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pt4 the tribune thursday october 9 1997 lrjl 1 stux ulniqu wedding fiw sunday october 19 1997 1100 am to 300 pm sleepy hollow golf country club stouffvilie ontario presented by once upon a dream sponsored by the tribune kaitlin homes all reasons party rentals this unique show provides you with the opportunity to see wedding related products and talk with wedding professionals this show is a must for anyone planning a wedding fashion show tea garden hair demonstration makeup demonstration free draws prizes for more information call april tindall 905 8526792 close encounters of the rural kind the tribune itte barton ar m r h t mjtty mtxtals my salute to the unusual continues this week we take a close look at unsolved rural mysteries from the past fact or fiction who can judge the following tales occurred many years ago and left haunting memories at the turn of the century two lone brothers lived and farmed on the property directly across from the goodwood cemetery occasionally cows would stray making their way across the road to the graveyard in the dark of night lanterns could be seen among the tombstones as the brothers searched for their strays according to local legend the lights can still be seen last year i set out on a ghostbusting expe dition in search of those very lights on a cold dreary night with light rain fal ling and leaves dancing eerily on the ground 1 went to the graveyard with a reporter friend driving into the north entrance i nearly had theatres of tjxbrmge 8527699 call for showtimes used demonstrator j 1997 cavaliers in a range of colours 2 doors 4 doors air automatic low kms 14700 to 16000 u 79 w 0 0 financing on 19921998 vehicles hurry in offer ends sat oct ll we have many other used cars to choose from example 1994 pontiac grand am loaded nofi chevrolet pointe 8 old8mobile sale hours moil-thui- jun 9 pjn fri-m-n- 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 toll free 18008922209 wvwautonetcanprthpointe oacjjrhqjj0jwnilix wlteilcr for details i ipjrc 1 hwyt a heart attack when suddenly lights appeared holding back hysteria i saw that it was merely my high beams bouncing off the tombstones the knocking of my knees was the only sound to be heard as we sat watching and waiting a brave ghostbuster i am not that october eve i can report that there was not a light to be seen and all was peace ful driving away with a sigh of relief we next headed to wagg road where years ago a goodwood resident insisted shed seen a ghostly apparition run down the railway tracks years before as the story goes a young man set off for goodwood by way of the train tracks a train with a cattle scoop came by hit ting the poor fellow and breaking his leg dragging his body along the tracks he never did make his destination just days later two men out for a walk found his frozen body in the snow is the ghostly apparition the soul of this poor man searching for his way home closer in time we have the man in the mir ror mystery on a local farm that was built in 1812 a fellow coworker tells of a close encounter with the unknown that her mother had experienced in the old farm kitchen there was a mirror above the sink one day while washing dish es she glanced up into the mirror to see a mysterious figure wearing a top hat watching her every movement weeks later the family was welcomed by the neighbours old pho tographs were shown of the area featuring both homes and the people who had lived there many years before you can only imag ine her shock when she saw a picture of a man rural route ruth ruth leblanc ballantrae district lions club rabies clinic saturday october 1 1 cedar beach pavillion 15 pm 1 0 per pet another community service project wearing a top hat and identified him as the man in the mirror it was a photo of the origi nal owner of the building from many years ago of course he was long deceased no further sightings were seen and the fam ily has lived a long and peaceful life in the house was this a curious soul who just want ed to see who was inhabiting the home that he had built all those years ago he appeared not as a shadowy figure as most apparitions are reported but as clear as day and just as real to end this spinetingling look into the realms of the unknown i take you back in time once again elizabeth todd wrote a book called burrs and blackberries and wrote this chilling account of our next ghostly visitor when marthe died aunt lizzie slack wuz her best friend she woke up round about midnight cuz shed heard somebody tappin on the window she thought she saw marthes face outside she woke up albert but he couldnt see or hear a thing she made him go out and check but there werent no footprints in the fresh snow next day dad went over n told her that marthe had passed on at 1 230 today as in years gone by there are stories that are told to only close friends and family for fear of ridicule next week we will explore some of these frightening looks into the paranormal till then rural routers keep your eyes open for the unusual and beware of things that go bump in the night if town of whitchurch stouffville 1997 municipal elections notice voting proxy those persons that are qualified to vote in this years municipal elections on november 10th 1997 but will be absent from the town of whitchurch- stouffville are advised that you may arrange to have someone vote on your behalf via an appointment of voting proxy form 3 pursuant to the municipal elections act 1996 a person who is entitled to be an elector in a local municipality may appoint another person who is also so entitled as his or her appointment of voting proxy using the prescribed form a person shall not a appoint more than one voting proxy b act as a voting proxy for more than one other person fjhis restriction does not apply if the proxy and the other person are spouses or siblings of each other parent and child or grandparent and grandchild the appointment of a voting proxy may be made only after october 10 1997 and does not remain in force after election day the person who has been appointed a voting proxy shall a complete an application in the prescribed form including a statutory declaration that he or she is the person appointed as a voting proxy and b present the application and the appointing document to the clerk at the clerks office in person application for a voting proxy may be made at the town of whitchurch- stouffville clerks office 19 civic avenue stouffvilie during regular office hours monday to friday 830 am to 430 pm as well as saturday november 1 1997 during the hours of 1200 noon to 500 pm michele kennedy town clerk and returning officer s if i i i v i i 1