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5 r 0 n i graduation night j a students efforts reap rewards oliver madill boyer street stouffville holds between a new pontiac a chevrolet or 2500 cash the ticket that won him the top prize in the lions jim thomas club car draw saturday night he has the choice lucky at 87 wins new car or cash stouffville i though they were joking i couldnt believe it said 87 year old oliver madill of boyer street in recalling the news sunday morning that he was the first prize winner in the lions club car draw saturday night he can choose between a 1974 chevrolet or pontiac or 2500 cash mr madill said he was walking down the street one day and saw a sign advertising the draw in a window at thebank of nova scotia i thought id help the lions out a little he remembers he purchased the ticket from the branch manager paul roney it was the last of 650 to be selected mrs percy brown niece of mr madill took the call around midnight her uncle was sound asleep by then he resides with them so she waited until morning while oliver madills ticket hit the jackpot eighteen others were also in the money harvey pipher of ringwood was the first runnerup and wins 100 realtor lloyd houghton of stouffville was second runner- up and receives 50 peter or- ciello had his ticket drawn first and wins 50 paul roney receives 50 for selling mr madill the 2500 ticket ed macaloney was again the clubs super salesman and receives a similar commission bert taylor was the runnerup in sales twentyfive dollar con solation winners wereherb cossey stouffville ernie conner rexleigh drive frank white claremont n a taylor aurora wm lee rexdale walter drewery stouffville doreen rusnell toronto grace eddington stouffville a lentinello toronto leo egberts stouffville dave ratcliff stouffville and bruce redshaw claremont v andori lady jelled vandorf a tragic accident nov 1 on the don mills road in vandorf took the life of a muchloved and highly- respected resident bertha dewsbury was struck down as she attempted to cross the highway to pick up her mail he died a short time later in hospital she was 80 the deceased wife of the late harlton dewsbury was born in stouffville but regarded as a native of the vandorf community since she had lived there from an early age she was a very active and independent person who enjoyed keeping busy whether the task was babysiting for a family friend or relative or tidying up around her house she also possessed great knowledge of the area and maintained a scrapbook on local events if anyone wanted to know anything they came to see grandma said susan mrs frank pattenden a grand daughter she was a member of spirits dampened stouffville it was a quiet halloween in stouffville and pretty well the same story across the region praise for police stouffville on occasions york regional police have come in for criticism concerning protection or lack of it in the former village of stouffville not so halloween night several called the tribune thursday to express appreciation and also to commend the young people for their conduct one of these was doug neville of neville ap pliances main street were quick to critidie he said this time the police deserve credit he agreed that spot checks of cars entering town served a good purpose they stopped the trouble before it started he concluded however police were out in force and this plus inclement weather may have served as a deterrent to trouble spot checks of cars were carried out in many areas and several were found to contain rotten eggs and tomatoes staff inspector wally harkness told the tribune while the soaping of windows is an inoffensive practice the game wasarried to the extreme at the residence of freeman parker markham road richmond hillthere a bar of soap was thrown through the glass in stouffville three young people were arrested on main street for using profane language they are charged with causing a disturbance entry was gained to the recentlyopened ballantrae school several rooms were ransacked and 80 in cash stolen t at the amiable wholesale nursery no 7 hwy unionville a plastic cover was slashed and brown paint sprayed over a section of one greenhouse at the premises of miller paving limited miller ave markham tools and equipment valued at 960 were stolen the wesley united church and a life member of the womens institute surviving is one daughter doris two granddaughhters susan pattenden vandorf and wendy white of uxbridge one grandson christopher of vandorf and a sister mrs mabel brown of gravenhurst rev w l thompson of rr1 king city conducted the service saturday from the thompson funeral home aurora with interment wesley church cemetery sheep flock ravaged pickering twp nine sheep were found dead and one so badly mutilated it may have to be killed when the owner visited his ranch property on salem road pickering twp monday the loss was half the flock pastured on the property of ralph hoar of r r 1 brooklin dogs are blamed for the slaughter stouffville friday evening is graduation night at stouffville dist secondary school a time to honor the academic a c complishments of students past and present the ceremony begins at eight oclock while the spotlight of attention will be focussed on many young people the presentation of ontario scholarships will be a feature event recipients includenorma harcourt deborah johnson and knud hillerup deborah johnson the class valedictorian will also received the stouff ville kinette 