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page 8 the tribune thursday april 30 1970 like old times steam train stalls on uxbridge hill by eleanor todd goodwood all the neighbors hurried outside saturday morning when they heard the whistle cf the steam train as it passed through the village the children watched with curiosity but most of the adults had a faraway gleam in their eyes some of us actually chuckled aloud when puffin billy backed into goodwood to pick up steam for a second run at the hill between concessions 3 and 4 weve heard stories of how passengers in the early days had to get out and actually push the train up that grade lets all zero in on saturday may 9 and think sunny skies and warm breezes the cemetary committee has called a bee for levelling and tidying up the cemetery grounds and all they need is some nice weather you your rake shovel and wheelbarrow to make it a success the bee starts at 900 am the united church sunday school kids will be packaging and delivering their 300 dozen cookies that morning too and the minor softball association could do with a little sun while they register wouldbe ballplayers for the squirt peewee bantam etc teams they hope to enter in the port perry league this season all boys wishing to play on a team should drop in at the park between 1 and 4 oclock preferably with one of their parents last wednesday the boys and girls basketball teams from the public school travelled to sand- ford to play the scott central school teams our girls lost their game 24 to 9 but the boys game was very close and they lost by only two points the referee told them that both teams had improved considerably wednesday evening the goodwood siloam and fifth line united church women joined forces to put on an excellent maple syrup supper at the goodwood church it was perfect planning they ran out of food just after the last customers were served the stouffville fire dept visited goodwood twice last thursday one grass fire started across the road from the school probably caused by sparks from the school in cinerator and another that evening started near the road at our village gravel pit possibly caused by a discarded cigarette thrown from a car on monday april 20 the pastoral relations and planning and develop ment committees of the epsomgoodwoodutica pastoral charge of the united church were in troduced to mr john hopkins who will begin as our new student minister this summer mr henry fairchild was in hospital for surgery last week and mr herb wagg enters hospital for further surgery today mr geo todd spent most of last week in bed but was feeling some better by the weekend mr willis taylor is enjoying a brief holiday in florida with mr and 24 hour approvals 2nd 3rd mtget arranged in the convenience of your home low cost you can call to 10 pm today xor help ful courteous service prompt investment corp ltd 62 richmond st w toronto call collect 3669586 evgi 2394913 is newmans- 64 main west stouffvule 6403231 mrs birkett miss luanne hockley celebrated her 15th bir thday saturday with a party attended by several friends from school jim blackley had a birthday the day before and mary bainbridge will be 12 years old tomorrow union villa approved for grant unionville a 254898 cheque has been received by unionville home society towards the construction of their 2 million senior citizens home union villa this amount is the first part of the provinces total grant of 5765000 to assist the construction and furnishing of the home said the honourable john yaremko minister of social and family ser vices mr yaremko will officiate at the corner stone ceremonies saturday may 2 the total estimated cost of union villa is 1934766 it was in november 1966 the unionville council of churches unanimously resolved to construct a senior citizens home as the communitys canadian centennial project under the guidance of the department of social melville locust hill service cf welcome by isobel nigh melville may 3 is the first sunday of services for the melvillelocust hill twopoint charge melville sunday school is at the usual hour with church services commencing at 1115 am at locust hu1 the service for this sunday only will be at 730 pm this is a special service of welcome for rev george davison and melville congregation is invited to attend and afterwards at a social hour to become acquainted with the friends at locust hill melville choir will be in charge of the music the first official board meeting of the newly formed charge will be in melville church may 19 we wish to remind you of our forthcoming an niversary services may 31 anyone who has any historical records or pictures is asked to bring them to church it is hoped a display can be set up the ucw will have available plates with the picture of our church these are suitable for wall ornaments if you wish to place an order please contact any of the ladies the community welcomes the return of mr and mrs jw dean from a holiday in florida mr and mrs e cosburn are also back from the sunny south many interested parents and friends attended the performances of the gallant tailor at dicksons hill school april 23 and 24 talented young people who took part from the melville area included debbie hakon- son wendy miller betty lou dart leslie foote susanne stanley and robbie miller barbershop bylaw stouffville a bylaw establishing the hours for barbershops in stouffville has been ap proved by village council action followed a recommendation signed by all shop operators trees are important son is the time to engage our experts in the following services tree pruning cabling surgery feeding fruit tree pruning spraying spraying for insects weeds spraying lawns for weeds feeding 0 government licensed specialists at transplanting supplying large trees complete landscaping service smaller trees sold in lots of 50 or more at wholesale prices richmond hill tree service forestry co ltd prof arborlst harold vandyke 8847774 a conviction for a first offense carries a maximum fine of 25 second offense 50 and 100 for each subsequent offense and family services they formed a charitable organization known as the unionville home society and acquired 13 acres of land west of the village on highway 7 for their 153 bed home mr yaremko approved the site in 1967 and the plans describing ac commodation for 121 healthy residents and 32 bed care residents were approved august 1969 the unionville home society hopes to be able to move in the first residents in august under the charitable institutions act the province of ontario offers 5000 perbed capital grant towards the con struction of approved homes for the aged oom youll our values sl915 bar reg 16995 13995 pl 4 15 bar re 19495 14995 pl 5 19 bar reg 21995 15995 pl 55 19 bar reg 24995 18995 the students of stouff ville dist secondary school will crown their new queen of 1970 friday evening at the annual may prom semiformal the public is invited gords marine claremont 6492007 see ratcuffs fori all your fencing needs large inventory of 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