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59 sheer courage players foot was broken stouffville now it can be told eighteen year old brad steel a 1st baseman with the champion stouff ville juvenile fastball team performed in the final series at kirkland lake with a broken right foot the plucky infielder suffered the injury early in the first game sept 2 while sliding into third the seriousness of the damage wasnt discovered until friday when dr donald smith of stouffville recom mended he be checked by an orthopaedic specialist at york county hospital in newmarket the foot was found to be fractured in two places the doctor couldnt believe it said joanne steel the players mother 176 manitoba street her sons been fitted with a walking cast that will be required about six weeks immediately following the accident the teams bus driver applied a heavy tape then brad returned to action between games he soaked it in a pail of ice water in an attempt to reduce the swelling in spite of the pain he resumed his regular position for the second con test as well later last week when no improvement was apparent a check of the injury was arranged dr smith had him transferred to hospital while winning an ontario title is a great experience brad was also looking for ward to the upcoming hockey season he had hoped to catch a position with the ojla jr a club in newmarket he still plans to attend all the practices wribum vol 91 no 19 whitchurch stouffville september 14 1978 20 cents 20 pages many hands make festival work this time of year is a busy time of year for any farm housewife however at the elmer reesor home its busier than most the reason the 12th annual mennonite festival is this saturday at pioneer village steeles avenue and jane street stella reesor above is heading up the event aided by a committee of seven and dozens of other helpers the magnitued of the project is depicted- by the fact close to 1000 loaves of bread and buns are ready for sale and as many pies will be baked on friday last year proceeds for overseas relief totalled 25000 jim thomas top spud stouffville with a midsuinmer drought plaguing most farmers the potato crop may not be up to par this fall regardless the tribune is again sponsoring a big potato contest at markham fair with prizes of 10 first 5 second and 3 third entries can be brought to the newspaper office 5456 main street or taken directly to the fair not later than tuesday evening sept 26 ivan norton rr 1 good wood is in charge of the class farmer killed under tractor hundreds of friends and relatives including many from the stouffville markham area attended the service monday at brotherston men nonite church in wallace township for willis b reesor formerly of steeles avenue markham and more recently of rr 2 brussels ont near lis towel mr reesor died friday after the tractor he was operating struck a ditch and overturned pinning him beneath a son henry working nearby saw the accident using a second tractor equipped with a hydraulic loader he lifted the machine off his father then rushed to the house and called an ambulance the victim was pronounced dead on arrival at x hospital s v v while death was attributed to the accident it is believed the farmer might have f suffered a weak spell causinghimtolose control of the tractor his son said he appeared to make no attempt to turn when he reached the end of the field until moving to the brussels area in 1970 willis reesor had resided near steeles avenue east cedar c grove he was descnbed as a quiet liome- loving person and a wonderful neighbor he was a member in the congregation of the reesor mennonite church five pastors participated in the services including abram smith emmerson bauman john drudge noah martin and paul hoover from indiana surviving besides his wife the former annie hoover are daughters esther mrs james armstrong of rr 2 listowel annie naomi and ina at home margaret mrs wayne heat- wole of barwick adeline mrs mervin brubacher of rr 2 bluevale and one son henry also at home there are two sisters mrs fred nighswander of emp mrs fred drudge of wroxeter and 16 grandchildren he was predeceased by one brother norman pall bearers were john reesor bernard reesor john mccausland jacob grove oman bauman enos nighswander and murray reesor interment was made at brotherston cemetery residents protest garbage alley stouffville gar bage alley thats the name local residents have applied to edward street- r vjthe condition- one hornet owner told the tribune is caused by students who show a complete disregard for both the road and adjacent properties he said the area is littered with everything from lunch wrappers to soft drink containers even where refuse cans are located high schools only been in a week i hate to think what itll look like in a month he said the complainant has appealed to the administration and a representative- of the students council an an effort to bring about some improvement others in the area are similarly incensed you could have a hundred garbage cans on the street and theyd still throw s their refuse on the road staled an owner he hastened to point out however that not all are so irresponsible a few make it bad for everyone he said v vj mary drudge church street markham checks a batch of bread in a huge oven at glenbrook camp 7th line markham jim thomas pioneer festival foodquilts in demand baking and preserving are familiar activites in many area homes this time of year however for supporters of the mennonite central committee and its work in overseas relief these duties take on special meaning for the past several months local ladies have been preparing for the