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from tribune files the tribune thursday february 8 1 15 of twenty years ago faithful switchboard operator retires what was the bis news in and around stouffville twenty years ago to find out we turned to the tribune file dated january 1959 heres what we found mildred barkey announced her retirement from the stouffviue switchboard after a period of faithful service spanning thirty years when she started jnly 1j27 the office wis located above ritdifrs store at the corner of main and market streets her salary was 15 cents an hoar her most memorable call was the tragic fire at the arthur dowswell farm cone 2 uxbridge twp mildred telephoned every resident in the area of the blaze and all responded to lend assistance the first baby born at brierbush hospital that year was a 6 pound 9 ounce boy to mr and mrs stewart smith rr l gorznley snowmobiles were still fairly new twenty years ago bat not to murray daniels park drive north stouffviue murray buut his own equipping a 1946 chrysler with skis and tracks the total cost was 1250 he used it during ice fishing officers 1979 by evelyn m1lsted gormley the heise hiu church congregation held its annual meeting recently electing the following officers wayne wright sunday school superintendent ted bennett asst sunday school superintendent lloyd hogg chairman of the christian education committee harold wldeman and ron emprlngham members of the church board the congregation has established a budget of 23000 for its co operative ministry that includes missions education ministerial training and summer camps this is in addition to the regular church budget diana crocker has been released from sick childrens hospital toronto she is presently convalescing at home following a recent ac cident mrs melba steckley is home following three weeks in the toronto east general hospital friends were pleased to see alvin farmer in church sunday morning following his many weeks of illness although still at parkview in stouffviue hes now able to spend the weekends at his own home mrs martha wldeman is holidaying in florida mr and mrs george sider of wainfleet spent several days with her parents mr and mrs roy briuinger jean and velma bnllinger spent ten days in florida mr and mrs bruce wallace and tracey of owen sound were weekend guests of mr and mrs ray hawkins mr and mrs murray allin and family of at- wood spent sunday with mr and mrs paul bolender and family the niagara christian college en semble will present a program of sacred music at 1030 am sunday at the oak ridges brethern in christ church the gormley womens institute is making a quilt of em broidered blocks con taining the floral emblem of the canadian provinces more on this as the work progresses rev cecil rosen- berger conducted the chapel service sunday evening at parkview home in stouffviue shelly winters sang accompanied by yvonne johnson the myf will meet at the missionary church friday at 730 pm the christ crusaders will hold a potluck supper saturday at 530 pm followed by winter fun activities trips at lake simcoe eten before that dr hb fred had a similar conveyance enabling him to reach patients in areas where roads were blocked by snow aprile construction company submitted the successful tender 14265800 to complete the stouffviue sewerage system the twp of markham approved a 40000 debenture to cover the cost of erecting a two- room school at dicksons hill the three acre site obtained from the wm risebrough farm cost 6000 markham reeve wl clark referred to the schools price 20000 per room as exborbitant salary increases areyoutiredof heads up community association by rosemary timms claremont auen graham wul head up the claremont and district community association for 1979 the organization held its general meeting feb 1 in the hall others on the executive include jim doyle vicepresident rick rose treasurer rho da almack secretary directors noreen hill mary borland carl young ken mulveney and frank martin the claremont sports association has called a meeting for sunday feb 11 at 1 p m in the community hall persons wishing to assist as coaches and umpires or help out in any way are urged to attend mr cr purcell of rr 1 claremont has been released from york county hospital newmarket mrs wj briggs formerly of claremont is a patient in sunnybrook hospital toronto the claremont golden age club will hold a euchre thursday to night in the clubhouse at 8 pm the community welcomes mr and mrs ward mccance and family heather jenny and kevin they have purchased the home owned formerly by jim holes they have moved to the united states prior to coming here mr and mrs mccance and children resided at box grove the evening unit of the united church women will meet feb 12 at 8 pm in the home of berrice ward the roll call will be answered by a cure for the blues rosemary timms will be in charge of the program members are asked to bring tbeir bobby basket and a friend sympathy is ex tended to mait anderson in the passing of bis sister myrtle feb 2 at her home in toronto service was held from the mceachnie funeral home pickering on monday afternoon with interment claremont cemetery four claremont ladies representing the claremont legion auxiliary won the zone fl dart tournament championship at oshawa participants were gail zampaloni lillian macgregor doris hopkins and eileen ball twenty teams were entered you dont have to clam up to slim down on the weight watchers program you learn to open your mind and your mouth to