quiet village was yester day afternoon startled from its somnolence by a span of power ful horses attached to a market sleigh in which mrs chappel was the sole occupant dashing down main street at a frightful speed it appears that mr chap- pel left the spirited team in charge of mrs c while he went into mr dobinsons on business they got frightened at a gay team and trappings passing mrs c was unable to control them and before mr c could reach them they dashed off at their utmost speed the fright became exciting and hundreds rushed into the back issues thursday february 11 through saturday february 13 during the second week in february thoughts often turn to hearts flowers valentines to celebrate this important day the super centre mall will feature a phone a loved one contest contest will take the form of a draw you could win a gift certificate from bell canada in denominations of 100 5025 ballots available from all mall merchants see wall display for details winners from our spin to win contest on january 23rd sidewalk sale promo are kevin kelly austin warner william hu congratulations e tvr i v i ctmxm ayccoott i ft sw its am i i fr mvr ro 1 centre mall look for our standard from the corner of kennedy road and denison street markham larry rainey street to witness the result some shouting shell be kil led shell not shes up set shes not as the sleigh swerved to and fro after run ning the whole length of the vil lage mrs c with great pre sence of mind drew them into the yard of the wellington hotel and finally succeeded in stop ping them in mrs inglis orchard without herself or the team being injured which en ded the sensation social at stouffville on wed evening the 5th inst a social was held at the resi dence of e wheler esq which was very largely attended dur- ing the evening it was announced that a beautiful three storey fruit cake was to be cut and presented to the audi ence by the handsomest young lady in the room which was agreed to be decided by the gentlemen present among the young ladies who contested for the honor were miss stenett the misses wheler miss josephine lloyd miss emma barnes and miss maria stock after a se vere contest miss stenett was declared the successful com petitor full many a flower is left to blush unseen and waste its fragrance on the desert air it is needless to add that she received the hearty congratula tions of the company this is a new feature in socials why not try it in markham upcoming meeting the ontario friends of schi zophrenics york region chapter will be having their next meeting on wednesday march 2 at 730 pm the topic of the meeting will be new community mental health services in york region the meeting will be at the old town hall 460 botsford street in newmarket visitors are wel come for any further information on the friends of schizophrenics contact 18002632018 advertising correction eatons spring preview insert appearing in the markham economist sun wednes day february 3 1988 page 18 item bb1 conrad long short sleeved lounger short short sleeved lounger incorrectly described the lounger does not have side pockets inadvertently tho error listed above has appeared in our advertising we sincerely re gret any inconvenience or contusion to our customers eatons vve are canadas department more