pioneer festival at black creek village steeles avenue and jane street the date is saturday sept 16 beginning at 10 am heading up the committee is mrs elmer reesor rr 1 unionville members include -r- rowena heise mary drudge ann neufeld edith gibbins eva burkholder and herb diller to meet the demand close to 1000 loaves of bread and buns will be required by this friday one thousand pies will be ready other products either prepared in advance or on location include barbecued chicken cakes pastries chili sauce jelly popcorn candy hooked and braided rugs dried and fresh flowers apple butter and many other items an annual feature is the quilt auction organized by mrs bruce empringham it will begin at 1 pm with auctioneer frank bennett in charge more than 80 entries are expected last year the festival raised 25000 with about 10000 of this amount coming from the sale of quilts alone property tax for education unfair stouffville income tax not property tax should be the basis used for covering the cost of education mayor gordon ratcliff stressed at a press interview friday mayor ratcliff joins a lengthening list of municipal leaders in the region of york who are calling for a change in the act the present systems been on the go since confederation he said some opponents to the switch claim the province would be prompted to take over if such a change comes about i say it wouldnt be much of a loss stated the mayor with reference to the education scene locally mr ratcliff said council had en joyed excellent cooperation from board member harry bowes the mayor said that with the assistance of the town area schools trustee soccer sites had been approved for property on the west side of edward street across from the high school when completed they will be available to both the school and the community he explained mayor ratcliff noted too that mr bowes had also been helpful in arranging a change in the location of the whitchurch- stouffville museum from the present bogarttown school to vandorf the move he feels should be completed this fall ready for sale mrs joe nighswander rr 3 stouffville carries an armful of bread from the camp kitchen homebaking is snapped up quickly each year jim thomas twenty four new teachers in class r bank manager pins wouldbe robber gerry ohearne former manager of the toronto dominion bank branch in stouffville and now at oshawa doesnt intend to nudge granny ligginsout of a job with the hamilton tiger cats however he gave an excellent account of himself during an armed hold- up monday according to witnesses the wouldbe robber entered the bank pulled- a gun and demanded the teller all a plastic bag with bills she followed his instructions at the same time pressing the burglar alarm then the manager took over pinning the suspect to the floor until police arrived gerry ohearne was in charge of the td bank- in stouffville about six years he resided at 176 hawthorne avenue until august when he moved to oshawa miss markham fair nine entries markham nine lovely girls including three from stouffville will par ticipate in the miss markham fair queen contest saturday night the crowning ceremony and dance will be held in the general exhibits building at the fairgrounds 18th avenue and mccowan road tickets at 10 a couple are still available by calling 2944642 entries in the queen of the fair competition are cathy case church street markham debbie castle sunset boulevard stouff ville gail chambers willowgale drive markham karen dixon v 4 stouffville wendy dockerty drakefield road markham laura evans southdale drive markham kim morley loretta crescent stouffville marcia mundell main street markham and angelika schickendanz rr 2 gormley gerri seeley of unionville and bill snowball of markham are cochairing the went stouffville the start of the fall term brings new teachers into the schools as well as new students the tribune is pleased to introduce new staff personnel as follows orchard park principal john hincks from roselawn sr public school and eva wolf from baythorn public school summitview trudy cadieux from london ont st marks eva varga from windsor suzanne gibb first year teacher mrs darcie camilleri first year teacher dicksons hill barbara hunt from richmond hill elane travers first year teacher ballantrae principal john laughlin from parkview school unionville joanne lucyk from bayview fairways ron beckett from aurora susan robson from james robinson markham mary storey from nobletoh sr johnsandham crosby sr richmond hill nelda hennigar lake wilcox cathy read woodland sr thornhill whitchurch- highlands principal malcolm mcroberts mackenzie sr public school kleinburg ilona pichler roselawn public school joan mccool formerly a supply teacher stouffville secondary jane moss teacher of home economics and george court from mackenzie sr kleinburg teacher of geography and science goodwoodwebb principal richard hannah from joseph gould uxbridge vice- principal gary long formerly a grade 6 teacher at goodwood eleanor eno from scott central at sandford continue recycling stouffville the stouffville recycling depot is not about to cloee nor is there any immediate indication it will be turned over to the town the executive wishes to maintain the service under a volunteer arrangement and is confident this can be done however more help is required particularly at the executive level should the project develop to such an extent that a volun teer group can no longer operate it the town council may be called on to help however at this point in liimwedo not in tend to approach the municipality until all alter natives have been exhausted a statement to the tribune read in part