cheese burgers spaghetti potatoes evendessertsand snacks withinhmits younever havetogohungry to lose weight and our unique behavior modification method will helpyouwhen you reataparty when eating out or when youre under stress so join us now our results speak for themselves losing weight never tasted so good weight matchers the authority youre this close to losing weight ajax wm iflgroscomtnuftty centre 1 centennial ave monday 7 30 p m uxbridge salvation army auditorium 114 brock st w wed 7 30pm port hope kntghts of columbus has ekass hector sts moo 7 30 p m pickering royal canadian legion hab 1555badeyst tues 7 30 p m wed 9 30am whitby iroquois park arena whitby hal upsars 500 victoria west tuea 7 30pm oshawa norm oshawa community centre 1139 mary st north thurs 9 30am milliken eberuer united church basement mon 7 30 p m oshawa st pauts presbyterian church 32 wilson rd north weed 7 30 p m oshawa emmanuel baptist church 461 pnpmurryst near cedar tues 7 30 p m oshawa st mark s anglican church 530 beurbng ave thurs 7 30pm port perry masonic han 320 queen st mon 7 30 p m markham grace church 1 9 parkway ave mon 7 30pm oshawa ywca 1 99 centre st tues 9 30am free each month 1 h cal rcvw0ml waiehart magar otolyhl free 00 ll for class information call 14168269200 enroll at any class- frst rneotmg fee 10 all other meetings s4 speci senior otuen student rate first meeting 5 ah other meetings j2 wnwbcmiwi mc laraflwjwkiof 6406072 hwy48 ballantrae 6406072 hwy48 ballantrae dont let the price of beef get you down take the family out for this fantastic special mondays thru thursdays for the entire month of february 1 lb pure beef hamburger h0memade french fries small soft drink only 149 all our steaks and burgers are broiled on natural charcoal happy valentines day to all our patrons were approved for municipal employees inrhihing the stouffville police chief council authorized that he receive 3700 plus a 300 car allowance and 100 for clothes donald harper of harold street stouffville was slightly injured when his car was in collision with a cnr snowplow at the hwy 47 level crossing there were no automatic signals at the site and the drivers view was blocked by snowbanks harold saw the approaching engine at the last second but couldnt stop he had purchased his car only four days before students of stouff ville high school received their midterm progress reports following christmas examinations academic leaders by grade were grade 9a betty nesbitt and larry spang 9b wayne hamilton and betty busato 9c lloyd graves and mary freeman 10a beverley irwin and louise dyck 10b daphne chewins and marilyn fosdick grade 11 grace dennie and norma steckley grade 12 mary harwood and betty sproxton special commercial joan little and lois martin grade 13 lome avery and caroline ogilvy wayne hamilton and mary harwood had the highest overall averages at 88 per cent each ag thompson was returned as chairman of the stouffville high school board albert king was named vlce- chairman the enrollment as of sept s8 was 272 but this was expected to reach 300 by the fall of 50 the safe at the dominion store in stouffville was blown in a daring robbery that netted theives 1000 the blast hurled the safe door nearly 20 feet and was heard by nearby residents druggist john houston notified the night telephone switchboard operator and she called police the annual report for the stouffville united church showed 53 bap tisms 16 marriages and 25 funerals membership was reported at 420 sunday school superintendent stewart stouffer reported a steady increase in membership with 306 in total and 190 aterage church offering totalled 1254671 and 363693 for missionary and maintenance bud lehman playing on a line with harold hodgson and lawrence gayman set a goal- scoring record in a game against orangeville counting three within a space of 27 seconds the clippers defeated the visitors 263 stouffville police constable hugh vankoughnet and a companion mervln wickens were badly burned when gasoline exploded in their fish hut on lake simcoe their clothing ablaze both men were forced to roll in the snow to extinguish the fire eddie hankonson of cone 9 markham was named timmy by the ontario crippled childrens society two persons were injured in a twocar headon crash near melville on kennedy road north of unkmville drhers of the vehicles were wm couch of almira and ivy nobbs of rr 2 markham margaret rbbrough and margaret couch were admitted to hospital the largest funeral on record was conducted at wideman church as hundreds paid tbeir respects to the late samuel fretz of stouff ville the service was in charge of emmerson mcdowell assisted by elmer burkholder and aaron grove stouffville was also saddened at news of the passing of donald lewis town businessman and nursery operator mr lewis was one of the villages most active sports promoters carolyn webb of greenwood was awarded 25913 in a damage suit following an accident near ajax two years before carolyn was hit by a car rendering her unconscious for over a week karen lewis betty- ann slack and jean wintersteln put on a betweenperiod skating show during an exhibition benefit hockey game between the stouffviue clippers and the whitby dunlops a crowd of 1300 attended raising 1300 for the crippled childrens society whitby won the game 142 with bob hassard scoring three goals s5yjrkssmst3sssasok pr painting decorating commercialresidentiallnduslnal free estimates phone paul kerr or randy hathaway 6406106 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