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weekender january 23 1993 p9 ged stonehouse leaves stouffville a legacy of community spirit two sundays ago ged stone- house pointed the rental truck containing all his earthly posses sions towards his new position as general manager of a nova scotia golf course with his wife betty in tow in the family car and the couples two children scheduled to join them when school lets out this spring i couldnt help but think back to what ged had told me some 10 years ago about lifes priorities if i ever lost everything i had he began it wouldnt mat ter as long as i could walk away from it all with my family and while it hadnt come down to that it was no secret the recession had come close to crushing this man who always put community interests before his own ged took uxbridge and then stouffville by storm in the 1970s opening travel businesses in both towns he would rou tinely arrive at the office at 6 am after a few quiet hours spent tending to nitty gritty business matters he would get on the phone and stay there most of the day chasing impossi ble dreams and trying to enhance the community but geds schemes always ended up falling short for lack of dotting his fs or crossing his ts fine details would inevitably elude him in the course of his grandiose campaigns to put his from where i live bruce stapley town on the map or to create the ultimate commercial endeav or when he ran for mayor of whitchurchstouffviue in 1980 ged was mistrusted by some who thought that as president of the local chamber of com merce he would give it all to business this was of course a ground less fear for it was the stand ing joke as well as the cause of much frustration among his chamber executives how ged was constantly trying to steer the local business community into civic pursuits which had nothing to do with dollars and cents ged was always generous to a fault and a fatal fault it almost turned out to be when he head ed up the group which under took the promotion and con struction of the stouffville com munity track facility a few years ago he spent so much time on the project that his marketing business never fully recovered in the early 1980s ged single- handedly initiated stouffvilles opportunity mailable for hairdresser with or without clientele 4792002 special winter savings specializing in foil highlights permanent waving hair colouring henna conditioning treatment sunglitz ot v xp j isffi- p ke 7500 lon exffa 5051 hwy 7 unit 8 unionville ont l3r1n3 across from markville mall the ultimate in hair styling 4792002 canada day program which has evolved to become the fan tastically successful annual event known as the strawberry festival that will forever be his legacy to the town his friendship was boundless and was usually accompanied by a mischievous sense of humor i still have a stack of post cards from around the world all of them from my female admir ers whose suggestive messages were written in a scrawl which always seemed to resemble geds for ged friendship meant the giving of his time his hospitali ty his money and his advice ill never forget that hot saturday in august when he forsook his beloved golf course to show me how to shingle my garage or the occasions when he showed up with doughnuts and coffee or the dinner invites when i was going through tough times lawyer peter j lewarne divorce separation personal injury legal aid accepted small business law bankruptcy real estate wills over 20 years experience low rates quality service unionville professional building 4701 highway no 7 at kennedy rd unionville ontario l3r1m7 tel 4774381 fax 4777668 24 hour availability this is not meant as a eulogy or a final farewell to one of the most outstanding citizens this town has known let alone one of the best friends ive ever had for tm sure we havent seen the last of ged stonehouse itfs simply a reflection of a man imperfect as he may be who made a genuine difference to the community and he did it his way applewood grilled ferh 5tssmis 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