Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), May 10, 1973, p. 17

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the trible thursday sus 10 1973 17 urge action on recreation complex stouffville the most exciting pitcvw in inq development ever con sidered for whitchurch- stouffville may be on the brink of becoming a reality a committee of kicsmen lions legion and library developemnt representatives whohave been investigating the feasibility of building a recreational complex in town presented plans for a 1500000 composite facility to planning board may 1 and urged members to act on it immediately the complete project would comprise a 6000 sq ft library with room for expansion an arena recreation and benquet hall 16000 sq ft curling rink olympic size swimming pool and health spa the committee in dicated that the overall project would take a number of years to complete and based on the priority of need be developed in stages the first stage could start this year com mented kinsman michael hunt but we cant do anything until you as council make the next move the next move is an application by council for a winter works grant which would assist with labor costs of the project the deadline for this application is may 31 we cant over emphasise the im portance of acting on this stressed bill snow we could be talking about 400000 from this fund he added that the architect had recom mended the complex although planned in stages be designed as a whole so units would be compa table ross hetherington explained that the ar chitects estimate of s15co000 maximum was based on an immediate implementation of the plans if it can be built for that then it looks en ticing commented councillor eldred king unbelievable ammended councillor june button and questioned the group on which facilities it con sidered bad priority status the library curling and recreation centre units were thought to be in the first phsse category with the skating rink a possible priority if the present arena does not reopen even the arena board doesnt seem to know whats happening there commented a committee spokesman howe 2t who- we need a new arena in 73 or 77 we would be able to fit it into the complex jim sanders chairman of the library board expressed ap proval of the composite proposal a complex like this can make a librarv an exciting place thw town would be required to provide the site for the project and although impressed by the work done by the committee and its plans planning members ex pressed concern that the cost of maintaining the complex could be un bearable mr hunt agreed that soomer or later some of the burden would fall on taxpayers you are going to have to get mills from some place rather than have council strung up in the centre of town by irate citizens he submitted that the ser vice groups could perhaps subsidize maintenance as well are you saying youre prepared to raise 2 for every 2 we levy asked councillor art starr there was no definite commitment but it was speculated that some of the facilities would be selfsupporting councillor catby joice wondered if the committee had con sidered covering in the present swimming pools rather than have another in the complex estimates she was informed set the cost of covering the park pools at 157000 against 260000 for the facility in the complex the committee concluded its presen tation and reiterated its zea to get going on this you have to move as a council before we can move as a group planning board chairman merlyn baker assured the delegation that their proposal would be given careful and immediate consideration heise hill church indian family guest singers on may 20 by evelyn milsted gormley the antone indian family singers will provide special music at the jsunday evening service may 20 in heise hill brethern in christ church they are con tinuing the work of the clause indian family wellknown in the com munity the harmonaires quartet no strangers in the gormley area will participate in the 3rd annual sacred music night prpgram at st james presbyterian church stouffville friday evening at 8 pm the concert will also include rev paul martin his wife and family of the wideman church markham miss debra ann fraser granddaughter of mr and mrs peter dimitroff of gormley represented st andrews school in scarboro at the ribboncutting ceremony for the new centenary mall may 3 miss brenda ingram and mr ed tatton were honored at a miscellaneous shower in victoria swaure hall a large crowd attended followng the wms meeting in the fellowship hall of the missionary church mrs lambert yake was presented with a lovely play pen and other gifts for baby son cory miss ruth cuilen and her fiance were guests at a shower monday evening at the youth centre mrs ken baker underwent surgery recently in york central hospital richmond hill mr george barrett is now home from york county hospital newmarket congratulations to mr and mrs john meads sandra roddy married saturday af ternoon in ml albert united church mr john ash was the best man gormley area guests includedmr and mrs john wideman and family and mr and mrs wm ash and connie mrs charles milsted and charleen attended graduation exercises at emmanuel bible college kitchener sunday when her niece miss karen jones of dicksons hill received her dipolma in christian education later a reception was held at the home of karens uncle and aunt mr and mrs bill gilchrist of preston rev and mrs eldon boettger also attended the graduation ceremony at emmanuel bible college sunday mrs louisa rye of toronto spent several days with mrs beulah jones mrs ed jones a patient for several months in various hospitals will mark a birthday may 12 mrs jones address is ex- tendicare skilled nursing centre 3830 lawrence ave east scarboro mrs roy bovair of woodville spent the weekend with her son-in- law and daughter mr and mrs lawrence boynton mr donald bass of desboro was a weekend guest of his mother mrs clarence bass mr and mrs art briggsjude spent sunday with mr and mrs john buchanan of st catharines mrs briggsjude attended a shower in honor of her sons fiancee miss grace kore of that city mr and mrs len sykes attended the christening of their first grandson chad justin son of mr and mrs stuart sykes at kingsvillc lutheran church may 6 the majority of holidaycrs in the sunny south arc home again including mr and mrs h a ellam and mr and ms gordon kennedy mr and mrs henry heise and mr max knoblich mkmbkit iiksttrist societvof ontario gbimco co denture clinks hway 4t 2 milei n of mt albert rd nc charge for consultation custom den tures direct to the public lycw dentures repairs and rclines 90day moneyback guarantee as to function and fit- 1 year free adjustments on all new dentures appointment 4732056 as an accredited member of the denturist society our fee schedule confermrr with the ethical price rangcistablishod by the society

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