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st tribune august 25 1993 p3 people stained glass tribute to elda raymer tracy kibble staff reporter elda victoria rainey raymer was a devoted and enthusiastic sunday school teacher whose unusual patience with children will not be forgotten her husband edwin raymer is seeing to that raymer who moved to whitchurchstouffville after his wife of 60 years died in 1987 doesnt want people to forget eldas life long sunday school teach- ingcareer which began in ljjlsa photoaori emmerson a family ride members of the hadcock family were out in force for a bike ride saturday afternoon in stouffville from left douglas with training wheels ben jamin and big sister becky who is carrying baby sister kimberley in the basket of her trike were all out enjoying the day region yorks welfare bill at 7 million tracy kibble staff reporter york region ratepayers have paid nearly 7 million this year to support their unemployed neighbors and reports show the numbers are fluctuating slightly from month to month a report from yorks social services department shows 42 more people were given welfare status in june than in may but the numbers dipped by 300 from june to july community services commissioner peter crichton attributes the fluctuations to people gaining seasonal employment but says the drop in applications will likely pick up again in the winter when construction lawn care and other summertype jobs are finished according to statistics handed down to politi cians this week nearly 300 fewer people collect ed welfare cheques last month from june leaving the numbers at 10620 or three per cent of the population york taxpayers have already paid 69 million while ontario has chipped in another 46 million 80 per cent of the costs residents requiring welfare still name an inability to find work the number one reason for collecting followed by family provider lacking and temporary ill health as the third reason given seventyfour people voluntarily withdrew from the social assistance program last month reports show york region is already overbud get by about half a million dollars setting aside 65 million but dishing out nearly 7 million so far this year midnight madness ancheril wins trip at shopping event bia businessman bob ancheril wins a vacation on us the veteran proprietor of ancherils fine shoes and town councillor for ward 5 was the lucky winner last week of a vacation for four after bia member paul roney drew his name the tribune offered its vacation on us to bia mer chants who participated in a midnight madness advertis ing section our way of say ing thanks ancheril can now choose one of three getaway trips to the poconos or lake placid new york or hilton head island south carolina in exchange for supporting another local business rthe bob ancheril t f hihi i 1 i 1 f i i i tribune unfortu- n a t e 1 y many local busi- nesses were not pleased with the turnout at this years midnight madness an annual bia- wide sale where merchants remain open to customers until midnight josephine thompson owner of the villager said she thought most businesses would agree that attendance was drastically down from last year thompson said after r speak- ing to several owners this week it was the general con sensus that the bia didnt promote the event extensive- ly or early enough this year but karla davies of macleans carpets said there was a substantial amount of traffic in their store from 730 pm to past 10 pm correction in a letter to the editor in the tribune weekender aug 21 entitled reader angry with ftiayor over sidewalk the distance the sidewalk will be constructed from the road is 12 feet or three metres the tribune regrets any con- fusionthis may have caused i the 1920s at the box grove united church raymer is dedicating a unique lifelike and hand crafted stained glass win dow in memory of his wife elda which will be unveiled during a special service at the church on sept 19 raymer has contacted about 25 former members of the box grove place of worship who attended the 116yearold church more than 67 years ago when elda began her sunday school teaching career the window which is being designed by experi enced artists and crafts men from pictures given them by edwin will greet churchgoers each sunday morning as part of the churchs new addition robert mccausland lim ited of toronto is the old est stained glass studio in north america and is cus tomdesigning the window using 450 shades of color of the finest european hand- blown glasses from west germany france and eng land the window is actually a personal creation depict ing elda resting on a bench in a serene place with christ looking over her under the multicolored window edwin will also have the first line of her favorite hymn inscribed under the picture everyone is invited to attend the service which will begin at 230 pm on sunday sept 19 at the box grove united church located at the ninth line and 14th avenue just west of the corner officiating the dedication will be rev valerie reed for more information about the service call 471- 1068 hydro may be cut if deposit not paid from page 1 paid 300 he said the mistake is solely the commissions fault every time i turn around i am being thwarted by hydro staff they dont want us to be successful robert said robert who said he will also take his story to several daily newspapers says he does not shirk his financial responsibilities im not about to run away from my obligations he said but the local commission said they have a reason for demanding the deposit in roberts situation we have a credit report from the last utility he did business with and the result of that report indi cated that we should be cautious with his account the commis sion release stated the tribune contacted ontario hydro to verify this claim which confirmed robert left the parry sound area last year with both a business he was operating and his residence in arrears with ontario hydro but during an interview last friday robert said he had not experienced any problems with other utility companies metcalfe said the commission must be firm with the deposit poli cy because it loses hundreds of dollars each year when businesses leave the area without paying for consumer hydro if the local hydro shuts off my power they will be responsible for any spoilage robert said robert spoke to ward councillor and fellow businessman bob ancheril who was sympathetic to his plight in referring to the second letter from the commission asking for 700 deposit instead of 300 ancheril said hydro should show flexibility with all fairness we should give robert the benefit of the doubt times are tough and we need to be flexible to encourage business ancheril said at press time the hydro commission had given robert a 48hour disconnection extension but were expected to cut off power mon day night if a 500 payment was not met swbj ww kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville j attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your 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