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s iffiipsjgutpc w- v wtak vc4 r- j jt svov tc- v fvv w jl qftj n j4c x i ne second section sports news district news gasified section stouffville firemen were the victors in last saturdays tugofwar kinsmen defeated the lions and in turn suc- cumbed to the firemen fire chief walt smith directed while other firemen did the brute work loud groans were dr vo heard when keith sutherland while presenting the trophy jjfcg jjff nuas cutter rides and snowmobue runs were also very nuai iug01 war popular all rides were free with the owners of the teams or machines donating their time to the event the firemen and i year with the large crowds they ran out in record time made their annual contribution of free hotdogs and this sno ws culpting tug6 f yr ar highlights stouffville lions annual mar di gras stouffville past takes on fleshahd bloodby v is itihgw iih s eniors dui ivwallis hadhis chin set just right for throwing but unfortunately he fa ilea io hit the target and win aehoolatebafinthe snowball thr owing s contest pat scott c failing at leftaiso failed to hit the target but was awarded a chocolate bar in recognition of the spectacular way in which she fell while throwingher daughter sarah is looking on n john montgomery michael czerewku was uue of thiee sculptors who demonstrated snowsculpting the demonstration was supposed to be of ice- sculpting but mild weather played havoc with tliost plans old man winter stems about to devour mr czerewkos leg hamilton belowwas kept busy giving rides to local kids to le- belfry buggy by annegret lamure stouffville when the students looked at wes brillingers i grandfathers wedding 3 socks the past suddenly took on i a whole new dimension the socks were ameep bright pink warm and heavy and obviously made entirely x hand these are my t granddaddys wedding socks knit in 1870 mr brillinger told the i fascinated children o t the students as part of a friday electives program at summitview ps were visiting some of the residents of parkview to get firsthand accounts conestogas covered wagons and headed north with five of their n sons the road was so rough the milk got churned into butter on the 1 wagon and it took them 12 weeks to make the trip they only covered about five to eight miles a day and had to stop every few days to build a shelter and rest the horses when they finally arrived the hard task of clearing the interviewed the seniors and looked at some of the antique items they had brought to show the youngsters the girls were especially intrigued by two very old dresses that had been in the family of frances storry for over 80 years one was a cream coloured wedding dress with a mandarin collar that would be quite stylish today and the land began there were othera two piece striped 48 stiimpson just one acre garment with provisions of- land so you can imagine how long it took to clear 100 acres mr brillinger t told the children everything was done by hand they of what life in stouffville had no machinery- bulgeat the back of the was like in the old days everything they needed striped number there i they made they knit used to be a bustle in and the oldtimers were having a great time recalling the past t f mr brillinger ex plained that his grand- 1 dads sisters had each dyed their own yarn and knitted one sock this accounted for the slight difference in colour arid 1 length- between the two j j the children were- also very interested in the l school photographs and maps of the area which mr brillinger displayed as part of his presentation mr brillinger told the students that hewas the sixth generation of brillingers in stouffville and then gave an account of how his family first settled the land my grandfather got chased out of pennsylvania he didnt want to stay in ar country where they had to bear arms he ex- plained my great- granddaddy came to whitchurch stouffville riding a horse and ittook him j six weeks to get there he came looking for land and saw a british officer who had lots o land- 9000 acres as- a matter- oil fact for his service in the army my grandfather traded him- 600 acres of land forhs horse and saddle and then walked all- the wayj back to pennsylvania concluded mr brillinger socks made brooms out of ironwood and produced everything they ate he uien describea how soid school pbotographsbring the past alive forthese- john jamiesoiv and tim macewan are fascinated by wes the family loaded up the youngsters visiting parkviews retidentsdavfd darling- brillingers remarks on the old days