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stouffville hero returns from grueling arabian trip by axxecret lam ure stouffville most of us get enough excitement just rying to cross main street on a busy saturday afternoon but gary t smith who always appears to be just a little larger than life is made of sterner stuff last year he paddled 800 gruelling miles from toronto to montreal to raise money for muscular dystrophy he and a friend completed the trip in record time despite six foot waves blinding fog and strong head winds this year he embarked on a different adventure gary hired himself out to a company in saudi arabia that needed skilled canadian workmen to group formed to save station s stouffville there is a possibility that the old stouffville cn station may yet be saved council learned last tuesday for almost a year now the possibility of saving the structure had been discussed and then rejected by almost every group in town and the cn had slated the building for removal and demolition at the end of october the price of moving and repairing the building had discouraged would be sup porters however the whitchurch stouffville conservation club has broached a tentative plan to council that might be feasible d salisbury proposed moving ihe building to the whitchurch stouffville con servation area where it could be used as a combination natural history museum club headquarters and display area mr sainsbury said the club would canvass local service clubs for support to repair and maintain the facility he asked that the town endorse the clubs request to the authority for permission to allow the building 10 be placed on conservation property council agreed to do so and at the request of coun cillor becky wedley also plans to send a letter to cn to inform them of events and perhaps delav demolition show them how to assemble prefab houses im a jackofalltrades i sort of faked my way into it laughed gary who previously worked as foreman at standard pressure pipes in stouffville he had tried his hand at quite a few enterprises previously the last was hauling and selling stones for landscaping his former exploits had left him in top physical and mental shape and he thought he could handle anything saudi arabia had to offer he left canada on may 28 on a six month work assignment and landed in dahran the first stop in saudi arabia the heat was phenomenal but cultural difficulties caused gary even greater problems there is no such thing as a lineup in saudi arabia he stated everyone is just like cattle they push and shove i was just standing there ex pecting my turn to be next and two guys would shove in front of me it took me four hours to travel the 19 feet to the wicket to get my passport stamped his next problem was getting through customs saudi arabia is a strict moslem country and magazines that show women in bathing suits are not allowed gary thought he had nothing to worry about since he only carried several time magazines but they aroused the ire of the censors because of a fashion article and were con fiscated after this encounter he reached riyadh his final destination without further incident and was taken to the work site by a white datsun pickup truck gaiy explained that white datsun pickups are a very common bight over there becuse the king had bought aboit 50000 of them all exactly the same model and colour at a very good price he got an excellent deal because the trucks came without heaters defrosters or windshield wipers and passed the savings on to his subjects it only rains about two or three times a year said gary so they dont need all that stuff while i was there it rained just once for 10 minutes in riyadh the workmen were housed 12 to a room dormitory style i went on the night shift and worked from 6 pm to 6 am seven days a week gary explained non chalantly that this was ac cording to the terms of the contract however this schedule left him very little time for sightseeing so on his fifth day there he decided to sacrifice his days sleep and go exploring and thats when i found out see visitor page 3 get a load of him i little shannon smith and her oldrr sister kellyjo are having a great time making fun of their dad gary t smith and his remarkable headdress all his assurances that the red hur- noose he is wearing is considered standard dress in saudi arabia havent much of an impression on his disrespectful offspring gary just recently returned gaunt and emaciated from athree month work stint in riyad saudi arabia annegret iamure wribum private day care stouffville september 8 1977 20 cents 22 pages lila campbell gave an amusing reading at the silver jubilee clubs fun night last tuesday she told the story of a woman who 4 became somewhat possessed while holding a garage sale the show by all accounts a successful evening was the first of its kind to he produced by the seniors n john montgomery antinoise bylaw not finalized by uxb ridge council uxbridge although citizens of goodwood have been complaining long and loud that something should be done about what they allege is excessive noise generated by goodwood kartways and the scarboro rod and gun club uxbridge council has so far not finalized any antinoise bylaws we wanted further direction and input on noise pollution from the ministry of the environment explained john paxton the councillor from goodwood council had drafted an amendment to the bylaw governing the operation of gokart tracks which had been sent to the ministry for comment earlier this year however the ministry said that an extensive noise study would be necessary before they could make an adequate comment on the karts the bylaw would have defined the differences between con cession and racing carts and extended the tracks operal ing hours we wanted to wait until the assessment of the ministry on the bylaw was in explained mr paxton but we will now have lo go independently the councillor commented that unfortunately the lack of progress made council look like a turtle in a race but explained that in a way we have been duped by the ministry of the en vironment mr paxton said that council wanted to make sure that ihe bylaw would stand up legally in court since there was ihe possibility of a lawsuit between the track owner and a goodwood citizen although he would not name anyone specifically newmarket york is about to turn 30 homes across the region into mini day care centres its called the private home day care program and its designed to be more flexible than centre care in both its hours of service and in the age of children eligible its better suited to those children for whom a large centretype setting is not comfortable and its cheaper than centre care about half the cost to both the region and the province which funds 50 per cent of the capital costs and 80 per cent of the operating costs of municipal centres the idea is v provide x day care service by contracting the service of someone in a private home she provides appropriate care for the children the tax payer saves the cost of building and maintaining a centre how and why is the service being started its part of a provincewide move to expand day care delivery beyond service through municipal centres which