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page 22 tribune anniversary wednesday june 29 1988 a the wedding and lingerie room was opened in 1981 and is owned by stouffville resident jean barclay barclay who had never worked in retail prior to joining the original staff at the shop eventually became sole owner because few stores in the area specialize in bridal gowns and acces sories the wedding room services clients in toronto markham stouff ville and points north the wedding room carries gowns by eight manufacturers from toronto and hong kong and outfits over 200 brides annually fashions this season feature ex tremely long trains and lots of bead- work dresses are quite elaborate and formal explained store manager chris berry one style that is very popular this year is a gown with a bare back rows of pearls are draped across the back berry said white and ivory are still the most popular wedding gown colors favo rite colors for bridesmaid gowns in clude peach and fuscia in cocktail length styles that can be worn after the special occasion bridal gowns at the wedding room range in price from s195 for a short wedding dress to si 600 for an import from the orient which in corporates many hours of handiwork according to berry crinolines are a must for gowns this year so that de tail can be seen and the dress sits jean barclay holds one of the more elaborate wedding gowns for this season correctly the store will rent crino lines the wedding room carries all the accessories a bride may require from wedding invitations and jewelry to veils gloves stockings and shoes barclay prides heiself on the perso nalized service her employees offer to clients the atmosphere of our small house is inviting berry said peo ple can come in and feel comfortable when shopping for the most impor tant outfits they will ever purchase the grey and white century home is located on the corner of main and lloyd street along with gowns and bridesmaid dresses the wedding room carries a selection of lingerie while they stock the traditional peignoir sets berry said that babydoll sets which include a short nighty and matching panties are popular with brides this season light pink and white are favorite colors wondering what to do with that money youve saved or how to financially plan for your retire ment well the people at scotia mcleod formerly mcleod young weir would be happy to help you out originally opened as a bond house in 1921 mcleod now hand les stocks bonds tax shelters rsps and retirement funds and is presently one of the top three cana dian investment firms investment executive sid m allinson recommends that people sit down and plan their financial fu ture with an investment advisor and not wait too long before plan ning for their retirement education is a major priority as far as allinson is concerned the more information that i can provide to individuals the better their decisions will be he said he and his colleagues at mcleod hold free seminars and lectures on a regular basis in both stouffville and markham topics include in vesting for income tax reform and your investment and retire ment planning allinson also plans to give a course on investments locally in the fall he is cautiously optimistic ab out the present day stock market sid allinson saying we honestly think that the worst is over mcleod is depending on indi vidual investment goals recom mending investment in under valued companies these com panies include banks spar and noma cabletech is a division of noma each individuals retirement in come fund and rsps can be set up with mcleod to match their risk level to optimize their returns said allinson even if you are very con servative you can invest in bonds and begetting at least 10 percent carefully predicting that the sum mer stock market will do relatively well allinson believes that in terest rates will probably go up slowly so it is wiser to make short term investments to maximize on future rates sid allinson can be contacted at 6408512 or during business hours at 4772022 chri sup z jpggfs marie adams in front of her store selling christian supplies selling christian supplies from her main st home seemed to marie adams the perfect opportunity to ful fill a growing need in the stouffville area and still be home for her young children when they finished school each day that was more than 25 years ago since then her four youngsters have grown to adulthood and her home business is now a successful storefront operation marie adams christian supplies moved to 79 main st e after fire des troyed the adams home seven years ago in subzero weather itwastobea temporary location says adams but the shop has become a familiar land mark in the heart of stouffville the shop caters to all christian de nominations including roman catho lic in addition to the large supply of sunday school educational mate rials adams stocks her cosy store with a wide variety of inspirational materials books for adults and chil dren bibles printed and recorded music cards and stationary framed biblical pictures crosses and other spiritual accessories other than religious adams pre fers to describe her merchandise as liferelated and anything liferelated is god- related she explains one room is filled with items for children activity books novels re cords and cassettes for the collector adams offers a large selection of stickers as well as a variety of small items suitable for party loot bags or a small inexpensive gift she also carries many books for children who have special needs children experiencing divorce or ra cial prejudice or sexual abuse adams places a srong emphasis on selfhelp materials books casset tes and videos not so surprising perhaps for a woman with a masters degree in clinical counselling howard ratcliff principal owner of century mill build ing centre ltd is a third gen eration lumber man and at 67 years old is still going strong these days however his main interest lies in resawing lumber leaving the manage ment of the two stores to dave noakes in stouffville and brian langtree at the bala location mr ratcliff s grandfather william established ratcliff lumber in 1864 and the cen tury mill location west of highway 48 is the original farm and saw mill previously the mill was strictly industrial but as of four years ago century mill has gone retail selling absolutely anything to do with building from lumber to interior trim we belong to the castle building centre group which is the largest buying group in canada said dave noakes our slogan is we can offer the value and service you de pend on providing free estimates and delivery the centre is now more customer oriented and wants to be recognized as a full retail yard the building centre is look ing forward to enlarging in the near future howard ratcliff runs century mill building cen tre ltd