100 award the mole family award the york county board of education award and a fivevear honor bar five- year honor bars will also go to larry nigh marlene reesor and jane yusko james alty jennifer bangay heather conolly wayne feasby susan gloth duncan macdonald donald smith sharon todd werner u1w and james wilson will receive school letters the k n wagg general proficiency award an engraved wristwatch will be presented to john campey the 197374 president of student council the town of whit- churchstouffville 50 award is shared by linda farrier and pamela lawson the town of markham 50 award goes to carolyn chase the address to the graduates will be delivered this year by staff teacher mr g r har ding the senior band under the direction of mr hawley will render several numbers as well as the processional and recessional mm k m mm ffl trtffii imh 1 t imk l ifjbg jmsi v3j norma harcourt knud hillerup deborah johnson vol 86 no 24 whitchurch stouffville markham uxbridge thursday nov 8 1973 40 pages industrial park site planned near gormley gormley the anticipated purchase of an 89 acre property west of don mills road and north of gormley could result in the development of whitchurchstouffvilles first industrial park the site known to many as the former harold doner farm has been acquired bysuperbconstriictioncompany limited at a reported price of just over 500000 lawrence c hennessey sales representative for len cassidy realtor dundas street west toronto arranged the transaction that is expected to close in midfebruary mr hennessey working in close cooeration with town planning committee said he hoped the municipality would provide a central road leading from don mills to the rear of the park in this way the plants eighteen in number on five acre lots would front on a single entrance and exit no change in zoning is required mr hennessey said the factories will be served by drilled wells and septic tanks post office rejected as future wvjii y library a dayto remember stouffville sunday nov 11 is remembrance day a time to remember those who served in two world wars and in particular those who died for the freedom of generations to follow stouffvilles service of remebrance is at 230 pm in the legion hall with rev jim carder in charge later the toronto signal corps band will lead a procession to the civic square for the laying of the wreaths at the cenotaph participants will include- mrs nelda fairies province mayor gordon ratcliff town of whitchurchstouffville bert lickerish legion mrs jake hoover legion ladies auxiliary howard christie lions gordon joice kin smen and lieut wm kingsley air cadets at 530 pm the veterans of world war i and their wives will be honored at a banquet in the hall the guest speaker is a h adams immediate past president legion provincial command stouffville the library development com mittee has rejected the present post office at main and market street as a possible library site instead they will approach council for money to erect a new building at a central location in town the decision was reached at an emergent meeting nov l earlier the town had agreed to provide sufficient land and 100000 if the board could obtain a like amount from the winter capital projects fund however the program was oversubscribed reporting on behalf of the finance committee dr blair mitchell said that due to an oversight anticipated grant receipts would be short by 97000 weve decided the obvious solution is to go to council for the entire amount with reference to the post of fice he called it a dumb building that would make a dumb library at excessive cost john langley said the post office could be available by truck driver risks life to avert highway crash a gravel truck driver risked his life to avoid collision with a soathboond car monday and in doing so caused an estimated 16000 damage to his own vehicle cory cornelsx 29 of r r l claremont swerved his transport off hwy 47 north of stouffville flipping the trailer on its side no one was injured jim thomas october 1974 he said the purchase price could range from one dollar to 75000 plus renovations that would be high he suggested that if the government was planning to erect a new structure mere must be something wrong with the building he recommended that further investigations into this particular site be discon tinued unless the council forces the issue other objections included lack of available parking lack of aesthetic quality and the short period it would be large enough to accommodate a growing service to prepare towns history stouffville the former village of stouffville will celebrate its 100th anniversary of incorporation beginning jan 1 1977 thats less than 3 years and 2 months away one phase of this important occasion will be the preparation of a historyr extending back through the past 100 years a meeting for this purpose will be held thursday nov 15 at 8 pm in the town municipal building civic street driver aids traffic victim stouffville an 18 year old motorist had the presence of mind to apply mouthtomouth resuscitiation to a pedestrian he struckdown on main street and earned the praise of witnesses at the scene peter tsapoitis of toronto was the driver of an east bound car that hit 64 year old frank jenkinson r r 3 claremont mr jenkinson is an employee on the stouffville branch of whomsley real estate the victim suffered a severe gash on the head and lost con siderable blood he is recovering in scarboro cen tenary hospital