have become expensive both to build and operate york approved the program last year and sandra bowles the regions private home day care supervisor has been at work since spring organizing it word was spread months ago through the network of social service agencies about the program what kind of providers and homes were suitable and what kind of screening process the providers would be put through signs were posted in the regionsfour day care centres as calls were received of fering service there have been about 35 to date for the maximum of 30 homes the region has agreed to fund mrs bowles began the lengthy job of interviewing applicants a visit is made to each home to determine why the provider is interested in the program her interest in children or previous experience with them her willingness to learn about organizing routines and programs or about child development and to physically examine her home and play equipment other impressions are gathered during the interview the kind of neighbourhood the womans attitude toward the job possible problems from her own children some of the other requirements of providers are a safety inspection of the home by local fire officials a medical examination and chest xray and a safety check of the home see attitudes page 21 centennial calendar ballantrae planning big birthday bash packed hall for seniors show stouffville a capacity crowd turned out last tuesday night for the silver jubilee clubs fun and variety night the evenings en tertainment held at latcham hall included songs bluegrass music a recitation and a debate the show was free and refresh ments were served afterwards lila campbell in a very expressive voice read a short storv about a lady who goes slightly berserk while holding a garage sale much to the amusement of the audience who were obviously all garage sale veterans the bluegrass music was provided by half the win- tersteins and a couple of other musicians who had joined them for the evening soloists were judy brillinger and becky herbert who were accompanied on piano bv clarion baker the major production of the evening was a debate on the theme that life was better 100 years ago than it is today supporting this argument were edna luther and ed chillman while the opposite position was taken by carole brodie and gord ness mr ness was introduced by master of ceremonies eddie luther as that well known liar gord ness j thats lawyer mr ness corrccted him ed chillman who punc tuated his remarks by taking vicious swats with a flyswatter was the first to speak mr chillman argued the old days were better because people worked together no airports in our back yards no canned goods reprocessed food or pollution a perhaps more debatable point he made was that there was no womens lib and taking a jab at his opponents you didnt have to pay expensive lawyers and real estate agents and there were no doctors out on the golf course and not making house calls mrs brodie was of the opinion that today is a challenging time to live and requiring as much courage if not more than that shown by the pioneers she said that people are caught up in sentimentality about the past and pointed to the tremendous power of com- munication we have today she said that life expectancy has risen from 42 years in 1877 to 72 years today she concluded by saying that today she can have a tv supper on the table in five minutes i dont deny progress has some merits was edna luthers opening remark with television we can sit around together in silence she argued that in the old days a family had the ability to communicate through music and conversation she said in the present a mans goal is to make money and women have no set role women she said often have to be a housewife and bread winner at the same time as a result she said they often look like a man food was pure and sim ple commented mrs luther adding that food was all homecooked do you really think a tv dinner could smell like that she said in the old days men didnt read girlie magazines and a glimpse of stocking was something shocking she concluded by men- sec debate page by becky wedley x saturday september 10 residents of ballantrae are throwing a gigantic birthday party for stouffville residents in honour of their 100th birthday the beef barbecue supper will include top prime beef bar becued all day long in ihe park over apple wood coals by herb peach don taber marvin clark and their committee the meat will be complemented by a variety of salads and relishes provided by the ladies auxiliary and topped off with coffee and a delicious birthday cake v during the day a full program has been pianned by the community center board under the leadership of merv degeer ball games between the ballantrae teams see schedule and stouffville will be running all day with the winners of each team sharing a victory cake the soccer league will be run ning a showdown competition all day with a trophy being presented to the winner free hayrides for the children have been organized not just this picture from one of the stouffville pee wee soccer team games over the weekend has the appearance more of a relay race than a soccer match during the weekend 24 teams were hosted for a three day tournament that wound up monday stouffvilles three teams were singularly unsuccessful although this is to he expected as the league only started this year around the park but through neighboring corn fields and trails games for the children will be available as well as horse shoes for adults all in all it looks like a fun day followed by a super meal tickets are available at cards hardware and morgan jewellers and ballantrae real estate and it might be wise to purchase them ahead of time as only 500 dinner tickets will be sold in the evening an old time dance with orchestra and refreshments will be held in ihe community center s500 per couple arid tickets are still available at cards hardware morgans and ballantrae real estate for this event as well the mivor may get a chance to mice again show the daring adventurous side of his character ernie lee has arranged for a hot air balloon to be present that day and gord instead of falling into the wet blue yonder may get a chance to fly up into the wide blue yonder becky has offered to accompany him on the trip and who knows maybe wild bill kamps will go along lo give the balloon a little extra weight j schedule of events as follows 2 pm barb zwiers ballantrae squirt girls team vs lee eidts stouffville 2 squirt girls 2 pm kirk sullivans squirt boys of ballantrae vs gordon dales stouffville 2 squirt boys 3 pm soccer showdown all soccer league members participating hay rides through trails and fields of ballantrae bob arbuckles pee wee girls of ballantrae vs stouffville pee wee girls with coach ken henderson scott mcmanningwells pee wee boys ballantrae vs bill sandersons stouffville pee wee boys r v 4 pm soccer showdown continues doug bradshaws bantam girls ballantrae vs roy kers- wills stouffville 2 bantam girls ron robbs bantam boys of ballantrae vs jim hargroves stouffville bantam boysss hot air balloon- mayor ralcliififxouncillor wedley councillorkamps 500 pm dinner served until 630 s 900 pm oldffash- ioned dance in hall